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| Krell KAV 250a/3 and KAV 250a Unless you like clean, cold, analytical sound, I would pass over the KAV250a. | |
| What cable first Power cord is one of those things that some people can hear a day and night difference and some others can't. I personally can't hear any difference between various power cords that I tried over the years. So before you jump in buying, make sure y... | |
| Remarkable systems on a budget What is your budget? | |
| Vintage Altec Speakers on Legs Are they horns? If they are, just the drivers worth much more than $20. | |
| What is rebuffering? Rebuffering is caused by the interruption of wireless signal. Wireless communication isn't as reliable as wired connection so using wired connection should eliminate the problem. If it doesn't than there is something wrong with your Squeezebox.You... | |
| Best DAC that has a balance control Henry, Normally, balance can be adjusted from the System Preferences/Sound window but after careful reexamination, I realized that once the output device is changed to "Benchmark 1.0", the balance adjustment is removed. So never mind my early post... | |
| Best DAC that has a balance control Since the Mac is your only source, why don't you just adjust balance in the Mac? | |
| Assessing room response There is a free program called Audacity which can generate all kinds of test tones and noises (white, pink, brown). You can play back those test tones directly from Audacity or export them and burn them on CD. I use it with a RS meter to adjust th... | |
| Organizer software for vinyl lp collection How about Bento from Apple. It is not specifically designed for cataloging vinyl but it is a general purpose personal database. You can create any type of forms with whatever fields you need. It is also very easy to use and low cost. | |
| Upgrade from Dreadnaught 11 for two channel What speaker do you have? Have you tried to bi-amp with your Dreadnaught? On some speakers, bi-amp will sound better for less money. | |
| Marble with cork Do you have excessive bass? If you do, it should not be caused by the footing since you have concrete floor. I suggest you look into the dimension of your room and reposition the speakers. Don't waste time on those marble squares. They don't work ... | |
| BAT Vk-51 SE vs Aesthetix Calypso I don't know much about the Calypso but I own a BAT VK50SE and later a VK51SE for 9 years. IMHO, the BAT sounds closer to a solid state than to a tube. Please beware of that when you make decision. | |
| DAC pre Try the Benchmark DAC-1 or the DAC-1 pre if you need analog input. You won't be disappointed. | |
| Turntable upgrade or not ? Elinor,I have to respectfully disagree. The correlation between price and performance in audio isn't that obvious. To get better performance we have to pay a lot more is what magazines and dealers want us to believe. Does an $1,000 amp sound bette... | |
| help guide a vinyl newbie The DP47F is a very good table. Assuming it is in perfect working condition, you might not even need to change it. I will definitely upgrade the phono amp first. |