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| Windows PC to USB DAC. How do you do it ? You don't need to buy a sound card. All you need to do is connect your laptop to the DAC using a USB cable and you can use Windows Media Player to play music through the DAC. Windows should recognize most USB DAC automatically upon connection. Som... | |
| Speed Controllers - How do they work? For AC motor, controller varies frequency. For DC motor, controller varies output voltage. Make sure you buy the right kind. | |
| I think my hearing is damaged. Is it possible that you have ear wax build up? | |
| Is there a tube based 5.1 preamp on the market? Please be aware that the Fosgate only does Prologic decoding. It doesn't decode Dolby Digital or DTS. | |
| which external hard disc for music storage? Get a 750G or 1T. You will fill it up faster then expected. Noise and reliability are the two main issues. LaCie is good but I heard that some of the models (the ones designed by F.A. Porsche and shape like an aluminum brick) have overheating prob... | |
| Is turntable == phono stage == cartridge right? Scoutmaster is a great table, no need to replace it. I also think that the Benz Lukaschek might be your problem. Also, what are the rest of your system? Problem could be somewhere down stream. | |
| Why the sudden popularity of 12 inch arms Although longer arms produce less tracking error, they also have higher effective mass.In the 70s, there was a common believe that cart should require light tracking force. Most of the MMs in that era were tracking at less than 1.0g. Even MCs were... | |
| Extreme Midrange Bloom Guidocorona,I don't know why you want to change out the oil caps. If you don't like them, you shouldn't buy the 52SE. You pay a lot of money for the Super-Pack. | |
| Audience AU 24 interconnects for the following? Please beware that AU-24 has a distinct effect on all the components that I tried. It acts like a subsonic filter and makes the lowest bass disappeared. It is most obvious with pipe organ music. Some people like it and think it produces clean bass... | |
| Extreme Midrange Bloom Why don't you put the original tubes back in to see if it is caused by the new tubes? | |
| Vandersteen 3A Sig vs. Von Schweikert VR4 Jr. I think it depends on how you like your Rock music. If you like punchy and aggressive sound then Vandy is definitely not for you. | |
| Benchmark USB DAC vs. EAD 7000 Mk3 DAC Jsadurni,I don't know why you said Benchmark needs a long heat-up time. The DAC-1 has no power switch and you are not supposed to unplug it when not in use. It should be left on all the time. | |
| Tube Life: 6SL7; 6SN7, 12AX7, 12AT7, 6DJ8 et al Ontjesr,The standby switch on many tube preamps only cut off the power to plate but not to filament. Some may run the filament at a reduced voltage. Once the plate current is cut off, the tube is not doing work but the filament is still lit and ma... | |
| Tube Life: 6SL7; 6SN7, 12AX7, 12AT7, 6DJ8 et al Turn it off only when you are not going to listen for more than a few hours. Tubes need time to warm up to sound their best, normally 30 min or more. You don't want to waste too much tube life just for warm up. | |
| Brag About Your Vinyl Collection I have a 2LP box set of the opening night concert of the Lincoln Center in NY. The included 40-page booklet has photos of the opening ceremonies and history of the concert hall from concept to finish construction. The first track of LP1 is the ope... |