sogood51

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Bass rant
My tolerance levels are "very low" for poorly reproduced bass...it's right up there with my tolerance level for sibilance.And they all think I'm the nut.Dave 
Speakers for Rock Music
Old school VMPS speakers....Supertowers/R's can be found for well under your price point.Dave 
Acoustat upgrade to Spectra 4400
Send this guy an email...he's up on them and owns them.http://cgi.audioasylum.com/systems/8184.htmlDave 
N00b, recomendations... cheap, good DAC w/ S/PDIF
I use a Monarchy M-24 tube DAC...around $700-$800 used. You won't need the Emotiva Preamp because the Monarchy has a very good tube preamp you can use.No remote though?Dave 
Does anyone like country
Heck Ya....I love country! (but then.... I love jazz, rock, newage, classical, blues....you name it).I think I even heard a rap song I liked once....(-:Dave 
Building a music server - newbie
I forgot to state that I use a 1tb usb drive to store my music...and a program called "Orb" to stream my music to other computers in my home.Dave 
Building a music server - newbie
I use a 2.4 gig dual core with 8 gigs of ram....digital out to a monarchy M-24 Dac/preamp.I use dbpoweramp software as my ripper (wav file, and it gets all the album covers for display in Media Center)....and I use Windows media center for playbac... 
Passive Preamps
10-11-09: Muralman1Hi Dave, You just have to hear what the Fire does to enable the amps to do their best.Muralman1 (System | Threads | Answers)If you are talking to me?....I've already had the Fire preamp in my system, and it is better than the pa... 
Passive Preamps
I've used both over the years (active/passive). I haven't found an active preamp that betters a passive volume control at the lower price points....$1,000 active VS $1,000 passive.Once you get past around $2,000 or so...I'll normally drop the pass... 
advice on replacing a sub woofer
HSU research comes to mind. 
Can I Use One Channel Of A Stereo Power Amp?
I haven't had any problems doing this a few times over the years...there is no input signal into the extra channel, so no signal to output?A single mono amp is a better option maybe? How about this:http://www.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?ampstran&a... 
Tube rolling 6922 tubes looking for transparency
I have the Siemens tubes....to my ear the Amperex 7308's are a much better sounding tube.....not even close really. Mine are boxed up, I think the $10.00 each EH-6922's sound better.Dave 
Tube rolling 6922 tubes looking for transparency
Amperex 7308's are the best I have, very costly though. On a budget the new EH-6922's aren't bad....I have 4 of them in one of my preamps right now.Dave 
The Best Tube Amplifiers vs Spectron ?
RafaelNo, these were the monoblocks. I can point you to the thread at the Apogee forum if you like?The manufacturer is aware, and was surprised. I think I took that power rating from the review I read, it must be wrong.No disrespect intended towar... 
SS Amps that are NOT warm and euphonic ?
BombaywallaHe has PSB Stratus Silver i speakers, he has another thread much like this one.