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| Who has found happiness giving up cd player? I've converted to a mac mini based computer audio system and have never looked back. In the last few years, the number of disks I've loaded into my CD transport can be counted on one hand. If it didn't look so cool, I would sell it.My wife and fri... | |
| anyone using piega speakers? I am ready to admit that I was impressed with the Piegas early on. On about 15 of my 2,500 disks, they sounded good. Like many new owners, I wanted to believe I had found a great speaker. I realise that I was blinded by my need to feel that my har... | |
| anyone using piega speakers? I owned a set of Piega C-40s for a while... In my room, they were the worst speaker I ever owned. Overly bright and harsh, small, compressed soundstage, completely unforgiving of all but a handful of recordings. I was using Goldmund amplification ... | |
| Miss my Dunlavy Speakers, Were to go... Brauser is spon on!I have owned a set of IVs and 2 sets of Vs. If you have a room that will allow them to be properly placed, they are very difficult to beat. Find a set of Dunlavys and buy them. Hire a moving company to move them to your listenin... | |
| The Most You Have Paid For Shipping I had a set of Piega C-40 speakers. The crossover circuits failed. My dealer charged me $6,000 to ship them to Europe and back to be fixed.I was very happy when that dealer went out of business! | |
| Squeezebox interfacing??? Simplify the NAS stuff... Change to an Airport Extreme Base Station and hang a regular hard drive off it's USB port. Anything with network connectivity can see the drive. If you need more than one remote drive, buy a USB hub,connect it to the Airp... | |
| Pass Labs x-1 high gain Bob is correct, set the preamp to use the lower gain. | |
| Who is your favorite jazz pianist Lots of great players mentioned so far... One that usually stays under the radar is Monty Alexander. His playing is like listening to a fireworks display! | |
| Swiss amps I owned a couple of Goldmund 28M amps. The power module on one died after less than 2 months. The failure caused direct current to be fed to my speakers and destroyed the crossovers. The power module wasn't available from Goldmund even though the ... | |
| beautiful piano recordings: solo or small ensemble Joe Sample's "Soul Shadows" is a must have. Perhaps my favorite solo piano recording. You can almost hear the spirits of piano music channeling thru Joe's hands.Dave Brubeck's "Just You Just Me" is very good.Pablo's "Basie Encounters Peterson" is ... | |
| Please, DON'T TOUCH My wife and I now life in a child free zone. After several bummer incounters with various friend's kids, we now no longer welcome most of them at our home. It is unfortunate, but most parents are used to their children and accept their behaviour. ... | |
| Opinions On Used Speakers music only $5K $6K Dunlavy Vs will fill your room. Properly placed, they actually disappear. | |
| Insurance question Mine is insured at replacement value. I have a special ridder on my home owners policy. I have gone over my entire investment with my agent at my home and have submitted paperwork whenever I change a component. Several years ago, we had a lightnin... | |
| Dunlavy SC IVa or B&W 802 My room is 32' X 26' 8" with cathedral ceilings going from 10 ' to 23'. The speakers are currently set up along the 32' wall on the 10' ceiling. The front of the speakers are 42" oc from the back wall. They are 12' 8.5" oc apart dead center on the... | |
| Dunlavy SC IVa or B&W 802 I fully agree with JD. Once you get the Dunlavys set up properly, they throw an amazing three dimentional sound stage. In my room, they have bested speakers costing 6 times as much. At their current prices, these speakers are a steal. Do youself a... |