stilljim
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| What to do with my legacy CD collection? Since you are just starting to rip your collection, you should listen to the same files in FLAC and WAV downloads. Completely to my surprise, I could hear a difference. It might be the DAC I'm using (Bel Canto 2.8) or my imagination, but I preferr... | |
| Ripping CD's to hard drive I used Exact Audio Copy on a Dell laptop to copy my collection to both Flac and Wav formats onto an 4TB external solid state hard drive. The hard drive feeds a Bluesound 2I and an external Dac. What I didn't expect was that I could hear a differe... | |
| Speaker Hum After reading through the thread I am unsure if you tried this. After 20 years in the same house my speakers developed a hum one day this year. I tried unplugging everything one at a time including the cable box to no avail. Still had a hum. At th... | |
| Flat Screen Television behind speakers Been there done that. Went from a 24 inch CRT in the middle to a 50 inch plasma 2 feet off the back wall. Destroyed the sound stage. Finally, with the last upgrade/change mounted the plasma on the wall behind. Better, but still not the best. The ... | |
| Arcam CD23 worth saving? cafedelmike I hope Deco can find a replacement transport or replacement parts for you. I didn't try to source a shop that possibly could adapt a non stock transport. Didn't seem worth the time or money. I ripped all my discs to a hard drive and ... | |
| Arcam CD23 worth saving? I started with a new Alpha 9 and then bought a used CD 23 to see if I could tell a difference. I really couldn't. I liked them both so I can empathize with your dilemma. Plus they will play HD Cd's which I have few of. Alas, the transports in bot... | |
| Horizontal vs Vertical biamping I tried both horizontal and vertical bi-amping with identical 2 channel amplifiers. Couldn't really tell a difference or even a difference from a single amplifier.. Stayed vertical, the wiring is cleaner. After I got my set of Magnepan 1.6's, bi-a... | |
| Best Stereo Upgrade Value Adding an active crossover and by-passing the passive crossover in my Magnepan 1.6's. Did have to buy another two channel amp though. Jim S. | |
| hearing loss and amp choices I have to agree with xcool, a great thread and informative. To the OP's original question, are high end amps a waste of money if you have hearing loss, my experience says no. I developed tinnitus in 2011 and went to an audiologist who measured my ... | |
| Vinyl Repair? I haven't tried this but I wonder if rubbing the damaged area with a Mr. Clean scrubbing pad with a little water would remove the groove nicks toward the top of the grooves without damaging the rest of the groove. It's soft and slightly abrasive b... | |
| Does Formula 1 racing and high end audio go together for anyone else? @reubent Hey Tom. Never tried the little 500 but I have heard of it. Nor for that matter, the big 500, just qualifying. Too much traffic to get out and in on race day. F1 or Moto GP was bad enough, add another 100,000 spectators and well it's mo... | |
| Does Formula 1 racing and high end audio go together for anyone else? BTW - If you watch Moto America, the announcer Jason Pridmore road for us one year and the Team Hammer Suzuki M4 sponsors are the Martin Brothers. Michael rode with us a couple of years, Richard was at all the races and helped with pit stops, Robe... | |
| Does Formula 1 racing and high end audio go together for anyone else? Yes, I do follow and enjoy F1 and enjoy my more mid-fi than hi-fi music. We attended the F1 races in Indy until they moved to Austin. We would buy seats near the starting grid, watch the start (amazing sound and fury) and then wander the infield f... | |
| Speaker static/hiss? Interesting post for me. I just added two Parasound A21+ amplifiers to my system and am having the same hiss at close proximity to the speakers (2-3 inches) with no source material playing. When I installed the amps I didn't have any sound coming ... | |
| System Changes, Better or Just Different? Zavato - Point well made. I enjoy the music I'm getting, but no, it doesn't grab me by the collar. Yet. Russ69 - Yes,3.7's or 20.7's would be nice. Maybe someday. |