tan43

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great speaker buys on Craigslist
I E-Mailed the guy with the big loud ones and asked him just how loud were they. No reply.  
Dac and SPDIF
Did you order a dac or a converter to use with your computer? 
Top rated passive preamps
Look at the Wyred 4 Sound STP-SE. 
best pre amp to match with my equipment
Hey Ben,Check out the Wyred 4 Sound STP-SE. It has two sets of balanced inputs and outputs. There is one on Audiogon now. Plenty of info out there.It is a little over your budget but a good buy. 
Help experienced audiophiles
Do yourself a favor and check Clear Day Cables out.Paul will probably insist that you try a demo pair. 
A Dac about two thousand used
I love my North Star Dac32. There is a demo model on Audiogon now. 
iMac no longer reading/playing CDs
Apple uses a cheap drive in their computers. When mine went out in my Mac Mini I just bought an external drive.  
Distance between components
I like keeping my speaker cables as short as possible, but as short as both of these runs are you probably will not be able to hear any difference. 
Where is your equipment placed?
I would bet that your left speaker is close to the left wall or some object reflecting sound to your right ear.  
Jackie Gleason - wow
Most people on here probably would not admit they liked Gleason or the type of music he put out. I prefer jazz most of the time but I have a dozen Gleason lps.The recordings are quite good. 
Paypal
If you write a check to someone do you ask that person to pay your banking fees? If the buyer were meant to pay the Paypal fees why does Paypal not just charge the buyer in the first place? The seller is charged because he instigated the add, not ... 
Paypal
I have always thought that buyers should pay shipping and seller should pay fees. It is your add not the buyer's.The cost of selling an item on Audiogon and asking for Paypal payment cost about 5%. I think that is more then fair. Try getting a fai... 
The best speaker you ever heard?
The sad thing is I sold them and just bought them back.I have gone thru probably forty speaker systems the last thirty years.I let a pair of Rosinante Evolution Reference go about eight years ago.I just bought them back a couple of days ago. The f... 
Recommended USB- SPDIF converter for Metrum Octave
One you might want to check out is the little Digital Interface from GD Audio.I don't make it a habit ordering from China, but after reading about it I ordered one. It cost less then $200 and works great with my Wyred 4 Sound dac. There is a littl... 
Esoteric DV50 Setup Questions
I am also using a WFS dac1 with a Esoteric DV50S.When using the digital out I have mine set to DTS-PCM. It will convert to PCM.Of course It is set to digital out. I use this to play cds only.I also have the DV50S hooked via analog outs to my pre t...