timrhu

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Alt Country/Folk, American roots
I've been enjoying Ryan Adams lately. I think he qualifies for this genre. 
Are Dynaudio Bookshelfs Dynamic?
I paid $750 for a used pair of 110s in mint condition. They popped up at that price and even though I had no need, I couldn't pass them up. Keep your eyes open for a deal. 
Are Dynaudio Bookshelfs Dynamic?
I have owned the Focus 110s as well as the Contour 1.3 SEs. Dynamics is one of their strong points from my experience. I actually preferred the 110s over the much more expensive 1.3 SEs. The 1.3s were on the irritating side of bright in my system.... 
Are there any albums you consider perfect?
Linda Ronstadt - Heart Like A Wheel, just finished listening to this beautiful album. Haven't heard it in a while and had forgotten how good it is. The production is perfect as well as the song selection. 
Magnepan 1.7 versus Proac Response D2 speakers
Unless you are familiar with Magnepans an in room demo is essential before purchase. At least that was my experience. 
Thiel 1.5 vs. 1.6, any experience?
I have owned both though there were a few years between them. The reason for the time between was I did not care for the 1.5s sound. They were one of my wife's favorites, based on looks and size.Like I said there were many years between so that be... 
Looking for a Balanced XLR output DAC under $1k
PS Audio DLIII. 
Do I need a DAC for iPod?
You can simply run the ipod's headphone out into one of the Caspian's line inputs. The cable like this from Belkin is all you need. If you want the best sound however you'll need to dig a little deeper and go the dac route. 
Would you use a smartphone as a controller?
Quieter until the phone rings. ;) 
Would you use a smartphone as a controller?
timrhu,Are you actually tapped into your computer remotely with your iphone?SwitchbackWith the remote app you can control the entire itunes library on the Mac Mini over the wireless network. I can view and play albums, songs, playlists or use shuf... 
Would you use a smartphone as a controller?
timrhu,Are you actually tapped into your computer remotely with your iphone?SwitchbackWith the remote app you can access your entire itunes library that is on the Mac though the phone. Play albums, songs, playlists, or shuffle. That's all I use it... 
Want to downsize
You must have some fairly large speakers as stand mounted monitors don't save any space compared to standard towers. At least mine don't. 
Would you use a smartphone as a controller?
I use both my iphone and ipod touch to remotely control the Mac Mini. The remote app is free and works very well to select and play music. I don't know if it works to control windows based pc. 
What is "low ball"
Don't be sad Herman, she'll get over it, and I already have. Lowballers have nothing to lose, and I'm just not into the Leave it to Beaver lifstyle. You have to make it with or without someone.Polk432 Polk, I'm pretty sure Herman is not saying he ... 
XLD is a must for accurate Mac rips
Meaning you have to manually direct the tracks to your library?JohnNot each track individually. Here's a quick play by play: pop the cd in and a window pops up from xld showing cd is being read, next a window show "pregap" detection, finally the x...