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| Speaker wire The zombie of Roger Russell speaks his tune once more. And McIntosh show demos are done with zip cord off the backs of the amps, right.You don't need any special speaker wire to suit your very sensitive speakers, but you will find some benefit in ... | |
| Would A DAC Help Very Much? I use an Apogee Duet in one system and an Apogee Mini-DAC in another. The Mini-DAC is discontinued. Both it and the Duet use a FireWire connection and many say this is better adapted to audio than USB. In any case, I will attest to the great impro... | |
| M2Tech Hiface Mac drivers Good luck in your search. I can't speak for the HiFace but I thought I would mention that I use an Apogee Duet with a Firewire connection and I have none of the problems you experience. | |
| power conditioner for cd transport and dac? I use isolation transformers on my digital front end gear. That is where I have found a transformer to have the most effect. Perhaps this is because, besides removing noise from the AC to the gear, they also isolate the digital gear from the rest ... | |
| Made in Canada conundrum Unfortunately my experience with cross-border shipping suggests that delays are associated with cheaper transport, i.e. Ground service.I have had no delays--none--when using 2 Day Air or, from the Postal Service, Express. (Oh, sometimes the routin... | |
| Budget integrated amps for garage system I use a Winsome Mouse as the amp for my desktop/portable system. It goes plenty loud with 88 dB Visonik David 5000i speakers. Price is $369 for an assembled unit or $319 for a kit. It's a good-sounding design, transparent enough to let a high-res ... | |
| Audio's Biggest Loser? Proving again that most burglars are not audiophiles.And inversely, that most audiophiles are not burglars. | |
| Peachtree Decco 2 setup... I would suspect a poor speaker/amp match just because all the Dynaudios I know like lots of juice. From what I've heard or been told, SimAudio amps like them, so do KT88-based tube amps.That said, positioning and the room make a great difference i... | |
| Audio's Biggest Loser? My portable system probly won't challenge your 40-pounder for sound quality, unfortunately. But ha ha, I can take it on planes because it weighs less, has less volume and runs on international voltages. And it plays 24/192 with the Mini-DAC.--Powe... | |
| Been away for awhile and need some help A front port on a speaker may make it work a bit better when close to the wall than a rear ported design, but not always. There are actually not a lot of stand-mounted speakers specifically designed to be near the wall. Most of them like a little ... | |
| 1970's receivers and integrated amps... In the early 70s I worked in an audio store. We fixed, tested and sold receivers. We had a test bench and we gave each customer a hard copy of their unit's performance versus specifications for power output, THD and IM. We included a Polariod phot... | |
| Have you ever deceived your wife-audio purchase I don't think Chad thinks it's funny. I don't think it's funny. | |
| Going down Need help with cheap integrated amp It's been too long since I heard a 3020 for me to compare it with a 320BEE. If it were me I wouldn't hesitate though. The 320BEE (we have more than one) can sound warm, detailed, dynamic, involving--it's the nicest sound I've heard from NAD.Give i... | |
| Best Digital RCA cable under $100 new or used? For a little over $100 I found Joe Mazzaglias Auricle Audio Design Digital Standard cable to be excellent, and he offers a special intro price that might be closer to what you need.http://auricleaudiodesign.web.officelive.com/product.aspxAnother ... | |
| Closest DAC to Vinyl Sound? Soldersplatter, I hear you. I gave a four-chip TDA1543 DAC to my son after using it on my computer system for a while. I was very impressed. Fifty bucks gets music, fun-to-listen-to stuff, the same kind of fun I used to have with a tube-amplified ... |