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| LP to Apple Lossless conversion Right. Forgot to mention the external converter I use. Humble apologies. However you have one, don't you, Kocsis? The Canopus unit?Radii, I am using a M-Audio Audiophile USB myself. It converts analog to digital and sends it to the USB input. Amad... | |
| Is Solid State Preamp and Tube Amp A Good Combo? Yes, you'll read a lot of posts about using a tube preamp with a sand amp. No reason not to do it the other way round unless you really can't deal with the heat of the output tubes in you listening room. Everything depends on how the gear sounds t... | |
| A DAC to beat NAD C541i? Apogee Mini-DAC in all probability far superior to GDA-700 but no HDCD. | |
| LP to Apple Lossless conversion I use Amadeus Pro. It costs forty dollars.http://www.hairersoft.com/Welcome.htmlYou can't save directly into Apple Lossless with Amadeus but you can save in AIFF and then import into iTunes with the Apple Lossless setting.There ought to be an Appl... | |
| A DAC to beat NAD C541i? The Apogee Mini-DAC. | |
| small speakers for Tredns/other mini T amp I have a Tim Rawson brick-type chip amp he rates at 25wpc. I'm driving a pair of Visonik David speakers with it. With or without a USB DAC, this is my office system. It's tough and compact, great for traveling with my laptop in NA. For internation... | |
| Most musical player or DAC? Around $1K, with those requirements, I would recommend either of two components I myself own: the JAS Audio Musik 1.2 tubed CDP and the Apogee Mini-DAC.A reminder BTW that any external DAC will need a cable. If it's S/PDIF cable it should in almos... | |
| looking to upgrade rega planar 2 Agree with Lloydc that the weak point of any lower-end Rega is the arm wiring and counterweight. Absolutely concur that you should do them first. OTOH I don't think that footers or running the motor from an iso transformer are invariably a waste o... | |
| Best wood for an isolation platform Tung oil from Lee Valley, yes indeed. The high-lustre finish is IMHO very gorgeous. | |
| Best wood for an isolation platform Ay ay ay, Scott, I beg your pardon for not keeping you updated, I seem to have convinced myself I had told you already. Actually I am not perfectly happy... with my finishing job. First time I've used polymerized tung oil and it really shows up th... | |
| The Best CDs to Give as Presents If I were giving music to a classical music lover and he/she liked Bach and Baroque, I'd give the Zelenka Trio Sonatas on ECM with Heinz Holliger playing oboe. Performance, recording and music all are top-notch. Having listened to Bach all my life... | |
| This may be a silly question but... I've actually used the standard household electrical wire you're asking about. This was several system iterations back but the upstream gear was still decent: an LP12 Valhalla with SME IIIs and Shure V15-VMR was the source. Had no money for better... | |
| Would love some thoughts on how to upgrade my gear Ask your Rega dealer about a cartridge. You're a good customer and he is well placed to help with sound advice and pricing.I'm sorry to hear about the busted Denon. Cartridges are delicate, of course, and this kind of thing has happened to many of... | |
| Small Floorstander/Monitor good with tubes North Creek Kitty Kat or Big Kat if you must go close to the wall ( 3 to 8 inches ).Great-sounding at a great price too.http://www.northcreekmusic.com/ | |
| What would you buy Sub $350 Firewire/USB DAC Tbg raises one of the hobby's all-but-innumerable controversies. He is on his 47th system, according to his system page, so clearly he is entitled to his opinion. There are others whose mileage varies; see posts in the archives here by Sean and La... |