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| Need some $500 & under Amp recommendations They look like great deals, those Chinese amps on eBay. Personally, before I bought one of them I would want to know a good technician. At the least I would want his opinion on the build. There is very good gear made in China and I have some of it... | |
| Best sounding solution for Ipod A simple step up in sound quality from your computer involves using a better connection cable from the headphone output. (This goes for the iPod too.) T_bone mentioned a couple, and I have had fun with the Zu Pivot.Next step up (or skip right to i... | |
| crass to ask for feedback after a transaction? The Audiogon feedback system actually solicits feedback from your trading partner when you send in yours. Your comments go to your partner for approval, then he or she is asked for a response. So you don't have to call or write and ask. The system... | |
| Tube amp location Putting the amps on top of the speakers is absolutely not a good idea for hi-fi, although guitar amps are more or less made like that. You might manage to operate tubes OK in your entertainment center if you had a good fan system--perhaps extracti... | |
| Must see It's a well-made film, worth a second or third view.And of course, there's always someone crazier about audio than I am, and that's good to know! | |
| Dummy Guide on What's Needed to hook up Mini Mac Marco, great info and advice. Concerning FireWire, IME a FireWire drive will cost more if it has a USB interface as well, but a drive with only FireWire is comparable in price to a USB-only drive. I recommend FireWire for a laptop because in the p... | |
| Must see The Audio Club of Athens returns to AudiogoN. Glad you had fun... IMO it is actually quite sympathetic to the audio nuts. There has been at least one previous thread here on this subject; it may still be around in the archives. | |
| Dummy Guide on What's Needed to hook up Mini Mac Rmrobinson1957, your Mac with iTunes will output 24/96 over USB and Firewire but if your DAC won't convert it you're out of luck. Just make sure you get an appropriate external DAC.I use an M-Audio Audiophile USB and an Apogee Mini-DAC. The M-Audi... | |
| Review: Conrad Johnson CA200 Amplifier Thanks for a great review. Very easy to read, and you communicate a firm idea of who you are and how you listen, which makes it easier to judge how far your tastes would converge with my own. A real treat.I remember well a demo of another maker's ... | |
| Need advise regarding small bookshelf monitor Check out the North Acoustics small monitors, Spirit and Kitty Kat Revelator, made specially to go near the wall.http://www.northacoustics.com/ | |
| Build your ultimate FANTASY system No, no, no, Cameron stays. | |
| How Much Has CD Technology Improved in 14 Years? Youll only need a digital cable if you have a DAC and a transport as your source. The DACs outputs, like a CD players, will use standard analog RCA cables. The single cable between a transport and DAC would be a 75-ohm digital cable.Although th... | |
| Mac Laptop & Sound Cards Good info in the above posts. Note that Ckorodys mention of a Preference setting for ripping pertains to your iTunes preference settings, not the System Preferences panel.I use an external converter with my PowerBook. Thats #3 in Ckorodys post.... | |
| Totem response re: recommended tube amp for Sttaf Thanks for this follow-up. Totem gave you a nice answercomplete with useful details and a good selection of amps at different price points. Kudos to them.You can bet their recommendations are based on experience. They will actually have tested th... | |
| Am I Bad Listener? For some time I have been wondering about my own enjoyment of the music. I wonder if it doesnt depend on myself and my own state of mind as much as it does on my system.There are moments when I realize Im listening for details, evaluating the ge... |