tom6897
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| Totem vs Dynaudio Ditto, the above. I have owned several pair of Dynaudio speakers in the past. I suspect that I will own more in the future. You will not be disappointed in the 140's. | |
| Funk Essentials - Under The Radar I would add Average White Band, Sly and the Family Stone, Gap Band, Dazz Band and Zapp. | |
| Best Audio Store Name? I like the ones in my neck of the woods, "Audio...etc,SoundWaves, Omega Music. | |
| Best amp for Dynaudio Confidence 1 or Contour 1.4? Both are great choices. I have owned S1.4 on two different occassions and was well served by solid state McCormack DNA-125 and Unison Research Unico SE at 140 wpc. Both provide excellent current at both 8ohm and 4ohm. Get a good power cord for you... | |
| WAV versus FLAC Great first post Audiocin. Glad to have you aboard. How do you have your files set-up and what components are working well for you? I ask because I am about three weeks away from starting down this path myself. I have about 250GB backed up as FLAC... | |
| True Analog LPs versus Digital Recordings That's exactly what I was going to say! | |
| Netgear EVA9100 and EVA9150 It has been my experience that there will be a slight pause between tracks brought about by the software that is used to do the ripping of the original. The software seems to identify definite start and end times for the tracks. | |
| How do you tell which version Meridian 800 is? Contact Meridian directly give them the serial# and they can look it up and give mfgr date etc. | |
| Speaker appearance verses musicality. Why would you want to mess with a speaker that has already been designed to sound the best it can by the designer at a given price point? Speakers are usually braced internally to protect against standing waves and there effects. The drivers are p... | |
| Best speakers for my system Excellent ques. Elizabeth! Why do soooo many people on here ask or assistance and recommendations without giving us any details? I see this every day. | |
| Best Windows based player for output to USB Dac I too like J River Media Center 15 with toshiba/amdturion64x2 running Vista sp2. I was using MediaMonkey and JR is hands down winner for the reasons cites above. It will grow with you as your files increease and bitrate increases for hi rez listen... | |
| Most Beneficial Cable Upgrade Some things I did not mention in my previous post. IMO what I said above can apply to interconnects and speaker cables also. AC treatment and proper grounding are very important. Be practicle, treat one problem at a time and try to keep an open mi... | |
| Most Beneficial Cable Upgrade The last three feet are the most important because that is last section of cable that influences the signal right before it enters the power supplies in your components. Think of all the crap that can contaminate your water. A good filter at the t... | |
| a better digital front Max Pain You Have an Excellent CD player/transport now. The 508.24 is already reference quality and was given Stereophile Class "A" for years. What you are looking for is greater resolution. Have you maximised your efforts at reducing your noise f... | |
| SACD & HDCD Player Read the reviews and the spec's for the Arcam DV139 CD/SACD/HDCD and DVD-A universal. It will do everything you ask. Use a good power cord and three brass cones and you will be quite pleased. ($900-1200):>) |