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Nov 26, 2011	Rolling Stone Mag 100 Greatest Guitarists IMHO, Jeff Beck is the best at getting weird or funny noises out of his guitar. Why he would want to put in the time to gain that title is beyond me. I feel the same way about the jazz school of weird and discordant noises, although I do love a br...
Nov 26, 2011	CD-format to be abandoned by major labels by the e I would welcome a transition from cd to higher rez downloads. I don't see why labels wouldn't offer higher rez when they know they can charge a premium for it.As for cds, they will be available long after I'm gone. Just check out Amazon and Ebay's...
Nov 23, 2011	Amperex tube codes... how to determine year? ID is the tube type. 3 is the change code or version so, yes, 3 is earlier than 4. When enough changes had been made to the tube to consider it a new version the change code was moved up.I think the Heerlen (delta) plant made tubes from the mid 50...
Nov 21, 2011	PS Audio PerfectWave DAC Upgrade Yes the upgrade is supposed to improve sound quality through all inputs. I haven't heard it so I can't promise that it will though.
Nov 21, 2011	can this fact be accurate? Here's the quote that the OP referred to:"I figure theres perhaps 100,000 Audiophiles in the world. 700 or so of them read this daily post I write."It's from Paul McGowan's daily blog that can be found here:http://www.pstracks.com/pauls-posts/wha...
Nov 20, 2011	can this fact be accurate? According to the November issue of Stereophile, they have Total paid distribution of about 65,000 copies.IMHO, the only hope for the high end is server based digital and high-res downloads. If Apple decided to do something with this it could revit...
Nov 18, 2011	PS Audio PerfectWave DAC Upgrade The upgrade will cost $1,000, $800 for early adopters. It looks like they will be shipped after New Years.Details will be available in the PS Audio newsletter.For anyone thinking that's too much, Paul McGowan says he wishes he could sell it for $5...
Nov 15, 2011	Are CD players dead Apple itunes, Amazon mp3s and file sharing are replacing cds for mainstream music listeners. The remaining two large record labels could care less about the miniscule audiophile market. Let's hope HD Tracks succeeds and even gets some competition.
Nov 14, 2011	PerfectWave DAC / Zodiac Gold Shootout Round 1 Thanks again for the info Edorr. Paul McGowan seems to think the upgrade to the PWD is BIG, so you probably made the right decision. We'll see.
Nov 10, 2011	Comments on Pink Floyd's latest re-issues Here's a thread in the music forum that may help:Pink Floyd Dark Side comparisonThe internet audio magazine ToneAudio has an article that discusses sound quality of the remasters as well.
Nov 10, 2011	How do you test different tubes? NOS tubes are definitely available. Here on Audiogon I regularly see people selling off NOS tubes from their collections that they realize they will never use. There are crooks out there so you have to be careful. It's best to have a tube tester i...
Nov 06, 2011	PerfectWave DAC / Zodiac Gold Shootout Round 1 Thanks for the feedback. I'm not sure that running the PWD through the Zodiac Gold is a good way to compare them though. You could run the PWD through the Modwright or directly into your amp. You couldn't A/B them this way but you could listen to ...
Nov 04, 2011	Preamp hissing detectable at low volume? Tubes can make a hissing sound sometimes called tube rush. I have a tube preamp and when I put my ear up to my speakers with no music playing I can hear a steady hiss in one channel.Tubes do have many fine characteristics but they can be noisy. So...
Nov 02, 2011	Muddy Waters' Well, Robert Johnson, The Complete Recordings, The Centennial Collection was released this year to celebrate the 100th anniversary of his birth. It does not have the sonics of Muddy's Folk Singer but it is a huge improvement over any previous rele...
Oct 31, 2011	difference beetwen pc audio and hi-end? dcs makes excellent gear but not everyone thinks that it is the best. There is also not one level of quality for computer based systems. Some probably sound 10 or maybe even 11 and some probably sounds 2 or 3.Some people like to rip their cds to a...