tonyangel
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| Sturdy earbuds under $100 I won't comment on any particular brand of ear bud, because I use many different ones. I will say that you can get decent ones for around $50 from places like bestbuy or your area equivalent. What I've been doing is to buy a set that I like and th... | |
| Audiocubics R-cube remote volume control review I did. It's actually pretty nice, if all you need to do is add a volume control and your source has the juice to feed your amp. In my case, I considered it a step up from using the volume control on my DAC. It didn't color the music in anyway that... | |
| Which sub 200 usd DAC if using an integrated amp? I'll give another plug for the Emotiva XDA-1. Since I've had mine, I've only compared it to the internal DACs of a couple of different NAD Pre's, a V-DAC II and a DacMagic. I much preferred the sound of the music from the XDA-1. It may very well b... | |
| To DAC or not to DAC Unfortunately, it is the 249 bucks that has me second guessing the XDA-1. When I did the A/B comparisons with the V-Dac and DacMagic, I only compared the units themselves, without doing any cable swapping. I was very surprised that I not only like... | |
| Need some help with an amp. Man, I did leave a pretty nasty feedback, but after thinking about it, I retracted it. In truth, I kind of screwed the pooch on this one. Although I think the seller was maybe a little less than honest with regard to the shape of the amp, it is al... | |
| To DAC or not to DAC Wolf, I thought about trying that, but I just don't know what the purpose would be. The addition of the power supply would have to make a pretty big difference to make the DacMagic sound better than the XDA-1 in my system.From a practical point of... | |
| Sonos surprise For those that might be interested, I just wanted to update this, since I've been running the Sonos for a while now.First of all, the Sonos is a killer unit. It sounds more than good enough to enjoy my music, as long as I'm listening to the music ... | |
| Music Servers & Sonos. XiVA Music M8, W4S ? For what it's worth, I do about 90% of my listening from a Sonos Zone Player. My system is simple. I have the Sonos plugged into my XDA-1 DAC, which is plugged into my preamp. I have a Netgear router that has a USB port on it. I think I paid $60 f... | |
| To DAC or not to DAC Foster, that's what I thought he meant, but didn't want to jump to conclusions.I really believe that the guy was trying to help me. In fact, he actually had ( I believe) a Cal Labs DAC that he was willing to let me have for something around $350, ... | |
| To DAC or not to DAC "up-selling" What does that mean? | |
| To DAC or not to DAC Well, I took the DacMagic that I borrowed back to the shop last night, and the guy was like, "so soon." I told him my experience and he didn't question it. He simply asked about what I was trying to do, and, of course, I told him that I wanted to ... | |
| To DAC or not to DAC I've been busy since this morning. I was able to get my hands on a Cambridge unit to try out as well.I spent a couple of hours going back and forth listening to some of Cyndi Lauper's slower stuff. I like her voice, but it can be shrill sometimes ... | |
| To DAC or not to DAC Man, I debated on whether or not to get the Pyramid power supply. I didn't get it, because I read that it didn't make a difference and chose to stick with the convenience of the wall wart.It looks like I have to order something else.Your experienc... | |
| Need some help with an amp. Yeah, I know guys. I just let my emotions get the better of me. I've been wanting an Aragon for a while and I don't see too many 2004s for sale. When I saw this one, I snapped it up.Tpreaves, you are right. Still, I wanted the amp and now I have i... | |
| Finally saved 3000 what is a good setup. I'm relatively new to this, but what I've come to believe is that the biggest challenge is in finding components to have a synergy among them. Having gone through what I have to build my own system with hind sight being 20/20; I think that if I ha... |