travelinjack
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| Physical degradation of CD's None of my pre-recorded/store bought CDs have degraded unless scratched or otherwise damaged. The CD-Rs that I burned have shown substantial degradation somewhere in the 50% range. CD-Rs contain inks while pre-recorded CDs don't. | |
| DAC connection to computer @rbstehno stand alone DAC is my preference also since it isolates the conversion from both the computer's and the amp's electronics but OP is asking specifically about connecting his PC to the DAC in his integrated amp. | |
| DAC connection to computer Connect directly to the DAC by USB from the PC. Use Foobar2000 as the media player and use Foobar2000 Controller Pro on a phone as a remote to select tracks and play. | |
| Budget integrated amp? I'm in the Yamaha camp. Loved the Yamaha integrated amps I've owned. Probably also the easiest to get given the friends location. | |
| Physically Comfortable Headphones The swing wing system on some of the ATH models like the one you mention are very comfortable. I have it on my ATH-W1000 and it is nice. For full size headphones, the best balance of comfort and performance for me was the Senn HD-800. I am assumin... | |
| Pianos Steinway, Yamaha, and Kawai are the ones I have enjoyed most. | |
| Any audiophile use computer (MacBook) as your audio streaming source? I use my old engineering ThinkPad P50 Xeon with Foobar2000 and an old Topping E30 to feed a Denon X4200W and Revel F208 | |
| The Low Volume Loudness Dilemma You just described what I love the most about the Variable Loudness knob on Yamaha gear. | |
| What is your "holy grail song" that you cannot find? @mitchagain Widespread Panic does do a great cover of that. | |
| High end bookshelf speakers for Small room Revel M126Be | |
| How cheap can you go and still be happy with the sound? The bedroom set up is: Yamaha WXA-50 which cost around $550 and Focal Chorus 706 which cost around $600 here in Vietnam. They sound very good in the bedroom. | |
| Starting Over and I need your help @simao is right, that 6.5 watts is not doing you any favors. A decent integrated amplifier like a Yamaha A-S701 or the Schiit separates or the Schiit integrated amplifier or similar that get you at least 100 good watts. A decent DAC and maybe a su... | |
| What was the most expensive record that you ever bought ? Criminal record by far the most expensive. | |
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