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help me remove noise from my vinyl setup
The Grados have a pretty sketchy reputation of excess noise or hum with many tone arms and setups in general. If you can get it right they are suppose to be really good for the money, but if your getting noise from a grado its supposedly very hard... 
affordable DAC for rock/metal
I agree, but I guess that’s the point of asking the question "Whats best for this" Nothing will be best for it all at once.. Getting close enough universally is the name of the game. 
affordable DAC for rock/metal
MapmanOkay accept how do you get that balance when most of these recordings are far from Neutral!Thats kinda the point, some heavy metal discs take heavy doses of equalization in the first place to bring back the missing clarity, full vocal sound,... 
affordable DAC for rock/metal
I like to rock out here and there... and Use some very aggressive metal far beyond metallica! But also listen to Jazz and several other variations between. This I can say, Original recording will vary greatly. Today in the last 5 years, close to 1... 
IPOD CLASSIC 7th Gen, Apple or WAV?
AlbertporterI understand and actually my wifes car has the "Apple Branded" cable, which in fact is not a standard USB on the Car end of it and I would assume is an analog signal being passed to a basic auxilary input on the Factory radio, it is so... 
IPOD CLASSIC 7th Gen, Apple or WAV?
One quick question (estimate) I know its not perfect, how many albums can you expect to get onto a 160 gig Ipod in general? In AIFF that is? Most standard CD's are 650 to 750 mb, so not sure where we end up via AIFF on an ipod.I assume essentially... 
IPOD CLASSIC 7th Gen, Apple or WAV?
Okay sounds good, Thanks 
IPOD CLASSIC 7th Gen, Apple or WAV?
Well, actually the way my Ipod will be used is via the USB line, so actually my understanding is that the car stereo will be getting the raw digital signal, not an analog already D/A conversion from the Ipod. The car stereo does have DSP and Dac's... 
IPOD CLASSIC 7th Gen, Apple or WAV?
ThedautchOh yeah I will not use the headphone out, the other key aspect to the USB to Apple connection vs. minijack is that it will also keep the unit Charged so thats a nice advantage as well.I guess just use the Itune and load it up via Apple Lo... 
Capacitor log Mundorf Silver in Oil
I should have said " You MADE a huge missing point" not Make a missing point.. Sorry just typing quick at lunch and not thinking about it. 
Capacitor log Mundorf Silver in Oil
Gallant_diva I think you mis-read my comments, I said "You make a huge missing point" in this equation, Not that you missed the point at all, I said quite the opposite in your favor :-) 
Capacitor log Mundorf Silver in Oil
Gallant_diva You make a huge missing point in this discussion, Applications will many times dictate the answer not so much what we want or don't want. For sure in your needs this would make zero sense.However for example I have speakers with only ... 
help with speakers that rock, pleeze
Klipsch match very well with McCormack amps. And they will rock with 5 watts. But the higher power amp you have will be even better. 
Tube preamp output impedance at low frequencies
As long as you stay below 1000 ohm output you should be okay with any of them. However it is hard to find many tubes with that low. But there are a few, BAT makes some in the 500 to 700 range. And Conrad Johnson has some as low as 50 ohm output wh... 
Oppo Blu-Ray DSD Direct mode
Kr4,I realize its not optimal over a good preamp etc… I was actually just curious for possibly a cheap solution to a less critical application as a remote control volume for a headphone amp more than anything, and really was more interested in it ...