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| Thiel Owners I have Thiel CS-6's with the SS1 and passive crossover. Over the years I have used them with a lot of great amp. They perform best with high current SS amps. That said, they do very nicely with high powered tube amps too. I hooked them up last ... | |
| DV-50s vs Krell SACD Standard vs Denon 3910 mod Yes, I still have my DV-50. Love it and would not upgrade or change it in any way, | |
| FLAC On A Mac You may want try Swinian. It plays FLAC. It is free to try for 30 days and cost very little. It's claim to fame is: It looks and feels like iTunes use to before the App Store junk. If you have used iTunes, Swinian has a very low learning curve. | |
| Best Vintage Dac?? In the past i’ve owned a California Audio Lab’s (CAL) Alpha, a Audio Alchemy Digital Decoding Engine v10 (DAC) and a Musical Fidelity Tri-Vista. These days they are all considered very vintage. Of the three, the Tri-Vista was the better, followed ... | |
| Top five live Rock And Roll Albums Lots of great picks folks and I would only add: Supertramp’s “Paris” and with honorable mention going to Porcupine Tree’s DVD “Anesthetize, Live In Tilburg” | |
| Soundtracks that you listen all the way through and it's all great. The Cotton ClubThe Russia HouseThe Benny Goodman StoryQuigley Down UnderFantasiaIn addition to many above . . . . | |
| pc computer used under $500.00 for music only A Mac Mini, pre 2013. Mechanically they are well built and have a very long life span. If you don’t care for Mac’s operating system, you can load Windows or Linux, as long as the MM has intel inside. The older MM’s have tons of tweaks available ... | |
| Any love for Jolida integrates? I have a JD-1000 integrated amp. It is an early version. I've only had one issue with it, the volume pot needs to be cleaned with contact cleaner every few years. Early on with the amp, I wanted subwoofer out RCA added. I am not a tech person... | |
| What is Technics thinking? What is Technics thinking?IMO, they were thinking. Audio-Technica and others have a niche market for “Utility Turntables” (UT). With Pioneer’s decision to get in the game with it’s own UT, Technics may have felt they could do better and at the s... | |
| VTL 450 mystery - please help I previously owned VTL 300 Deluxe MB’s for many years. I had them fully upgraded in the early part of this Century. I took the amps to VTL myself and was given at tour of the factory. I met and have talked to the owners many times over the years... | |
| What's the most overrated or overpriced piece of equipment you own, have owned or come by? Lots of nice post here, very interesting. I can really agree with Mitch4T. I started this game in mid 80’s with a much lower income. Over the years I’ve been disappointed with a lot of the so called Giant Killer products but that’s where we go ... | |
| Do you have a secret "guilty pleasure" recording? All of Uriah Heep's early stuff. | |
| Replacing a MAC Mini with new one... Lots of good advise already posted. If you look at the online Apple Store, Mac Mini page, you will find at the latest MM do not have user upgradable RAM memory. Any future OS software upgrades could adversely affect performance over the long run... | |
| Sonic Barrier damping sheets vs cork I used VMAX Damping Pads on my Jolida phono stage. The material is self adhesive and pretty easy to install. I also took the time to apply RF Shielding to the MC sections. I don’t have a clue regarding Cork and it’s acoustic values. Good Luck! | |
| Where do you guys buy tubes? Upscale Audio has been my first choice for many years. Kevin and his staff have always provided outstanding customer service. |