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Best sounding PC for adudio may vary
Thanks for the all the great feed back and epecially the Mac ideas guys! Ive heard others say Mac is the best practical everyday use/music server for audio use. My new HP has the I2S output or it looks like HDMI. Should I run that instead of USB t... 
How do you train your ears?
Ok Live music is not your stereo! I am a professional musician and an audiophile and I can tell you that imaging, depth, and positioning are all tricks and trade of stereo. Never have gone to a live show and closed my eyes to see if I could place ... 
Copland CTA504 tube amp - how good are they?
I have a 504 and love my amp. It is mated with a wyred 4 sound dac and it is worth every penny if you like smooth warm mids and very rich..I reccomend either ts 6550 reissues or eh 6550,s and for the pre section use the new jj ee803 which is a bee... 
eac vs windows...artwork help etc...
I at first thought eac was better so I re ripped all my music in lossless on eac but a couple of albums I couldent. Well now I have a new dac the W4S and now the wmp ripped tracks sound better! more life like less boring. But I dont know I wish so... 
tubes in a Copland 504???
OK How do you adjust the bias? I am assuming its the little blue and white pots in front of each tube but as I said assume. Help if you can.Thanks 
Wyred 4 Sound DAC1 or DAC2?
Amen!that it Im sure of it! 
tubes in a Copland 504???
CAN you use KT-88,s??? Please thats the main concern now. 
Wyred Dacs--Thoughts?
also if you own the w4s dacs you need to set the IIR setting to 70k. The explaination of this feature is difficult but its roughly a filter and it is default at >50 so it filters everything below 50 kilohertz out to reduce noise but if you have... 
Amplifiers:A Keeper for Life. Do you know of one ?
Meitner STR-50 Plus modded. Or any Meitner 55, 100,101. All meitner amps are the best over all sounding amp ever. Its just a great sounding amp. It sounds as if it has a tube pre section in its sonic presentation. I will never part with my Meitner... 
Wyred Dacs--Thoughts?
Philefreak I just got the Dac-1 and WOW you are right! Ive never really had a great dac persae but I dont think I could do better unless I added a zero to the price tag of 1000$ to 10,000$. Thats the only way I believe I could get much better. 
Wyred 4 Sound DAC1 or DAC2?
Yerude1 did you turn the dac on? Ive had many many dacs from bel cantos to Musiland I have heard many name brand dacs and Ive made my own dacs and modded many as well and I have to say for the money the dac 1 or 2 is the best dac Ive heard in a lo... 
PS audio digital link 3 or similiar Dac
Wyred 4 sound is almost unbeatable as far as price. To get much better sound qaulity you would have to add another zero on to the 1000$ price tag. If you dont like it (I doubt you wont) You can sell it with no problem. 
Most powerful and popular EL34 tube amp?
The Copland 504 is a great amp. 50 watts is the rating but it will do 80 easy. It was 5000$ new in 2001. I own one. 4 KT-88,s or 6550,s 
audio Gd dac 19 Df vs beresford TC 7520
Yes! the Audio GD blows it away! Dont judge the audio GD equipment based on a price basis or you will just be wasting time as all the Audio-GD stuff is way under priced. There 1000$ Preamp beat out my Mark Levinson at 18,000$ so I sold the Levinso... 
EVS modded BDP-83 , or separate DAC ?
Go with the Audio-GD DAC any of theyre DAC,s are under priced and over built. I dont know why audiophiles refuse to embrace Audio-GD im guessing when they do the prices will quadrouple so I recommend the brand. I have there stuff and I have been a...