jaybe
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| Favorite band or artist of all time? Root Boy Slim and The Sex Change BandEyeless in Gaza | |
| blu-ray audio Not sure why "lossless" is being tossed around. No where in the process or equipment mentioned is there any conversion to lossy files. And, PCM is lossless. | |
| Best song for immediate impact when presenting or testing? +1 Factory Girl | |
| Polite Rules for discussing Audio related things what a load o' crud | |
| insurance and shipping with UPS I avoid the UPS problem by using FedEx. I learned the hard way and will never look back. | |
| How to find the good CD recordings? The Dynamic Range Database site is a good reference for researching dynamic range. For older recording with multiple releases/masterings over the years it is interesting to watch the DR sucked right out of the recordings on the newer issues.Betwee... | |
| EAC question What I said is true whether you like it or not. Another poster gave your answer above. Every other question you've raised is answered online. If it’s too much of a challenge there are simpler, dumbed-down apps you could try. | |
| Volume/Level Boosting of .mp3 files If it’s a level issue, you can use Audacity (or other apps) to uniformly increase the level, just be careful not to exceed 0db, or even keep it at -1db. To preserve the original relative levels between songs on a single CD do all files at once or ... | |
| Has Paypal suddenly started charging sales tax? It's real. I had to pay state sales tax last year on my PayPal sales. They submitted a tax form to my state government. | |
| EAC question Not sure why people here aren't reading the abundant online instructions on how to setup and use EAC that explain every aspect of the program. | |
| Fraud Alert: Audio Zoom Zoom, Netherlands No due diligence by a buyer can have dire consequences. | |
| Marantz PM8006 vs NAD C375BEE I owned the 375 and found it to be nonmusical. | |
| NAD C 275 Bee You could find a better sounding used amp for about the same money although I have no specific recommendations. I've listened to and owned a few recent NAD pieces and in my opinion they're not special. | |
| Captain Crunch decoder ring for findind audiophile quality CD recordings Steve Hoffman forums have a lot of info on best recordings/versions of many CDs. | |
| Is USB audio dying? No it's alive and well and getting better. Elegance is subjective and not necessarily related to SQ. You'll find more info on other sites that specialize in digital audio. |