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| dumb question, streaming music to a preamp? John, Here are three approaches, listed in order of personal preference:1. Apple Airport Express Base Station, $99, especially if your daughter already has Apple products. 2. Dragonfly DAC, by Audioquest? Get Version 1.2, available on Amazon for $... | |
| Smoke contaminated component If you have any connections with hotel or motel owners, one of their ozone-generating devices did the job for me. These machines are routinely used to remove tobacco odors from contaminated rooms. | |
| Neil Young's Pono music player raises millions "The problem IMO is that Neil Young understands the problem, but he is not technical enough to understand the right approach for a solution."Maybe not, but Charlie Hanson and team at Ayre Acoustics as well as others on the Pono design team probabl... | |
| Internet Radio Zavato, As you've found out, IPad has its limitations as a source, but one interesting trick is to buy the IPad Camera Connection Kit for $29. This gives you a USB connection, with some caveats. An undocumented feature is that this USB will bypass... | |
| Internet Radio Hgeifman, Pls explain how one connects to an IPad with an ethernet cable. | |
| Wit's end with Gallo 3.1s This may sound odd, but as another option to try, I've actually heard of the Gallo's being used in a corner placement. This might even allow you to get away with a bit closer wall location. Be sure to diffuse the first wall reflection as mentioned... | |
| Most underrated composer of 20th Century? Harry Partch, who not only was a prolific composer but also developed his own instruments and microtonal scales should also be included in any list of the "underappreciateds". | |
| any diffrence between triangle celius es and 202? Go for the Celius ESW if you can find one, or the ES. Triangle Electroacoustique continued to evolve this speaker line in positive ways over time. Flatter responses over freq. range, better ceramic tweeters, tighter bass. | |
| A gallo reference sub amp or second subwoofer? Brad, thanks for taking the extra time and bandwidth to share your results. Glad it worked out so well. ..and just in time for the Holidays! | |
| Intractable Problem Sorry you're having a problem, especially during this season of great music. Since one speaker is only playing at 5% relative volume, that likely rules out sound cancellation effects as the culprit.It wasn't completely clear from your post that yo... | |
| "Like" button for posts There's actually an informal system in use here to signify just what you mention... e.g.,+1 RJA, Yogiboy. | |
| Subwoofer for Beginner HSU Research specializes in subs and has good return policies/user support. The VTF-1 Mk2 is very musical, well reviewed and on special direct from site for $419. | |
| hp desk top ITunes does not play well AT ALL with Windows. Since your library is in ALAC format, Get the free Foobar software media manager with ALAC decoder module, and activate one of the better software audio drivers (included) such as WASAPI Event. If at ... | |
| New DSD DAC. Recommendations please Re: "Make sure to get a DSD Dac that can play DSD128."Bigger is better, right? So why would Charlie Hanson of Ayre Acoustics, a company whose components typically retail in the $5-$10k range, opt for single-rate DSD in his latest upgrade? Check ou... | |
| A gallo reference sub amp or second subwoofer? Is that the Gallo Reference 3 amp? If so, I would definitely go with that option, giving you integrated stereo bass down to 22 Hz. |