sc53
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| Chord Dave or Ayre QX5 Twenty DAC??? I have the Ayre QX-20, replaced my Ayre QB-9DSD. Both are excellent DACs, don't know why Bar81 says not. I heard the QX-20 and the Chord in the same room at a shop; I preferred the Ayre. You might not. | |
| Good HiFi stores in NY, Washington DC area Proac at Deju Vu Audio in McLean with lots of gorgeous boutique low watt tube amps, also in Verona NJ (at least they used to have them) with ARC amplification; Devore and Raidho at Command AV in Falls Church; Vandersteen Maggie's and Linn at Gifte... | |
| Why are record cleaners so expensive? This winter I bought an Ultrasonic V8 from David Ratcliffe. With the dryer cube it was about $1800 shipped. It cleans and dries 8 records at a time and the improvement in sound from cleaning with my trusty VPI 16.5 is amazing. I sold the VPI to a ... | |
| Best Equipment Stand I had the same problem with two turntables (Linn LP12 and a nice Rega) in my upstairs room with the hardwood floor. Tried several different racks, still could hear footfalls and the arm would actually jump around on the LP if you trod heavily into... | |
| Upgrade Linn LP 12 or buy new table I just keep upgrading my Linn LP12--tomorrow I go to the Linn audio shop near me to have the Keel I ordered installed while I wait. I cannot afford both Keel and Radikal so doing just one for now. My Linn is about 15 years old and has Ekos II, Cir... | |
| What used speaker would you buy with $20,000-$35,000 and why? Best I've heard: Genesis 5.3 and Vandersteen Quattro Wood CT. Both had low bass to die for in a normal room, paired with good but not crazy expensive amplification. | |
| Is the word 'Integrated' that hard to spell? More pedantry: how about power "chord" rather than "cord?" Come on, people! | |
| streamer for PWD DAC mkII - tired of a computer and complicated connectivity! Either the Aries or the Node 2. Or for more money an Aurender. I've been reviewing my options for removing my laptop from my system too. Just when I think I've landed on the perfect solution, I discover something like I need to run an ethernet cab... | |
| Do you remember when Audiogon was just a bulletin board classified ad site? I joined the site back in 98 or 99 too. I remember some really cool guys back then, somebody named Sean who knew a lot, a guy named Bill (?) who was great on the forums as well. I bought a lot of jazz LPs from a guy named Scott and I still listen ... | |
| need help moving to NAS and RAID Not sure why you think a NAS will be more reliable than the external USB drives. All drives can fail. SSD drives at least don't have the spinning hard drive, so I've been trying to migrate more to those as the price comes down. I too use JRiver an... | |
| Upgrades to UHD Blu-Ray I love my Panasonic G15 plasma! I was so bummed to learn they are no longer making that technology. From the "viewing" I've done at Best Buy and HH Gregg, I do not like LED at all, and 4K looks so vivid it's almost cartoon-like, not natural at all... | |
| Upgrades to UHD Blu-Ray Just to clarify--the Oppo Blue Ray players will upsample to 4K/UHD only if you have a 4K/UHD TV. It won't upsample to your regular 1080P HDTV (Panasonic plasma). A review says trying to do so may "lock up" the player. | |
| Best Minimalist DAC? Ayre DSD is pretty simple (USB input only) and sounds wonderful. | |
| What's your latest album purchase? Bob Dylan and the Band: The Basement Tapes--CompleteRhiannon Giddens et al.: The New Basement Tapes | |
| Floor Stander with Small Footprint 7K - 15K Genesis 7.1F or 7.2F (floorstanders).Elegant both in appearance and sound. |