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| Boulder has full page ad in Du-pont registry Boulder also has a pictured ad on the back of a Grey Pouponjar.Awesome. | |
| Today's New York Times I think the end of days prognostications are pretty premature. In all reality there are a lot of subcultures that are getting 20 & 30 somethings into higher quality music... For example, the "pitchfork(.com) hipster crowd" is pretty into turnt... | |
| PS Audio PWD MkII vs W4S DAC2 This doesn't appear to be the issue, but just for others' reference, I tried an Oppo 95 as a transport for the PWD, and it was really terrible. Lots of the bad characteristics that were listed above. I loved the Oppo's video, but it was really a p... | |
| Wireless keyboard and mouse I use a macmini as a music server and for watching hbogo and netflix, and I've been really happy with a small wireless Lenovo multimedia keyboard/mouse. It's unlike any other options out there, as it uses an optical "trackball" like those used to ... | |
| advice on configuring a laptop windows system Just a practical consideration, I suspect that USB audio will be the only option available on your laptop as very few windows laptops have any other digital output that can be fed to an external DAC. Some macs (maybe all?) have an SPDIF output, bu... | |
| Does Anyone Offer Audio Mods For A Mac Mini? Glad to hear someone report on the Clones product... I was thinking about trying it myself, as it seems to be a very straightforward product. I've never been convinced that the technological advances in some of the other (more expensive) options a... | |
| Do I have a "balance" problem? Also, many recordings have poor balance with the lead vocals and they are "left shifted." So make sure you're using a test CD with a true center image (e.g., the stereophile test CD series) when you're working on the problem.I'd love to hear from ... | |
| Attention Thiel CS3.7 owners 07-13-13: VhinerCal3713,Someone at Thiel told me awhile back that they were very, very pleased with how the Hegel drove the 3.7's. Do you remember which model it was? Their flagship is out of my price range.~~~~~It was actually their H300 integrat... | |
| Attention Thiel CS3.7 owners I own 2.4s with an (underpowered) Pass Labs XA30.5 and feel like that series mates very well with the Thiel sound. I heard a pair of 3.7s at RMAF that were powered with Hegel, and that room convinced me that I will eventually upgrade to the 3.7s, ... | |
| Pass labs XA60.5 anything wrong with them. "Now I use the X250.5, overwhole sound I prefer a lot more over the XA60.5."This is a very system (and listening preferences) dependent statement. For example, I auditioned the XA30.5 vs. the X250.5 on Thiel 2.4s. The X250.5 had some midrange hars... | |
| Pass labs XA60.5 anything wrong with them. "Now I use the X250.5, overwhole sound I prefer a lot more over the XA60.5."This is a very system (and listening preferences) dependent statement. For example, I auditioned the XA30.5 vs. the X250.5 on Thiel 2.4s. The X250.5 had some midrange hars... | |
| pass x250.5/xp10VSmcintosh MA7000VSClasse cap2100 Not perfect advice here, but I have compared a Pass X250.5 to a MC402 and the Pass killed the Mac. I actually ended up preferring an XA-30.5 to the X250.5 (by a considerable margin) even despite having speakers that people say shouldn't be driven ... | |
| PS audio PWD MK2 a real upgrade from MKI? Add me as another (relative) "night and day" vote. Before the MKII upgrade I liked the convenience of the DAC and liked, but did not love the sound. Now I really do love the unit. One of the best purchases I made while upgrading the stereo was get... | |
| Anyone hear the new Thiel 2.7 speakers at RMAF? I don't know if it was the room or what, but I wasn't impressed at all with these speakers. I heard a Beck track that I know very well off of The Information and it sounded way better at my home with my underpowered 2.4s (Pass INT-30A as the amp).... | |
| Oppo-105 vs Oppo-93 + W4S DAC2 for stereo. Not to resurrect a lost thread, but I tried to use an Oppo 93 as a transport into my PS Audio PWDac, and didn't like it at all... it was quite a bit worse than my old Exemplar/Denon 2900 in that duty. I've actually been searching for a good transp... |