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HiFiMAN HM-602 Portable music player
Now there is also a Hifiman 601 for < $300.Has anyone tried these players?I would also like to abandon the iPod for better fidelity.I wonder, however, how the Hifiman handles files?Will it be simple enough to "drag and drop" from iTunes folders... 
Not so Easy to Skip the Preamp?
Main desktop system:Computer USB to USB hub > Behringer Interface Box > Interface optical out to DEQ24 > Also, analogue out from Cablevision HDTV box to DEQ2496 > 2x Behringer A500 (in mono) > ATC SCM 7's and/or Epos ELS3'sIn this c... 
Not so Easy to Skip the Preamp?
Oh...full disclosure....As I was hoping to A/B compare this system with a leaner, meaner (?) Hagtech interface straight into the Audio Research DAC, I did not switch out the Behringer amp as that is what I am using in my other desktop system.So I ... 
Not so Easy to Skip the Preamp?
4estOne of the reasons I thought I could get away with no preamp is because the Behringer has volume controls for each channel.CBW723Yes, it sounded so bad that I switched out the monitors, then made sure I was using the same cables and everything... 
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PC Audio and the Behringer DEQ 2496
Bogartg1In my case, I use it as a decent, but cheap and versatile device to switch between cable HDTV and PC based sound on my desktop.Its not state of the art, but surprisingly good, and fun.If I were trying to build a single use, dedicated 2 cha... 
The Magic of Brazilian Music
Further to Brazilian music, can anyone please explain or recommend either of the following:1) "Acoustic" Brazilian music and/or 2) "Axe" music?I am trying to find representative artists to create Pandora stations.Thank you 
amp for maggies 3.6
Is it possible that the culprit is not the amplifier, but your taste in "dance/trance club music"? 
Amplifier for Magnepan 20.1s
Bryston monoblocks and Parasound are often recommended for Magnepans.Other than biamping as Teajay mentions above, it seems the consensus is that more power yields a bigger benefit than incremental increases in quality.I have always wondered about... 
PC Audio and the Behringer DEQ 2496
Ua100kThank you for all the information - this is very helpful.Is there any consensus on "high end" USB cables or glass fiber cables? Or have the Siltechs of the world not gotten involved yet? 
PC Audio and the Behringer DEQ 2496
OK so a glass fiber toslink cable should be noticably better than my plastic Monster Cable optical cable from Best Buy?How alarming is the octopus of USB cables going to a passive USB hub?Interesting that in a forum where we debate magic markers o... 
How "Rare" are Audio Classics, Really
T BoneWith great respect for most of your advice and opinions, particuarly on world travel and direct drive turntables....I might suggest that the reason a Superfast does not "get the love" of a 250 GTO is the same reason Maggie Gyllenhal doesn't ... 
why do some turntables have multiple tonearms?
If I ever treat myself to a VPI HRX, Clearaudio Statement or Goldmund Reference II with more than one tonearm, I don't think I am going to spend a lot of time with mono records. But maybe its just me.Like a lot of very expensive aspects to our hob... 
How "Rare" are Audio Classics, Really
Audiofeil mentions the Ohms which seem pretty rare indeed.Can anyone else comment on production numbers in more detail?In cars, I believe anything in the hundreds is pretty low.Apparently there were only 36 Ferrari 288 GTOs ever made, and they sel... 
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