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great bookshelf speakers vs 12-18 k floor speakers
Bookshelf speakers are visually smaller but the facts are that with appropriate stands, the footprint is similar. With that disclaimer, a good pair of monitors, depending on your placement options, can be easier to integrate with your room. If you... 
Is this the END of DAYS for the high end CD player
Bit perfect downloads are the future and the future is here. Everyone seems to make the assumption that the decline curve of the cd will mirror that of the LP and settle at some predetermined flat line. I don't believe that assumption will play ou... 
Need a Speaker Recommendation
Check out the Neat Petite III monitors currently listed for sale here. I have no affiliation to the seller or Neat but they are a really cool little monitor and a lot of speaker for the money. They would grow with you when you decide to upgrade fr... 
Devore Gibbon 3XLs: anyone have these?
If you are comparing the p3esr with the devore 3xl you are comparing apples and oranges. The devore is in another league....more comparable to the compact 7 or the shl5, both of which are front ported. Just an FYI. 
usb dac for hi-end system
The Ayre is a very good USB dac but it is not the end of story. You need to listen to several in your system. The Ayre is optimized to run on USB and only offers a USB input. The technology Ayre utilizes is licensed from Wavelength which was a sma... 
usb dac for hi-end system
Cerrot, the blanket statement that you made about "music should be streamed not packets" is mistaken. Data is transmitted in packets, blocks or other groupings, whether through FireWire, USB or wireless and is buffered, it's not music until the co... 
usb dac for hi-end system
Emre,I took a look at your system and you have an awesome DAC in the DCS. Your best bet at this time if you have a Mac would be to get the Wavelength Wavelink USB to SPDIF and then plug into your DCS. That is a $900 US solution, and he includes ca... 
Applications of USB 3.0 in Music Storage.
Since you a having a computer built, it certainly sounds like you are veering down the pc/Microsoft OS avenue. If that is the case, you will want to research a bit more. For instance, below is a link to a pci card which outputs 24/192 via an aes/e... 
speakers close to the back wall ?
Obviously all rooms and all speakers require careful matching. AN/e's are quite balanced in my room....a bit more than a foot or so from my front wall. Large room 20' x 30' brick one side, glass the other.....horses for courses. 
Perhaps we should stick with midfi...
Everyone here is very kind and offering sage, well thought out advice to the OP. You are all to be commended. I'll still bet that this person is a Troll, although I hope to be proven wrong when he posts some pictures to 1 of his 4 systems.Again, I... 
Acoustic Zen
Phone works, website doesn't as of today 8/16/2010 
Perhaps we should stick with midfi...
Definitely a troll, he's got one too many "big names" listed. He has an extra piece from Krell/ARC/Mac for his amp and preamp. To front that equipment with the Sony player is also very unlikely......lastly, he has like 4 systems listed.....RILLY? 
Best Late Night Low Volume Speaker
Hey Audiofeil, you are always so careful not to mention products that you carry in order to avoid any appearance of shilling but The Audio Note AN-E speakers are pretty hard to beat with a nice tube setup. I have had several pair of Harbeths in my... 
The CD player is dead.......
A Portland cement piano housing......WOW! Even Edison was trying to tame unwanted resonances a century ago....LOL. 
Help Father of the bride dance song.
What about "Big Papa" by Notorius B I G? LOL....just kidding of course.Definitely the Sinatra version of " The Way You Look Tonight", an excellent tempo and the theme sends the proper message without choking everyone up. Your daughters wedding sho...