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| Any suggestions for good obscure music? i've also been listening to the epynonymous cd of a guy named john davis, who's the majordomo of the successful power poppers, superdrag. apparently, he was driving drunk one night when he found god and decided to make a "christian" record. now, n... | |
| Firewire DACs? But USB is....TERRIBLE. Just listen.SOME USB is terrible. Not all. It really depends on how it is implemented. Another Firewire option if you don't want to drop large coin on Audiophile gear is the Focus Saffire or Saffire LE ($299), which is a pr... | |
| Whats your current Reference CD at the moment? I've been using Melody Gardot, My One and Only Thrill, lately. | |
| Green, Eco Friendly Class A Monoblocks Hey Ralph - I'm looking forward to those truck pics! Definitely post them. I've mentioned that project to a few friends who are very interested in what you're doing. Were you able to implement any of the new capacitor technology you were telling m... | |
| AKG Headphones: New K272 HD vs K702 vs Beyer ? I used to have the same one as yours Cyber 20 but I sold it.I'm not using a Cyber 20 (sold a while ago). I'm using a maxxed out Woo Audio WA6SE. Love it. I concur that the performance of the 701/702 has the potential to leap ahead with the right ... | |
| AKG Headphones: New K272 HD vs K702 vs Beyer ? You should probably go sift through the input over at headfi.org Using the search engine you can get a general overview of the SQ of each of the cans you are asking about (take all with a bag of salt as far as specifics). I can broadly tell you ab... | |
| Audiophile Record Labels Alia Vox for early music (Jordi Savall's label), and a big second thumbs up for ECM. | |
| airport express questions Thanks for explaining that, Kijanki! I always thought of it as akin to uprezzing a graphics file, but as you are explaining it, it is not like that(?). I don't know how much stake I'd put in Stereophile's tests personally. I fI were to rely on the... | |
| long term components Spica TC-50's & lead-shot filled stands - had the same pair that I bought new in NYC, for about 15 years. Thanks for the unwitting reminder Honest1.The next runner up is far off the mark...Quicksilver 300B SET amps Modified Klipsch LaScalasI e... | |
| airport express questions I see many people state that aiff/wav sounds better but I don't see how this could be. I don't understand it either, but I have most definitely heard some high-rez files sound better than others to the point where I could identify the files blind.... | |
| airport express questions Better yet, for much improved sound IME, get an inexpensive jitter device like a Monarchy DIP...run the mini-Toslink into the Monarchy (or other device), then use an alternate connection from the Monarchy to your DAC. If your DAC already has excel... | |
| Suggest Speakers for Peachtree Nova Hey Peter - Great input! I'd forgot about that. So the Yara's are 90db at 4 ohms and the Era 5's I've heard are 85db at 8 ohms and sounded great in the small room they were in pushed by a Nova. I don't recall whether they were pushed very hard tho... | |
| Suggest Speakers for Peachtree Nova I'll add some additional thumbs up for both Era D5 and for Ohm Micro Walsh. | |
| Apple Macintosh Music System I originally switched to WAV due to very clear improvement in sound quality compared to LossLess formatsSince the lossless files are supposedly bit-for-bit, the only explanation I can come up for this difference you are hearing (and I have heard i... | |
| what is difference of klipsch cornwall II & mkII ? The Heresy is a significantly smaller speaker. The volume of the box is about 1/3 of that of the Cornwall (that's a guess). The midrange horn in the Cornwall is larger, as is the forward firing woofer. The horn drivers themselves are similar to th... |