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| WAV or Apple Lossless Encoder? You should just rip a couple of your favorite CD's in both formats and compare them yourself. It's going to be you who's making the call as to which you prefer, not someone else. Personally, in the few comparisons I've made, I could not hear much ... | |
| whats the finest recorded cd you've heard? Too many to list...top of my head...El Cant de la Sibil La (Most of the Alia Vox CD's are brilliant)The Trinity Sessions, Cowboy JunkiesThe Lake, Antony (don't recall whether The Johnsons are with him on that EP)A whole bunch of ECM recordings...D... | |
| Tired of Problems with Tube Equipment I can't say I've had a tremendous diversity or breadth of experience compared to what is available, but I have used tubed components for many years. I've been using various tube components, practically exclusively, for eight or nine years now. I'v... | |
| Latest USB converters or music server? Modwright Transporter - I've sold my high end player, since the output via wireless as well as via digital input is better than any player I've ever had before that I can recall, including two Modwright Sony units. A good friend of mine has recent... | |
| Redefining "Universal Player" I would like to keep box count as low as possible, sound quality as high as possible, cost as low as possible, and flexibility as high as possible. Okay, I want it all :-)My Oppo 983H is a universal player of sorts and has USB 2.0 input for PC bas... | |
| Blue Collar Cables? The great debate I am not saying to spend 10k, a pair of cables, but buy something cost relative to the rest of your system.I would suggest that you make sure you can tell the difference before dropping more money on cables. The point of diminishing returns comes... | |
| Daedalus I heard his largest speakers at RMAF '07 playing with, I think it was, Art Audio low-powered SET amplification. It was one of my favorite rooms. The speakers were full range, coherent and very engaging. They did everything very well disappearing l... | |
| Redefining "Universal Player" I've also never owned a player with a digital input and don't understand the expectation for one. They are certainly the exception rather than the rule, and I can only think of a few off the top of my head that actually offer that option. If you a... | |
| My office setup I'm pretty sure that you could také the preamp out of the loop in both scenarios. With your P3 just use the phono pre directly to your active speakers. Most active speakers have a pre section or some sort of attenuation already in them. Try it and... | |
| My office setup I'd completely agree with Sfar regarding making an improvement in the digital conversion (the DAC in the AE leaves a whole lot to be desired). But if you are hearing "distortions" I wonder if it isn't the amp(s) in those active speakers? Why are y... | |
| Mastersound Amps. Anything similar you'd recommend I've owned Quicksilver 300B SET amps for about six years and love them. I have not heard Mastersound so cannot compare. The Quicksilver amps have huge power supplies and are wired point-to-point by hand. Bottom end is excellent, especially for a 3... | |
| Amp for Soliloquy 5.3i floor standing speaker? The Soliloquy 5.3's do not like tubes in the power department.My experience would entirely contradict that statement. I've owned 5.3i's and have helped two friend's build systems around them. They're great speakers for the money and it's a shame t... | |
| Can you point me to CDs with awesome stage? As Timrhu points out, the Qsound recordings are rather unique. If you are looking for conventionally mixed music with amazing soundstage; Tom Waits "Swordfishtrombone", Trio Chemirani "Qalam Kar", The Beatles "Love", Cowboy Junkies "The Trinity Se... | |
| Oppo 981 vs 983 Which Has Better Picture Quality? Unfortunately I have no other choice since my projector and AV processor/amps are all obsolete with component and DVI only, and I don't think I'll change both the projector and amps anytime too soon since they are bought new 3 years back. You shou... | |
| Oppo 981 vs 983 Which Has Better Picture Quality? I was correct, RE: Component outputs - from the Oppo site:Component video output with progressive scan (Up-converting over component output is only available for unencrypted DVD discs such as home video and consumer-created contents. Most commerci... |