jimmywho
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| why do people feel the need to buy expensive cable Geoff - The word "expensive" is relative to the rest of the system, the speakers/amp/preamp/sources. $10k on cables is not expensive if the rest of the system is worth $100k. However if the rest of the system is worth $12k, then $10k on cables is ... | |
| Speaker Cables for Revel Studio Ultima. I'm currently using Cullen Cable speaker cables in a double bi-wire setup (2 standard runs per speaker) with my Studios and a Levinson 335 amp (which has 4 binding posts per speaker). I own several more expensive sets of speaker cables, but the Cu... | |
| why do people feel the need to buy expensive cable After 17 years as an audiophile, the key is honestly to try lots of different types of cable at different price points, because the results are so system dependent. In my pretty respectable system with a Levinson amp and preamp, Revel Studios, PS ... | |
| Perfect Wave DAC and Bridge As for why there are a lot of used ones for sale, I think that means nothing in terms of evaluating the quality of any unit. This is audiogon, where people buy things used just to try them out, knowing they can easily flip them. Plus, ps audio is ... | |
| Perfect Wave DAC and Bridge I've got the lacie 2tb network spacemax, set to raid 1 so it auto backs up my library. I've had zero issues with it, although its hard to say whether its better to wait for the ps audio drive. | |
| Perfect Wave DAC and Bridge I'm with you guys, had the PWD for a year, the bridge for a week, and they are both incredible. The PWD was a huge step up from the Benchmark Dac1, and its great to hear it beats the levinson duo, which I've heard in another system. I just stream ... | |
| AIFF vs Apple Lossless Ripping Sidssp - I was using iTunes v. 8 when I did the test. | |
| Audioquest DBS vs Synergistic Research Tesla? I prefer synergistic research hands down, I've never tried the sky or whatever the top audioquest speaker cable is, or the top Tesla SR cables, but in terms of whether DBS or Active shielding is better, Synergistic wins easily. I owned generation ... | |
| Audioquest DBS vs Synergistic Research Tesla? I've owned cables with both technologies. If you take the battery out of the DBS thing, the difference is subtle. (at least in the panther I owned with the 36v or 72v dbs, cant remember which). If you unplug the syn's active shielding, the there i... | |
| AIFF vs Apple Lossless Ripping In my system, mac mini -->benchmark usb --> ATC SCM-10 active monitors, AIFF has more slam than ALC. My wife heard it right away as well. | |
| Need RCA to XLR adaptor for digital cable.Help Look on Benchmark's website, Canare makes a converter that will match the impedance, costs like $30. | |
| I have 1500 cds Lossless = Apple Lossless and FLAC (free lossless audio codec). They both maintain 100% of the information whereas mp3s and AAC files trim data to make the files smaller. Apple lossless and FLAC store the data in a compressed format and the softwa... |