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| Best Pre with a built-n phono section? Strong second to J135 on the Jeff Rowland Capri. | |
| computer audio question There's been much progress in DAC and DAC chips design since The Bel Canto DAC 2 came out almost 10 years ago.That said, Your most cost-effective upgrade at this point could be to add something like the M2Tech Hiface USB/SPDIF converter and output... | |
| Good turntable needed, need recomendations. oops, that was Rick V! | |
| Good turntable needed, need recomendations. I'd like to add two somewhat disparate thoughts to the excellent comments above.a) The recommendation by your dealer to use Basis as a source may be very well grounded in fact, with Basis possibly being a proven, synergystic match with the Vandy's... | |
| Help me build a fine PC sound system Thanks for the heads-up on HDTracks. I got Ray's Genius and it sounds mighty good at 16/44, so can only imagine what the Hi res would be like.Two of the Lynxes are included in the TAS review. Your less costly AES 16 was cited as having the better ... | |
| Surge Suppression vrs. Lighting and Power Spikes Eniac and Hifihvn, you both have it right. If lightning is prevalent or imminent, unplug. Also, if at all possible, purchase power conditioner/surge suppressor that provides warranty against lightning damage and keep your homeowner's insurance upg... | |
| Can you compare NAD C370 with Portal Panache Int. I've owned several NAD components through the years, and thus am very doubtful that the hum you are experiencing is normal. If the hum were eliminated, would you still feel the need to change amps? | |
| Help me build a fine PC sound system Oh - Two more things I have to mention - If you haven't done so, be sure to check out:- In JRiver, run Theater View/Audio/Playing Now, and watch the software glean a slideshow of images from the internet that are related to the album, genre, artis... | |
| Help me build a fine PC sound system Hi BJim,Glad that you had such good results with DbPower. It looks like almost all features are available for a one-time price of $38, including conversions, so likely will go this route.Why convert? hmmmm... maybe if I have .wav files that I need... | |
| ARCAM rDAC Mark,It's great that you are having such good success with this unit.Having looked over description and specs of the rDAC and having owned several Arcam sources, I am wondering if this unit might not benefit from:- a better DC power source (e.g., ... | |
| Help me build a fine PC sound system "Say what?" Not too terrible in the grand scheme, but a couple of times when HDTracks download stream was slow, I'd return to find that a single-album download was stored with each song in individual folders. I combined songs into a single file fo... | |
| Evolution Acoustics MMMicroOne typo correction: that's Evolution Acoustics' Kevin Malmgren. | |
| Help me build a fine PC sound system "I believe i"m going to buy DBPower amp"I started a few weeks ago using dBpoweramp for all rips and conversions and like it lots. It allows ripping in dual file types to dual destinations, so you can, e.g., rip an archival copy in FLAC to a server... | |
| Help me build a fine PC sound system Hi Blindjim,Hoping things are better in your world, and relative to this thread, just wanted to alert you to the fact that the next (latest) issue of Stereophile contains a review of better quality PC sound cards. Oh, and regarding: >> I use... | |
| Evolution Acoustics MMMicroOne Neogeo, Great question. I spoke briefly with designer Kevin Malmren who indicated there are several installations of the speakers locally where they can be auditioned, but didn't ask about associated gear with them. That would seem to be a next lo... |