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| Should I go to a Benchmark DAC1 pre in my system? The Benchmark is a remarkable converter. Its sound is extraordinarily, achingly clear when used with equal or better-quality gear. It is a presentation that, completely personally, I find fascinating but more concerned with musical details and str... | |
| Possible to convert Apple Lossless to WAV.? Yes, you can do that, but I don't think you can do it with iTunes. You'll need a recording application like Amadeus Pro or similar. To do it with Amadeus, open the file from within the application, then save it in one of a list of supported format... | |
| poor source material As Fafafion suggests, you could start to think about component upgrades. If you find the right combination of pieces, the poorly-recorded music can sound much better.There is a caveat, though. Systems, and people's listening tastes, can take diffe... | |
| How to hook up home theater....... Aargh, the peanuts, the peanuts... | |
| suggest valve amplifier for Living Voice speakers What about the Audio Note Interstage 300B or the Border Patrol S20 ? Both offer about 20 wpc and use interstage transformers. The AN did very well at RMAF, the BP got a rave from Roy Gregory. Haven't heard them, but would love to. | |
| Catchy tunes that sound great? IIRC, you can talk all you want about a riveting tune that's impossible to get out of your head _while_ Cage's 4'33" is playing. It's four minutes 33 secs of silence--or rather, of ambient auditory information.Now, 4 min 33 secs of silence in my h... | |
| matching tt to music I find Onhwy61's observation rather interesting. The last VPI I listened hard to was in the Soundsmith room at the Montreal show in April. Don't know the VPI model, I presumed it was the full Monty since Soundsmith is a dealer, and the TT had a Sc... | |
| matching tt to music The 10x5 sounds warm and full on its own, without any transformers or whatever between it and the first amplification stage. I listened to it on a Roksan Xerxes with a Rega 250 or 300 and IIRC a Kora phonostage. | |
| matching tt to music Well, you might add a Dynavector 10x5 to your list of cartridge choices. It sounds very much like your description and would fit your Rega fine. | |
| "Budget" cable advice, please My experience with Monster cables is limited to the Interlink 400 II, which was fine for the $35 I paid.I have a couple of Auricle Audio interconnects. These are auctioned here and can be picked up quite reasonably.I also have a couple of Acoustic... | |
| DAC gain, or amp volume? Found out last week my Mini-DAC's gain was set *way* high. Sonic effect: harshness in upper mids, congestion, little play in the preamp's volume control. Got this advice: if you are using a tube preamp you may be able to work with a higher gain se... | |
| Blue Note reissues as an investment? What Blindjim says makes sense to me. IMHO collecting anything is a question of passion ( or obsession ) and that is the best reason to do it. Often enough, if you go for what you love, that love will be returned some way down the road. | |
| Amp Stands, Butcher Blocks Etc. I took my Shanling SP-80 tube monoblocks off the floor and put them on custom-made 3-inch maple platforms. What a difference this made to the sound : clearer mids, cleaner highs and tighter, weightier bass. I used the Mapleshade guidelines and put... | |
| New Music: Oh Laura Hi Jdoris, at this point I am tipped slightly towards Firecracker... Toby | |
| New Music: Oh Laura If the Be Good Tanyas did it for you, you might also like the Wailin' Jennys.http://www.thewailinjennys.com/ |