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| Thoughts about the new MacMini & Lion OS We know we can make the 2011 Mac Mini sound great, just as we have with the 2010 model. What is unclear is that weather that will be done with Lion or Snow Leopard, in the long haul.Darrell, the 2011 Mac Mini is not OS backwards compatible. You wo... | |
| Thoughts about the new MacMini & Lion OS That new Mini was released today, Albert. That's what the OP was referring to when he mentioned no optical drive. It ships with Lion, of course. | |
| California Audio Show- a great time Some favorite rooms:Audio NoteVivid (On a Higher Note and w/ MSB). These are great speakersSonistGini (sometimes there's nothing quite like an LS3/5A)Loved the look of the new Clearaudio Ovation Wood table | |
| Navigating Mac Mini with I mac I've been doing this for a couple of years now. I can't remember the specific circumstances, but I found there were times when I really needed to have a monitor hooked up to the Mini -- one would be to setup its screen sharing -- and I ended up wi... | |
| Anyone have a Music First Preamp ? George says they did a blind test with a panel of listeners and no one could hear a problem until they got down to 30K ohm. I have an LSA on order and a 50K ohm amp, so we'll see. | |
| Anyone have a Music First Preamp ? >significantly north of 50K ohms, at least 100K ohms to be conservativereally? rut-roh | |
| Adding Placette for finer volume adjustment? Tell us, what is this mystery tube preamp? | |
| Adding Placette for finer volume adjustment? The Lightspeed Attenuator, discussed at length in other threads, is another possibility. Less money and apparently even more transparent. No remote, but you wouldn't need that anyway. | |
| Why are HD downloads so expensive? HD Tracks has done an excellent job of signing up key labels and getting them ro release a lot of good stuff. A newcomer would have to play catch-up on that score.However, I don't care for the user interface at HD Tracks and as the content grows, ... | |
| Quads Unlimited Restored Quad ESLs Excellent review. I'd like to check in with you in 6-12 months and see if your assessment changes. I owned very early original ESLs for about 20 years -- should have had them rebuilt but never did -- before I started in 1995 on a journey through a... | |
| Why are HD downloads so expensive? I have been told that it's actually more costly for Netflix to distribute video electronically than to send you the red envelopes. If so, then we could have the same situation here. But cutting out the retail middleman would more than make up for ... | |
| Cat-proofing your speakers... >Orange Citrus Mist sprayReally? That works? | |
| Cat-proofing your speakers... One of our cats likes to chew on cables, the more expensive the better. I'm having some moderate success with strategic, upside-down placement of deep pile carpet protector. It might not be decor-acceptable for everyone, but it seems to be working... | |
| I got the USB DAC per everyone's sugguestion BUT.. The Ayre USB DAC and some others will handle 24/192, but at this time, most USB DACs won't. If you are ripping vinyl at hi-rez and want to play it back that way, you need to spend for hi-rez playback | |
| Is the Accuton driver that good? Rtn1 wrote:Combining a ceramic mid with a Kevlar woofer seems to be a great combination. Add a diamond tweeter, and one is capable of the most extended, pure, and angelic top end.Are there any commercial speakers out there that offer that driver c... |