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| Do not buy any Sonus Faber used Elberoth2 - I was once in the market for a car that was hard to find in the US. I found one, but it was grey market from Canada. I immediately walked away. Same with audio equipment. If I do not know where it comes from I either walk or decide to ... | |
| Cary slp-05 tubes rumor or fact? I read somewhere that if you are using single ended inputs rather than balanced, 2 of the tubes are not used. Can anyone confirm that and if so, which ones? Replacing 4 rather than 6 tubes would be cheaper. Obviously the headphone ones would not n... | |
| Cary slp-05 tubes rumor or fact? Jwtrace - what did you replace it with? Or did you go passive? | |
| Mixed Up Track Order from dbPoweramp rips The naming convention and the sorting logic may be the issue. Is your software sorting by track number or by track title? I name the files as track number track title. e.g. 01 Tin Angel, 02 Chelsea Morning, etc. You can set up dBpoweramp to create... | |
| Totems I have 2 pairs of Arro and a pair of Sttaf. I love the Arro, but the Sttaf do provide more bass and are richer in sound. They are not as common as the Arro but they are worth looking for. They are just an inch or two bigger than the Arro, but the ... | |
| Do not buy any Sonus Faber used Folks, don't overthink this. This is about obvious grey market product, with no serial numbers or serial numbers than clearly do not have a US origin. If you have a serial number that says it was US merchandise then you should be fine. Sumiko is n... | |
| Totems How about some Arro or Sttaf? They have a similar footprint t0 monitors on a stand and provide better bass. I think the Sttaf might be a great option as they are generally available used for not much more than the Arro and they are somewhat easier... | |
| I got the USB DAC per everyone's sugguestion BUT.. The HRT Streamer II and II+ USB DACs do 24/96 at attractive prices. The II is an especially good deal. At a somewhat higher pricer, the Musical Fidelity M1 DAC has gotten a lot of good reviews and it does 24/192 USB input, although the output is l... | |
| Do not buy any Sonus Faber used Swampwalker, Peterayer - that is why Sumiko put up the warning on Audiogon. So people would not be caught unware. If anyone has any doubt, get the serial number and call Sumiko. There used to be a guy who sold SF under the name American Home Theat... | |
| Has LED caught up to Plasma? Calgarian5355 - Samsung's are very sexy looking, but I do not think think they have the best picture. I think the current Sony line-up is better than Samsung. To me, Samsung is the brightest of the LCD/LEDs but not as crisp. When you turn the brig... | |
| Do not buy any Sonus Faber used The issue for Sumiko and Sonus Faber is grey market stuff. There are people who bring it in for Europe and sell it in the US. It used to be a bigger problem than it is today. They have had that notice up for years. If I remember correctly they put... | |
| Has LED caught up to Plasma? Room light levels are still an issue. The new LCDs hold up better in a very bright room. Plasmas can wash out in high light situations. My family room is loaded with windows and, as much as I wanted the Panasonic plasma, it just was not going to w... | |
| Software Question Glad to help. J River is very flexible, it is just that many of the options are not that easy to find. I keep finding little things all the time. You even motivated me to do some changes to the display that I have been wanted to do for a while. | |
| Software Question You can also put expressions in the display text. For example, to only show bit depth and sample rate when bit depth is greater than 16,if(compare([Bit Depth],>,16),[Bit Depth]//formatnumber([Sample Rate],0), )will only display the bit depth an... | |
| Software Question Right click on the Playing Now display at the top of the screen and select customize display. You can add any fields you want to the display - e.g. [bitrate] [bit depth] [sample rate] |