jim204
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| Classical Music for Aficionados @schubert Len I hope this finds you well and in good spirits and our shared musical God is looking over you. Bless you and have a lovely Christmas. Jim. | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados @mahgister Seasons Greetings to you and your’s and I hope you have a very lovely Christmas. Best wishes, Jim. | |
| Setting up a Mac mini as a music server, and other digital music questions @hortense the component that makes the biggest difference to a digital signal is jitter which when taken away to appreciable levels makes you do a double take. I would advise you to look at all digital insertions to see how you can make each of ... | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados When I read of the past greats not practicing all I can think of is what a lot of missed opportunities to be even greater than what they were because of lack of practice. Milstein was an inveterate practicer who always said I owe it to my public t... | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados Yes these older violinists could teach today's young violinists a few lessons if they were still here. As in pianists the older ones are just as good as the young ones of today | |
| How do you get Happy as an Audiophile? Bach and a bottle of Cardhu !! | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados Milstein was almost a brother to Horovitz and stayed with them for some years. He is my favourite Bach violinist, his chaconne in D minor is awesome. | |
| I2S where can I get a I2S bridge in the U.S That plugs into computer slot ? If I were you I would go for a J Play usb card instead as I have a Ps Direct Stream Senior Dac and I have tried it with I2S and My usb card. The card wins hands down between the two on my system . It is easily installed and and does not need you t... | |
| It's time to do it! Please, your help.... I have been using a home built PC for a few years now and have never even thought of a network player as what I have is as good and a lot better than most. Most importantly you have to put very good components in it. Use a good gaming board with y... | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados Anyone interested in superb fiddling get on to Idagio and listen to Leonidas Kavakos 's album Virtuoso for a musical delight. The playing is so easy for him and he programs flashy showpieces by 19th century virtuosos and arrangements of other so w... | |
| Dolby noise reduction Totally agree with you regarding Dolby B. I find the post 65 discs that were made from those tapes totally devoid of high frequency air and so avoided them. The system I enjoyed more was DBX which was miles better but never caught on somehow bu... | |
| Anyone have a Luxman headphone amp? I have the Luxman P-750u and can't praise it enough. I use it for my Sennheiser HD800 phones which aren't the easiest to drive and to the luxman it is a breeze. It is super detailed and is a totally balanced design. You will get more out of any ph... | |
| Headphones vs full range speakers I use the Sennheiser 800 phones and the superb Luxman P-750u headphone amp exclusively now and have no notion of going back to standard stereo now. The levels of detail are extraordinary and far superior in my opinion than speakers. The Senns. are... | |
| AES/EBU vs SPDIF and AES/EBU to SPDIF adaptor In my long experience of connections I have always found AES to be better than single ended and especially when adaptors are used as as that is another thing in the circuit and it always adds it's own signature. Also AES is usually devoid of hum, ... | |
| What is the best USB cable under $500 for a natural presentation and good detail ? I have had a Telurium silver in my system for a couple of years and I love it. |