loomisjohnson
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| Best DAC under 1000 that has BT 5 and XLR with coax, USB, Ethernet Smsl su9 | |
| new Allison Krause & Robert Plant Pressing seems noisy good record, but not as good as "raising sand"--material is a bit more uniformly downcast + no amount of studio craft can obscure the fact that plant's voice is wearing out | |
| Kyrocera Home Audio kyocera stopped making audio gear around 1989, but their stuff was really, really good--they were sort of the japanese mcintosh, with much better build quality than the plastic junk trotted out by their peers. i still have their 861 receiver and a... | |
| Laptop to Parasound P6 Digital Input it doesn't look like your computer has an optical out, so you need a usb to optical converter, which you can get for as little as $25 on amazon | |
| CD player recommendations i agree with mahler--you'd be better off to keep you cdps as transports and add an external dac--you can get a topping or smsl w/balanced outs for less than $500 which will likely outperform the inboard dacs on most $1500 cdps. | |
| Wanted: Recommendations for an integrated amp for Celestion SL-600 speakers! Amazing find. They need alot of high current power...perhaps one of the better rega? | |
| Advise for new speakers for my basement exercise room Polk audio model 10 or ads 1290 | |
| Considering ditching 5.1 for a soundbar; suggestions? auditioned a bunch of soundbars with a coworker and wound up with the yamaha yas-208 for around $200--it sounded a lot better than many of the pricier ones we heard | |
| Lightweight tablet suggestions i use an 8" kindle fire for my kitchen system--you can pick one up for 70 bucks or so. good interface; wifi or bluetooth streaming works fine | |
| Anyone here using vintage speakers? i'm still listening to my ads L470s, which cost me (no kidding) $5 at a garage sale. excellent clarity and surprisingly deep, tight bass for such little boxes. likewise, my polk monitor 10b has outlasted innumerable others and remains one of the ... | |
| Derek and the Dominos 50th The 2011 Deluxe Edition remaster cleaned up the sound considerably--Allman's guitar in particular sounds more seamless and less tacked-on. I've long thought the original release would have been much better if had omitted filler like "Key to the H... | |
| Need Advise On Upgrading My System i briefly owned the arcam 450--it was okay for 2 channel when unamped, but really improved when i amped the front channels with a good power amp (i believe it was the proceed amp2)--i'd try something similar before trading in your 550. | |
| Need opinions on duping CD's my own experience is that cds burned on my old philips cdr765 sounded as good or better than the orginal redbook cd and audibly better than the same disc burned using nero/roxio or the like. i've read some credible explanations as to why--jitter, ... | |
| Power amplifiers for a 3 way setup, 2 fronts 1 center =1 bdgregory--i'd think the two vincents will sound alot better than the emotiva | |
| Basic NAD Vs. Bells/Whistles Marantz Int. Amp if you're happy with the streaming from your ae it would seem redundant to get a streaming receiver like the marantz--you're paying for features you don't need. esp. since your speakers are very easy to drive, i'd think a nad or a cambridge axa35 ... |