sun-warrior
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| Please Help!! looking to get into computer audio. And aren't purchased iTunes Store files in the AAC format?Even though also lossy files like MP3, AAC tend to sound better. | |
| Please Help!! looking to get into computer audio. Actually on a Mac with iTunes, if you want uncompressed music files, AIFF is your choice, not WAV. AIFF can retain all metadata, including album covers if you paste them in.My 2500-album library is a mix of ALAC mainly, with about 10% as AIFF. And... | |
| Help Me Choose Timber Nation Rack-- All Wood or Threaded Rod? Have a pair of twin Timber Nation racks for a couple of years now, five wooden shelves each with the threaded steel rods. Been very happy with them, both looks and function.And here’s the thing: the threaded rod structure allows you, of course, to... | |
| Why do so many sellers not show the back of components...??? You want to see my back, eh?Well, since I much identify with my components, here's my back:https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/24440195/berkeley_dac_me.jpg | |
| Why do so many sellers not show the back of components...??? Two thoughts:(1) Since we pay for classified ads here, and since we’re often asking buyers to give us a good sum of money, not including a full set of photos seems like a major waste, or diminution, of the seller’s payment.On a free-classified sit... | |
| Redbook Keeps Surprising The Aurender helps get the most out of Redbook. | |
| Audio Forums, On-line Store Fronts, and the Art-of-Deception I'm curious, because the OP clearly hinted which forum he was (mainly) referring to.And if I got the hint correctly, the owner of that forum makes it very clear that he's an audio dealer. So the situation there doesn't seem very sneaky to me. | |
| Whats a good all around digital cable for under $250. I only need half a meter. "The WyWires Silver does not have any silver - all copper. WyWires doesn't use any silver wire in any of their cables and if you visit their site you will find out they deslike silver wire as a conductor. They only use the word Silver as a model n... | |
| Do female audiophiles exist Have you considered that questions like the title of this thread might, as adg101 implied, keep most female audiophiles away from these forums? | |
| Beware of PayPal fees Mr. E BM,In what way is PayPal a "ripoff"?Is it simply that you think its services should cost less?If that's the case, please be specific.What would you say a fair fee should be?Dave, who is curious | |
| Beware of PayPal fees Mr. Coli, You write that PayPal charges you "like 3.2%" so where do you live? What nation? Perhaps the fee per transaction outside the U.S. is higher?Or is the word "like" in your sentence your shorthand for saying you haven’t fully done the maths... | |
| Beware of PayPal fees Aside from extra fees due to currency conversion with international sales, PayPal in the U.S. is very simple with a fee of 2.9% of the transaction plus 30 cents.Now whether or not that's worth it is for each person to decide. But it's a straightfo... | |
| Good HiFi stores in NY, Washington DC area DeVore, NYC, go to In Living Stereo.They were a fine place to shop when we bought our DeVore Gibbon 88 speakers three years ago. |