travelinjack
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| Is anyone here still into live concerts these days? If I was still in the States then yes. | |
| All-in-One units for retiring audiophile & music lovers in 2025, say what? I completely identify with the simplicity side of this. I've moved internationally a few times. Moving LPs and CDs became a hassle. Too much media. Too many components. Now I have all my music on hard drives and backed up. No CD player or turntab... | |
| What were your favorite gear additions in 2024? Revel F208 | |
| And a Ho! Ho! Ho! To All! Happy Holidays! | |
| Room setting: new amp or new speakers? Don’t spend any money on new speakers, amps, etc until you can fix your placement problem. Once you you have the placement problem sorted then look at decent floorstanding speakers or standmount speakers plus a sub or two. The room, placement and... | |
| What % Of Your System Are Your Cables? 0.1%. | |
| Streaming from a TV There are a few DACs now that have HDMI ARC inputs that you could use with your TV. | |
| Acoustic Panel Help Adding room treatments without measuring the room performance is not a great idea. | |
| Help Select an True Bookshelf Speaker Second hand Focal Chorus series is a nice front ported speaker. | |
| 55” or 65” TV Screen Size and Your Speakers: Please Join Survey 65 without a doubt | |
| A Turntable History Question One of my classmates at engineering school in the mid-80's had his turntable suspended from wall mounts with rubber bands. Fully DIY but effective since the floors in the old student ghetto houses where a bit dodgy. | |
| Pop album that has stood the test of time Peter Gabriel - So The first 6 or 7 REM albums Most of the Joe Jackson stuff. The Clash - London Calling The Specials first two albums Dire Straits first album | |
| Sub suggestions please See if you can swing two SVS SB-2000 Pro. The app makes adjusting them easier and having two should reduces node and dips. | |
| Physical degradation of CD's None of my pre-recorded/store bought CDs have degraded unless scratched or otherwise damaged. The CD-Rs that I burned have shown substantial degradation somewhere in the 50% range. CD-Rs contain inks while pre-recorded CDs don't. | |
| DAC connection to computer @rbstehno stand alone DAC is my preference also since it isolates the conversion from both the computer's and the amp's electronics but OP is asking specifically about connecting his PC to the DAC in his integrated amp. |