wolf_garcia

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DAC's, i'm lost
Logitech Squeezebox Touch for $300 or less. Nice DACs and amazing performance for the money. I love mine, and when I plugged it into a friend's system (he has the same speakers as I do) bypassing his new Wyred4Sound DAC, we were both amazed at the... 
How far apart do you position your speakers ?
If you move speakers away from walls, dampen surfaces, use tube traps or something in corners for standing wave issues, and have silent heating and/or cooling and no furniture, you can't live in my house. Period. I think the sound of a room can ad... 
High-end amplifier clarification?
High End is any gear 99 out of 100 people haven't heard of. 
Preamp with tone control.
The Adcom 715 is great for the money...it just is. 
Preamp with tone control.
Cool...and if you don't like it you can blame me. Weird thing...when listening to an ipod pluged into the "aux" input, I noticed sound bleeding into other inputs (like the CD input if I wasn't yet playing a CD and the pod was on). I assumed there ... 
Speakers with Most good reviews in last ten years
Vandersteen 2s may be one of the most universally well regarded full range-ish speakers of all time. 
Adding Sub to current system
Hey...I thought I had the last word! The "Ludes" (nice huh?) are the best speakers EVER and if you don't agree I'm gonna thrown my drink at the wall. There...I feel better already. I tend to get rid of things I don't like and bagged a very expensi... 
Adding Sub to current system
By "eq" I mean an electronic equalizer, not moving things around (do you mean obtaining room equalization by moving the sub?), and my observation is based on the actual use of a REL sub...I assume you haven't heard Silverline Preludes or any other... 
Adding Sub to current system
The REL's adjustments obviate an eq. All sub adjustments are based on personal taste responding to room interaction, so you can ignore most opinions from people not residing in your house. Also...it is possible to get low-ish bass from small woofe... 
Adding Sub to current system
I scored a REL Q150E on ebay for $200 last year...all it needed was new grill cloth...and it works perfectly. If you can't dial in a proper sound by moving it around, adjusting phase, level, and crossover points I'd be surprised. Also note that al... 
So what is the best speaker you have ever owned?
My speakers ONLY play below 40z...so I merely imagine all the rest. 
So what is the best speaker you have ever owned?
It's tie between my current Silverline Preludes and my 70's Altec A7s. 
Do people buy MAC gear for the blue meters
I bought a Squeezebox Touch and often have the "meter" setting on because I like it. It's cool and reminds me of my wasted youth spent in recording studios (now I waste my oldness in my digital, led metered studio). I also think the Appearance Fac... 
Preamp with tone control.
MM only and the manual is at the Adcom site. 
Preamp with tone control.
The Adcom GFP 715 is the last (discontinued) 2 channel pre from them...and I think it sounds amazing (MUCH better than the tuner/preamps, and as good as some much more expensive pre's I've used). Hard to find but relatively inexpensive and it has ...