I would check Audiogon for used gear like NAD or Arcam home theater
receivers. For new gear, I would check Outlaw Audio, extremely good
stuff for very reasonable prices. Once you have your amplification in
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Living Room ~ Touch Benchmark DAC
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Living Room ~ Touch Benchmark DAC Audio Research CA-2 ProAc D15
Bedroom ~ Boom
Kitchen ~ SB3 NAD 747 ATC SCM 12
Listening Room ~ SB3 Electrocompaniet ECD 1 DAC Electrocompaniet
ECI 3 Genesis 500
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Have you heard of the Outlaw Audio brand of receivers? They are very
highly regarded on Audiogon at least, and they are very inexpensive for
what you get. I would go for one of those, or a used Arcam, or the $400
NAD integrated amp before I went with one of your choices.
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Yeah but that doesn't allow for a CD player (unless you unplug the Touch
and plug in the CD player). If you need two inputs, you need some kind
of amp with at least that many. AudioEngine speakers are cool but only
one set of inputs!
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or super expensive DAC in the system.
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I thought that was cheap for an amp plus a DAC! Of course, who knows how
it sounds, esp with ethernet cables for speaker cables.
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Did you see this from another thread a little further down the list?
http://www.audiophileproducts.com/bigjoe3
The Big Joe, sounds too good to be true, but the form factor is right
for you.
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Trev, always go with what your own ears tell you. Everyone else's
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tracks as well as the new high-rez
FLAC tracks?
I read about a program called XDL that will transcode FLAC to ALAC.
If I do this, can I still use iTunes for everything and still check
use iTunes in my SBS preferences?
Thanks for any help you can provide.
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But in my experience, consumption of too *many* alcoholic refreshments
dulls the hearing considerably, to the point of continuously needing to
turn up the volume until even i realize I just need to turn it off and
go to bed!
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If you really are going to stick with a home theater type receiver, try
to find a used Arcam that you can afford. MUCH better quality than
Denon etc.
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to find any missing artwork in my iTunes
library and that has filled in the 3% of albums (compilations and the
like) that iTunes couldn't obtain.
ps Phil Leigh--I have Let It Be Naked too and had no problems ripping
it with iTunes!
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on Audigon, usually for around $1600.
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and BAT preamp--hoping for good sound.
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it's $1750 tops).
If you are curious about a top notch CD player, try the Ayre. Incredible
player and a bargain at $1700. If you are a gifted audiophile, I'm
sure you will hear differences from SB/DAC or Transporter! I am
ordinary, not gifted at all.
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$$$. Still it'll
be very hard to part with the Ayre, it is a wonderful player even at
twice the price.
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given what I am used to
listening to? I was thinking of the Oppo but have never heard it;
similarly thought of the cambridge player but again never heard it. Any
thoughts?
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Funny, Nonreality!!
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tell nothing. Sounded
fine to her. Silly.
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.
Because the regular single interconnect made such a great improvement,
I guess I won't go shopping to repurchase one of the high-end digital
cables I sold last month. But no more Super Sonic for me. Anyone want
to borrow mine to A/B for themselves?
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somehow bathed in glue or mud before being
assembled
I do have freebie optical and coax cables lying around somewhere--maybe
I'll give them a try.
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system last night was superb, even though my own
tastes and systems at home run to tubes, vinyl, CD players, warmer
less-analytical speakers, and of course my three SB3's. Still what a
treat to spend an evening with the founder of Linn! and the food and
wine were really good too.
--Sarah
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bought their
Klimaxes! [ewww, that sounded weird...]
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My local audio shop is hosting Ivor T. himself next week for a
demonstration of the Klimax DS and the less expensive Akurate DS. I'll
be hearing them both that evening, but I wish I could bring my SB3 and
laptop to do a quick comparison!! That would scandalize everyone there,
I'm sure.
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I can't understand why those long tunnels are propped up in cement and
stuck out in his yard? Aren't horns supposed to be all curled up? and
what are the metal endcaps on them? If those things are a subwoofer
won't he get blown out of that little room they are porting into?
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Right you are Bigfool--I always appreciate subjective opinions and
understand that MMMV. Surprised you got such a hostile reaction to your
review! I have read elsewhere (including Stereophile) that the software
interface is very rudimentary and needs improvement
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with digital music files.
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the Olive website on these new devices that the Melody
works like a SB but can decode 24/96.
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preferences and settings and do nothing more but put a
disk in my CDR drive. I like iTunes for playlists and compilations. The
music through my SB3 and Electrocompaniet DAC sounds identical to that
through my Linn Unidisk 2.1 and Marantz SA-1.
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, and of course SB3's. I can't tell the difference between my Apple
lossless music on the SB3's (through DACs) and the Ayre and Linn CD
players. I can tell the difference when I play vinyl on my LP-12,
however. Nothing sounds like vinyl, except maybe reel to reel tapes.
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Here is an ad on Audiogon for a ML Depth sub--that may have been the
one I heard in NY.
http://cls.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?homesubw1180673443
Do they also make a Descent?
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that I don't know the name of--the Descent perhaps? The dealer,
in Mt. Kisko NY, had them blended very well. Sounded perfect, at least
in his room, with Audio Research big tubes.
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What about one of the Martin Logan subs? They seem to be designed to be
fast to keep up with ML panels. I've only heard one with ML's and the
blend sounded terrific.
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iTunes music. I have filled in all my
missing album art on my Mac Powerbook that way.
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Stereophile and The Absolute Sound are the big ones here in US, but
neither focus primarily on recordings, more on equipment. For music
reviews I read Paste, Uncut, and No Depression--but my taste in popular
music runs to alt.country and singer-songwriters.
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and can't really compare it to the Electro for you,
but I remember thinking it was smooth yet detailed at the time.
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How did you get the SB3 to stand on the feet? I've tried mine on an
isolation platform (Ensemble Honeyplate) and heard absolutely no
difference. Didn't try putting the linear power supply on the plate,
though.
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://music.guardian.co.uk/pop/story/0,,2000185,00.html#article_continue
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Or try the Anti-Cables which are also very inexpensive and have received
lots of buzz lately...
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stands. The wood finish on the 700
series is gorgeous, too. High WAF, esp with the gold Kevlar cones.
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problems with ripping or errors and both made what
seemed to me perfect sounding copies of my original CDs. Never listened
to a comparison through my Squeezebox, though.
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Thanks for your reply Patrick, and the additional info. I wish there
were some way to A/B the two, but we all know A/B tests are silly
anyway! Right now, I am enjoying my normal SB3 very much, but I use
Dac's. I love all the modding that goes on with these things, keep it
up!
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the Transporter?
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don't need to upgrade (yet). Just curious about
the options, and the SB+ was a new one to me.
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What are buff books? Is this a Britishism?
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to one side of the room?
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a big fan of ribbon tweeters and servo-controlled
woofers. You're going to have to go somewhere, even a friend's house,
to listen to speakers to see what flavor you like and what size and
style your wife will accept!
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Jeff, if you want to ruin your life (and wallet) check into
www.head-fi.org and read about all the options, tweaks, upgrades, and
other insanity you can get into if you find you are enjoying your
SR-80's. Believe me, your journey has just begun!
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. Was that the analog volume? The digital
volume still says MUTE.
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ask the experts...
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Is the Mauimods PS still available or did you sell it? Is it plug and
play with Squeezebox 3?
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