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| Miles Davis - Kind of Blue - current pressing Do you think I have a dud? I'll take the old one hands down, even with some pops and cracks. | |
| Best audio quality - Apple iTouch vs iPod Classic Ed,Here's a URL from Apple on identifying IPODs http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1353Batteries can never be user replaced on any IPOD.Could not get my hands on the 5th gen 30gb IPOD after all. Also after thinking it through, since FLAC takes up so mu... | |
| Miles Davis - Kind of Blue - current pressing No good, not even close. Dull, no dynamics / punch, no focus, can't place instruments on the stage, piano sounds muffled. | |
| Best audio quality - Apple iTouch vs iPod Classic Jpgsf,Ipod classics (hard drive based) are currently on gen 6. | |
| Miles Davis - Kind of Blue - current pressing Ordered it from musicdirect, will update when it comes in. | |
| Best audio quality - Apple iTouch vs iPod Classic Haven't gotten anything yet but I'm working on it. From Red Wine Audio.. "What you may not know is that that the 4th and 5th generation iPods use a very high-quality internal Wolfson Microelectronics DAC (Wolfson DACs are used in quite a few high-... | |
| McIntosh MC7200 - fuse question Maybe that explains the blue flames coming out of the back of the amp.. | |
| McIntosh MC7200 - fuse question Amp already had a ceramic fuse.Wrapped it in alum foil, and found no difference in sound.Wondering if this is a good test whether the current fuse can be improved by an "audiophile grade" variety. | |
| Mapletree Ultra 4A SE - mods RE the sound change, I would say I'm getting more air, more detail, cymbals sound crisper. The "mod" took about an hour but only because I was extra careful.Umbilical power cable upgrade to silver is next on the list. Still hunting for a better so... | |
| Mapletree Ultra 4A SE - mods Update, took the channel level controls (pots) out of the audio path. Result: noticeable improvement in overall sound. | |
| Which preamp? I like my Mapletree 4A SE. | |
| Mapletree Ultra 4A SE - mods Rockadanny, I have channel level control on the MC7200, so I can handle any differences in output that way. Actually, I'll be checking that now that you mentioned it, hadn't thought about it before, and I know for a fact the room is acoustically a... | |
| MDF Rack dampening question Installed Dynamat Extreme under each shelf, took about 20 minutes total. Shelves feel much more solid now, and has definitely reduced vibrations for each piece of equipment.Problem is at the same time I upgraded the power amp to a McIntosh mc7200,... | |
| SS Power Amp upgrade Got the McIntosh mc7200. A wonderful sounding, solid, and classic piece of equpment I'm sure I'll be keeping for a very long time. | |
| MDF Rack dampening question Im not sure I understand. Am I going to get negative results by adding mass to the rack with sand in the steel tubes and dynamat to the shelves? Floor is concrete, sub is on vibrapods, so I believe most vibration felt on the shelf is via the sound... |