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| Which Beach Boys LP after Pet Sounds I would strongly second "Surfer Girl" - that's an album I think you're more likely to love than a lot of the others. And of course there's "Smiley Smile," if you're into the weirder side of Brian Wilson. Going deeper still, you can find the old bo... | |
| Moderate Priced Integrated Amp There's an Exposure 2010S integrated for sale here that might fit the bill very nicely (no affiliation with the seller). | |
| Snow Leopard and audio quality I just did a clean install of Snow Leopard, had been using Leopard before, and my first impressions are mixed. On one hand the sound is much more present, immediate, up front and "real" - much more "live, in the room." On the other hand, it's also... | |
| The truth about Apple/iTunes volume control? Jax - Yes, was tongue-in-cheek on that last question. No insinuations, no aspersions. Honestly. Thanks for the advice. Over and out. | |
| The truth about Apple/iTunes volume control? Ed - thanks for the comments! The "native level" talk was confusing for me too - I was told it's the volume setting your Macbook has when you first turn it on, which is about 40% for the computer itself and 50% for iTunes. So the idea would be tha... | |
| The truth about Apple/iTunes volume control? Robr45- I don't see what's "completely bizarre" about being reluctant to drag a manufacturer's name into a discussion thread where a lot of folks seem to think there's a scandal brewing. In my humble opinion, your hifalutin tone is what's bizarre.... | |
| The truth about Apple/iTunes volume control? I'm a little taken aback that the identity of my DAC has drawn such feverish speculation. Thanks for all the interest, but I'm just wondering whether turning down the volume slightly on the Mac's overall volume control and/or the iTunes volume con... | |
| External hard drives and sound quality I should add that an audio/video specialist at the store where I bought the stuff said he had never heard of somebody streaming music from an external hard drive to a Macbook wirelessly! Am I pioneering with this or what? | |
| External hard drives and sound quality FYI - I just picked up an Airport Extreme and a Glyph GT050Q 1T drive, if that means anything to anybody out there... Will report back on the sound when I get everything hooked up, and thanks again! | |
| External hard drives and sound quality Thanks folks - some very helpful comments all around. Sounds like the consensus is that even a wireless external drive shouldn't compromise sound quality provided the network is fast enough. I've seen a couple of comments to the contrary elsewhere... | |
| The truth about Apple/iTunes volume control? Well, it's a USB DAC that I like and I'd prefer not to start talking about how I'm "having trouble" with it unless that's a crucial question here. I'd really like to just focus on the general question of volume control on iTunes/Macs. | |
| LUXMAN 505u? A lot of people love these Luxman integrateds, and I think they're impressive when it comes to detail and delivering that "live, in the room" sound. They look cool, too. But like most Class A amps, to my ears they're rather bright and fatiguing, e... | |
| Harbeth HLP3ESR I just auditioned a pair of P3ESRs through an LFD integrated in a room that was about 13 x 15. They were very pleasant to listen to, very musical. But their decided warmth and flabby bass was revealed in a comparison with Devore Super 8s through t... | |
| Ripping to Mac OSX So I'm guessing that some folks would say - if you've already ripped your library to Apple Lossless and are looking to improve the sound, it's better to re-rip everything to AIFF than to simply convert the existing Apple Lossless files to AIFF by ... | |
| Audio Magic Liquid Air Hey Jwp - thanks for the response - will definitely be interested to know how that test goes - keep me posted! |