loomisjohnson
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| Help using integrated as power amp to answer your actual question, connect an rca cable from the front preouts on the rear of your nad receiver to the "pwr in" sockets on the rear of your arcam, then press the "pre/pwr" switch on the rear of your arcam (to make it fuction as a powe... | |
| Muse TDA1793 DAC dusty, i hope i didn't steer you into a lemon...i don't know the chinese sellers from adam, but from my experience these hk and china-based ebay electronic sellers are fanatical about positive feedback and customer service--they're really working ... | |
| Muse TDA1793 DAC i own the same unit and posted a favorable review on this site--haven't had a noise problem with mine. i'm sure timlub is right and you can address your issue by switching out the opamp, but it is a $50 dac, so i wonder if it's worth the hassle. w... | |
| Favorite poorly-recorded albums it may be useful to distinguish between really incompetent recordings and technically proficient recordings which may sound bad. for example, i don't like much of mitchell froom's or daniel lanois's stuff--too slick or too stylized--although they ... | |
| Favorite poorly-recorded albums interesting you should mention todd rundgren--i was listening recently to "an elpee worth of productions", which is a best-of his outside productions and was struck by how crummy much of it sounded--compressed, flat and congested. on the other han... | |
| Thanks R.E.M. maxnewid just listed the bands that turned me from casual listener to obsessive collector. for my money, those early 80s guitar bands (along with husker du, replacements, church etc.) were the high water mark. the windbreakers and rain parade in p... | |
| B&W in best buy from what i've read, best buy is trying to salavage its magnolia investment, which has foundered, by taking it further upscale in terms of both products and shopping experience. their earlier iterations of the concept flopped because of the econom... | |
| Can pandora be improved? assuming you're listening off your computer, you can an add an external dac which will bypass the generally inferior soundcard in your computer and improve sound. there are innumerable threads as to which dac to choose for your budget. | |
| Do Von Schweikert VR1 sound as good as Harbeth P3? agree with rrog--the vr1s are a great, virtually full range speaker for rock. no sub necessary | |
| If your whole system costs $40,000.... respectfully, since price is an imperfect indicator of quality, i agree it's kinda silly to choose a component on the basis of a formula, as opposed to what sounds/looks/feels best to you. there are credible people who maintain that a | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? 1. procol harum--exotic birds and fruit. post-trower; generally ignored, but actually quite excellent--less arty, more concise than their earlier stuff. "the idol" and "new lamps for old" are among the best songs they ever recorded.2. thin white r... | |
| Ideal hsu (which i believe also designs or makes outlaw's subs)makes a great product and would be my pick. i also like deftech supercube and the martin logan dynamo, which you can find in your price range. | |
| Best steak to eat while listening to your rig? as a dedicated carnivore from the epicenter of beef, i'll opine that costco has the best quality (and usually best priced) meat. even their lower-end cuts (skirt, round, etc.) are great; i think it's better than the much pricier whole foods and hi... | |
| S/Pdif vs. Toslink grimace, i foolishly thought the v-link was a dac, not just a usb to spdif converter. i'm sure you've made a substantial upgrade--enjoy. | |
| S/Pdif vs. Toslink i've never been able to hear a huge sonic difference between the two, so i always prefer coax because it's a tighter physical connection--optical cables occiasionally dislodge.btw, why did you get the v-link nasmuch as your cdp has a very good ext... |