meiwan
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| How much do you need to spend on a DAC to... Any dac at about $500 or more will be a major improvement. | |
| Experiences with NAD M51 DAC I have owned both. The NAD offers considerably more detail at the expense of texture. Both benefit substantially from a good convertor. I use the Stello U3.A solid step up from both is the Metrum Hex, which I now own. | |
| Speaker Cables Upgrade - Which Ones? Cardas and Purist both have a warm midrange and weighty bottom end, slightly rolled off up top. Not a good match for Harbeth.Audience and Auditorium are pretty much the opposite, lean through the mids and bottom with an open detailed top end. Of t... | |
| Audience AU24 or Auditorium 23 Mimetism 15.2 | |
| Audience AU24 or Auditorium 23 Have used both with Harbeth. I preferred Auditorium. They both have a similar tonal balance, but the auditorium is more refined, especially in the highs.note I was using tubes. With SS, both came off as too lean for my tastes. Went with Acoustic Z... | |
| Should I Use an AVR for 2-Channel Home Theater All source components will downmix multichannel to PCM. The earlier the better in the chain. Both my blueray player and cable box do a great job, allowing me to output the digital signal via coax or toslink.Sub management, if you need it, is best ... | |
| Should I Use an AVR for 2-Channel Home Theater A 2 channel integrated amp will always sound far better for the same money. Only catch is you will need a dac as well. Perhaps you can look into some of the 2 channel integrated amps with built in dac. Forget the av receivers if you plan to do 2 c... | |
| Need recommendation for preamp/dac. You might look into the new NAD M51 DAC. I just recently moved to it from the W4S. It offers a pure digital preamp section and a host of input options.I tend to prefer a proper preamp, but if you are thinking DAC with pre, add it to the list. | |
| How to transfer "pure music" from Imac to Mac mini You have an account with Pure Music. Just go to their website and download a copy to your Mac mini. | |
| Dac and SPDIF Your dac should have a pair of RCA output jacks that would go to your amplifier. The spdif jack looks the same, but is an input jack for the dac. Assuming your computer has USB , your dac will need a USB input. The coax input is not needed, unless... | |
| Setting up wireless digital music server A Mac mini plus an external DAC. The iPad will control iTunes via the Mac mini.USB from the Mac mini to a dac of your choice. DAC via analogue RCA jacks to you integrated. | |
| How to introduce computer audio to my system? A Mac mini is a very cost effective and popular option. | |
| Downgrading Teac make some very nice all in one mini systems. We use one in our home office. | |
| Why do Harbeth speakers have such a cult following I think because they have a signature sound. They do some things very well. If those things are what appeal to you, you are likely a fan. Cult type products tend to appeal to a small segment of the population who see them as special in some way. | |
| Which loudspeakers work best close to back wall? Just avoid anything rear ported. |