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The system in my signature is for sale. 2 satellite speakers 2 subs 1 XDA 1 preamp Emotiva Color is burgundy / black. Rated class A by Stereophile local pickup only - Bay Area San Francisco All functional no scratches. I don’t have the packaging anymore

With the tax season coming I might be able to pony up some money to upgrade my speakers. The tricky part is that I already have something I like very much (see signature). I've been looking at 2 towers: PBN B741 (made by PBN) Pros: Super cabinets 24db crossover (steep) and phase coherent A 4"...

Everybody knows the weakest part of a good headphone is (generally) the imaging. You may get more detail and less distortion from a headphone than a 10x priced speaker but you can't get the imaging. For some time I was looking for a VST DSP plugin to get a better imaging with my cans. Here is...

For sale my headphones (see signature). 240$ - less than half of what I paid. 32 ohms version. Buyer pays shipping.

I have a Beyer Manufaktur 880 (32 ohms) driven by a Benchmark HDR. They are very good. I am very pleased with them. In my opinion any dynamic headphone would be an incremental improvement (if any). But, upgraditis kicks in once in a while :) Are electrostatic/orthodynamic headphones worth the...

I am really undecided on this one: ESP950 Electrostatic Headphones Does anybody have any experience with them? Koss doesn't have an ubber reputation in hifi. I thought they only make cheap headphones. These headphones look plasticky and cheap but they have a lifetime warranty with no questions...

Yesterday I received my (custom) Beyerdynamics Manufaktur 880 DT 32 ohms. This are the customizations I ordered: 1. carbon "end piece", housing and mounting 2. leather ear-pad and headband 3. a personalized inscription Final price including shipping (2 days UPS) - 490$. Now - in a few words I...

Let's say someone has a pair of AKG 701/BEYER 880/Senn hd650/etc. Would you be able to get the best sound out of them from an iPod using lossless music? The measured performance of the latest iPod is around -70db THD and -84 SNR. The first number is quite respectable (.03% THD) - but I don't...

I am looking into buying one of these three. Budget 500$ (+/- 100$). Now here is what I like/dislike in each: AKG - decent to good looking but not as good measurements as Senn HD 650. Here is the harmonic distortion for 500Hz...

My system is: SqueezeBox 3 classic Parasound P3 preamp NHT XD 2.2 Budget 300$ to buy either Behringer DEQ or Emotiva XDA1... The XDA1 would help me get rid of Parasound P3 which is the weakest link in my setup; I would use the volume control in the Emotiva XDA (XDA is DAC and preamp). This...

My system is: SB3 (squeezebox classic 3) Parasound P3 preamp NHT XD active speakers + hissing mod (200$ from http://www.audioconsultingservices.com ) Now IF I am to spend 1499$ I can replace P3 with wyred4sound DAC2 preamp+DAC. Then I sell P3 preamp for 500$ so the mod would be 1k$. I...

I just bought a Belkin power strip: http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatProductPage.process?Product_Id=459507 I can now fully turn off with a remote the preamp, XDA, XDW (the subs), etc and keep on only the Direct TV receiver. That should save the standby energy; I am just trying to do my share. The...

I found this very good explanations about audio specifications and how should you read it: http://www.rane.com/note145.html and thought I'd share it. Some time ago I was comparing Parasound P3 with Cambridge 840E preamplifiers and one of the specs that jumped at me was crosstalk for P3 is 55db...

Is there any blu-ray player that takes a spdiff/optical/any digital input to be used as a DAC? I am asking this because good blu-ray players have good DAC inside and I'd only buy one box...

I was looking on the net for instructions on how to rip a SACD on iPod. I am looking at some very good SACDs with classical music right now but I'll only buy if there is a decent way to rip them on my PC/iPod. Thank you for your time.

Today I went on the NHT website www.nhthifi.com and I just couldn't believe what I saw! They sell Audioquest cables. Ouch !!! To me NHT used to be one of the most "honest" audio company - no snake oil. Now they jumped on the snake oil bandwagon with the "snake oil audio" champion - Audioquest...

I am planning to buy a blu ray player has WIFI and Netflix capabilities right out of the box. Do you have any personal experience with any players that can do both? Any recommendation? Budget is 350$. Thanks a bunch to whoever helps. So far I found: LG BD390 - 379$ at Best Buy - a bit over the...

I need a audio interface with at least 4 spdif or optical or coaxial inputs and with at least 1 balanced outputs and that is 24 bit 192 Khz. The reason: I have a bunch of electronics with spdif + coaxial + optical audio outputs like DirectTV Receiver, DVD player, SqueezeBox player and I want...

My system is/was Vienna Acoustics Baby Beethoven speakers , REL R 505 sub, Primare integrated amp (I21) and the Classic SqueezeBox 3. Cables are made by Cobalt for speakers; audioquest for the RCA link between SB3 and the integrated amp. I bought my system in 2005 (except the SB3 which I bought...

Hi there, I am looking for an answer to a simple question: If I have a speaker that goes down to 40Hz and a sub, do I need a high pass for the speakers (such that they only get 40Hz + signal)? I've heard that sending the entire signal to a speaker that can't go down to 20 Hz introduces...