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Audio System
Music Server(s):
Mac Mini
Music Server Operating System:
Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion), Linux
Preferred Digital Interface(s):
USB
Digital to Analog Converter(s):
Wavelength Cosecant v3 24/96 and the DAC in the Peachtree Grand Pre
Preamplifier:
Peachtree Grand Pre
Amplifier(s):
Cary SLI-80 F1 Triode Only Integrated Amp and a pair of Cary 805AE Single Ended Triode Monoblock amplifiers and a 1972 Marantz 2230 reciever in my home office
Loudspeakers:
Zu Audio Druid MK5
Interconnects:
Zu Mission and Monoprice cables...
Loudspeaker Cables:
Zu Event and Monoprice
Power Cables:
no fancy ones yet.
Remote Control(s):
iPad
Remote Control Apps:
iTunes Remote App/ mPad
Miscellaneous:
Power Conditioning via a PSAudio Powerplant and a UPS for computer/external HDDs. The triple threat of turntables, 2 Technics SL1200s, one modified, and a Denon DP-60, with a Lyra Delos, Dynavector DV20X2H, and a Dynavector DV20X2L respectively. A Cary PH302MK2 phono amp, as well as the phono amp in the Marantz, round off the system.

new equipment coming, always...
Dream System:
I think I may have it now...
Headphones:
Sennheiser HD800
Headphone Amplifier(s):
The Cary integrated, the Marantz receiver, and the Peachtree Grand Pre all have a pretty good headphone amplifier built in.
Portable Player(s):
iPod classic that sits in the car most of that time.
About Me
Location:
Minneapolis MN
Occupation:
Pediatric Critical Care/Emergency Medicine Physician

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Audio System
Music Server(s):
Mac Mini
Music Server Operating System:
Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion), Linux
Preferred Digital Interface(s):
USB
Digital to Analog Converter(s):
Wavelength Cosecant v3 24/96 and the DAC in the Peachtree Grand Pre
Preamplifier:
Peachtree Grand Pre
Amplifier(s):
Cary SLI-80 F1 Triode Only Integrated Amp and a pair of Cary 805AE Single Ended Triode Monoblock amplifiers and a 1972 Marantz 2230 reciever in my home office
Loudspeakers:
Zu Audio Druid MK5
Interconnects:
Zu Mission and Monoprice cables...
Loudspeaker Cables:
Zu Event and Monoprice
Power Cables:
no fancy ones yet.
Remote Control(s):
iPad
Remote Control Apps:
iTunes Remote App/ mPad
Miscellaneous:
Power Conditioning via a PSAudio Powerplant and a UPS for computer/external HDDs. The triple threat of turntables, 2 Technics SL1200s, one modified, and a Denon DP-60, with a Lyra Delos, Dynavector DV20X2H, and a Dynavector DV20X2L respectively. A Cary PH302MK2 phono amp, as well as the phono amp in the Marantz, round off the system.

new equipment coming, always...
Dream System:
I think I may have it now...
Headphones:
Sennheiser HD800
Headphone Amplifier(s):
The Cary integrated, the Marantz receiver, and the Peachtree Grand Pre all have a pretty good headphone amplifier built in.
Portable Player(s):
iPod classic that sits in the car most of that time.
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Adventures on Craigslist...

by AudioDoctor on 05-05-2012 at 07:14 PM
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By now I am sure many of you have seen my thread highlighting the fact I had recently bought a vintage Marantz receiver on Craigslist, in case you have not: http://www.computeraudiophile.com/th...st-bought-this

This got me thinking, what kind of system can a person get on Craigslist? I already had 2 turntables I bought from people advertising on Craigslist, and now I have a receiver as well. So I decided to see what I could find for speakers. After almost getting super

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I have found another way to do this

by AudioDoctor on 04-29-2012 at 12:55 AM
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without the need to play the album...

IN this example, I will be going after the Puppini Sisters Album, Hollywood.

First, I find the album in MOG, last album on the right on top...



Click it and you get this screen, right click the image and open in new tab

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If you use MOG, you have a great source of cover art...

by AudioDoctor on 04-29-2012 at 12:54 AM
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for the heck of it, I right clicked a cover art image in MOG, and discovered I could save it to my computer.

to get the artwork, here are my steps.

I find the album I am wanting the cover art for and start it playing. Then I click the rectangular button in the top right of the MOG window.



Then I get this screen

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I should have done this a while ago, but here it is...

by AudioDoctor on 12-31-2011 at 10:01 PM
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Perhaps I should contribute and write a blog that no one will read...

Anyway, I am continuing to slowly rip my CDs using RubyRipper in Ubuntu Linux 11.04 after finding that they do, for some unexplained reason, sound better than the rips done with iTunes. I do have some theories as to why that is, one being that Linux and MPD like FLAC a lot more than any other file type, and the other being that RubyRipper takes a lot more care to get an accurate rip than iTunes does. However,

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