TraneLives

Wow, this is beginning to sound complicated, or not. But then again I’m going with Genelec in order to downsize. I actually didn’t know I wouldn’t need my DAC if I purchased the Genelecs, which is probably a good thing because I’m going to be severely space limited. Currently I have separate everything and it takes up a huge amount of space. For instance my amp (pyramid shaped)with stand is over 30 inches high. Separate power supplies for transport and DAC. It sprawls. Alas George was right and all things must pass, including my system.

Just checked out the video. Nice stuff. Seems pretty clear now. Makes me want to go up the line a bit. If only…

Doh! Of course you’re right. So obviously an answer; it’s my growing senility.

See, this is why I’m such a newbie. I’ve never had a sub before and wouldn’t have guessed running the preamp through the sub first; I would’ve guessed the preamp connected to the 8331s initially. Thanks for your insight.

Thanks Robo. I haven’t bought the Genelecs yet, and this is the info I needed to know. My DAC does indeed have volume capabilities, but half of my collection is LP so I guess I’ll have to toggle between the two sources (cd/lp) using the preamp only in analogue.

Yes I’m going with a genelec sub. My preamp is fully balanced Allnic 3000; volume will be handled through this unit.I’ll be using a Parasound JC 3+ For the phono preamp. I wondered about the 8331s because I didn’t see an analogue out like in the 8351. I’m worried about having to commit to an all digital system, meaning that my LP collection is rendered useless. Thank you for your thoughts CJF.

This is a topic near and dear to me as I’ve taught the subject for almost two generations. Here’s my take: personal taste and quality have nothing to do with each other. It only feels as if they do. We may even assert that what we like is good, but never forget we are by nature immensely flawed. I would hate to think that a McDonalds hamburger is an example of the culinary arts, and yet billions enjoy it. Nothing wrong with that, we have the right to enjoy poorly made things. I literally love hundreds of albums that I would say are objectively derivative, boring, and well, you know, yucky. So what, I like them. Now, and I’d venture to guess this is true of all of us—we also enjoy some bands or audio gear that are exciting, ground breaking, perfect examples of highly crafted product or artfulness. Enjoyment, I’m guessing, is mostly an emotional experience and quality seems more mindful. Enjoyment is about immediacy, but quality might be about that lingering affect that slowly alters us. It took me a long time to understand Ornette Coleman, and I still don’t really enjoy his music per se, but as I’m listening to him now there is something so moving about his playing that the experience transcends merely rocking out to Led Zeppelin’s Kashmir (one of my all time favorite tunes). So we do like what we like and that has everything to do with us as an individual, but by the same token what is good is good, and that has nothing to do with us. Just my opinion in a vast sea of opinions.

I’m going to an 8331/sub system. I’ve always been a strictly analogue guy so I’m a bit outta my comfort zone. My question is, do I have to do anything special when listening to my LPs or is it simply analogue out to preamp, and preamp to turntable just like my old traditional system. I’ve never owned active speakers and this will be my first foray into DSP as well. In any case thanks in advance for your answer and excuse a newbie question that’s probably over obvious.

Thank you, both of you. You got my question exactly, though it was poorly put. I am ripping them AIFF. Will check out U Tube.

First off let me say that I am a luddite, and probably can't justify myself getting into computer audio, but that's what happens when you're 55 and you get your first computer. Anyhow, right now I'm just trying to get my 6000 cds onto a hard drive. I thought I could just drag my itunes library over to the My Book external hard drive, but alas it won't let me do that. Time Machine however does constant updates as you all know. My internal hard drive is only 250GB, solid state. So, my question is: do I just trash my library every time it fills up and let Time Machine work its magic, or is this mistake because Time Machine will trash previous copies of my internal hard drive and I lose everything I did before? If the later is true, why did I pay for a 3TB hard drive when all it will hold is my original 250GB? Thanks for any help, and sorry for being so lame.