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Word. What Bill said. Get on it, role model!

You don't really need to imagine it. It's fairly simple to experience. And you can do so by following advice you find on a forum, say. That's overly harsh, but it's still largely accurate -- too many...

It was a lot longer than that. Unbelievable, though. Love that thing.

It Will Blow Your Mind: a Date with the Smyth Realizer

I completely agree. Is that weird? I might say "can do more harm than good", but that's the only quibble. Sometimes, reviews can be quite helpful. In some cases, the only way to hear about things is...

I like my L-505u very much. Great integrated. If you like tubes, the Rogue Audio Cronus Magnum is also really good, and also happens to be half the price.

Yeah, you definitely shouldn't listen to that guy, he's an idiot.

But I do have to ask, because I must have missed it--why do you pay someone to move your speakers for you, and why pay so much for...

Rats! Beat me to it.

It almost doesn't matter what you have, as my answer would likely be the same. If you want to "upgrade" the sound of your system, get new loudspeakers. Start there, and work back to the "everything...

Really? Hmm. Then I've been misinformed. Which is weird because you might assume I might have the inside track on info here. ;-)



While I agree with you in principle, I suppose it's worth...

I have to say, I have never thought of it like that. Hmm. Interesting point.



I'm not exactly sure what you're getting at, but I think you mean (by "taking the gloves off") is "go negative", or...

Hmmpf.

These aren't the droids you're looking for.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7l8rWfLAus

I like 'em. Does that count as an endorsement?

I'd stick with the Oppo. Unless there's something wrong with it?

If the input is 16 bits, it's fairly clear that a 24 bit volume control could, theoretically, deliver the goods.

But what about a 24 bit input? I mean, CDs are great and all ... but isn't the...

There's a lot of thoughts on this. And a little bit of religion, too. Personally, I don't like DACs with volume controls at all (I still have an analog front end that I'm never getting rid of -- so I...

There's no excuse for the attitude, but in all fairness, AR does do a tremendous volume -- and they are well-known for being aggressive.

Another side point -- since dealer markup on loudspeakers...

Dunno if I'd go as far as RealHiFi, but my "very good" analog front beats the living snot out of digital fairly routinely.

It's because Pat is a wizard.

Unfortunately, the waiting list for the Legato II is "a mile long".

I've spent time with a MPS-5 with USB-X, and decided to keep my Alpha Series 2 with Alpha USB. For my taste (if not my wallet), I prefer the big MSB to both. Currently, I have a Da Vinci from Light...

A Mytek might be fun.

Worse still -- is that a DAC-only number or a system-total (DAC+amp+pre) number?

Maybe. Maybe not. Were those numbers weighted, or unweighted?

I was wondering if anyone would notice. ;)

So, aside from the fact that it reads like an advertisement ...

I second that emotion.

I just got yelled at over this very issue (okay, that may be strong -- sorry, Norman!), but my counter-point to the super-spec argument is that the DAC (and the system it's...