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September 19, 2016, 10:50 AM
Thread: Decca CD box sets? ....
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Re: Decca CD box sets? ....
Working my way through them now - maybe 1/2 way through -- and I'm quite happy with what I'm hearing.
Can't say that they are the "last word" ..... but PDG and.... better than not hearing them at... -
August 10, 2016, 09:39 PM
Thread: New Lumin S1 Pricing
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Re: New Lumin S1 Pricing
[QUOTE=wklie;177670]In addition to Lumin L1, the official recommended music server for use with Lumin is MinimServer. If you really don't want to use it, you can try the Synology built-in media...
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August 10, 2016, 11:26 AM
Thread: New Lumin S1 Pricing
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Re: New Lumin S1 Pricing
Does anyone know if there is a software pkg that will run on a NAS ( Synology)
that will work with the S1 that is NOT minimserver.
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August 9, 2016, 01:56 PM
Thread: News from Aurender
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Re: News from Aurender
Got a second note this morning from their customer service dept - that are apparently still sorting this out, so the 100/200 is off the table - but they are not yet sure of the final price.
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August 9, 2016, 08:40 AM
Thread: News from Aurender
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Re: News from Aurender
I had received some different information from Aurender, but then got a second message that apparently they are still sorting out the upgrade price. So.... we shall see....
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August 8, 2016, 12:43 PM
Thread: News from Aurender
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Re: News from Aurender
Just in case the Aurender folks monitor this.....
Since the N100H has expanded to 4TB,
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August 4, 2016, 04:51 PM
Thread: Jim Smith's ACK Attack
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Re: Jim Smith's ACK Attack
I'll start this by saying, I have no idea who Jim is.
I did however read his article in Copper a couple days ago.
It was, to me, so incredibly accurate that I seriously thought about copying and... -
March 31, 2016, 09:06 PM
Thread: Axpona 2016 - What's On Your List?
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Re: Axpona 2016 - What's On Your List?
in the Burton Room with Blue Smoke Entertainment Systems
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March 13, 2016, 05:30 PM
Thread: CD Ripping Software
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That's pretty much a +1 AND Roger 10-4. I've ripped thousands ( like many others here, I'm sure) and experimented / tested many of them for MAC (only).
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March 12, 2016, 06:03 PM
Thread: Lumin M1 Review
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Re: Lumin M1 Review
Anyone know , or want to guess, how the M1 would pair with KEF LS 50's?
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February 27, 2016, 02:48 PM
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Re: What level of importance do you put on the source?
This may be reading something slightly different into the question of (or definition of) "source", but please allow me....
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February 27, 2016, 10:00 AM
Thread: World's biggest record collection
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Re: World's biggest record collection
I agree. I've read alot about this person. He is not collecting, per se. He's archiving. Big difference. Sort of a "library of Congress" for records.
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February 14, 2016, 04:58 PM
Thread: The Real Thing
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Re: The Real Thing
Cameron Carpenter and "The International Touring Organ" ( about 10 days ago)
White boxes on side of stage are multiple subwoofers - down to 12Hz
Horns best seen from side view
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January 12, 2016, 02:44 AM
Thread: Missing Album Art, MetaData? Try SongKong!
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Re: Missing Album Art, MetaData? Try SongKong!
Anyone have experience tagging classical music? ( not concerned about art )
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December 7, 2015, 09:30 PM
Thread: AES and DSD
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Learning something new every day!
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December 7, 2015, 01:33 PM
Thread: AES and DSD
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AES and DSD
Not sure where to post this so I'll try here.....
I'm trying to verify something I was just told....
In the process of considering some AES interconnects, I've was told
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November 28, 2015, 08:59 PM
Thread: Aurender N10
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Re: Aurender N10
And I would be curious.... holding all else equal ..... to know the results of
the AES/EBU compared to the USB Curious Cable.....
connected between the N10 and the EMM Labs DAC2X.
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November 25, 2015, 12:52 AM
Thread: Aurender N10
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Re: Aurender N10
ok pls forgive my naivete - how does that explain the different conclusions from the W20 and the N10? does that mean that the USB out is better on the W20? And I missed the reference to single and...
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November 24, 2015, 09:35 PM
Thread: Aurender N10
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Re: Aurender N10
yeah, that would been my a priori assumption. Wonder if there's there's different characteristics between W20 and N10.
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November 24, 2015, 12:56 PM
Thread: Aurender N10
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Re: Aurender N10
Interesting... Assuming I'm understanding correctly (a big assumption) - - - current TAS issue review of the W20 preferred the USB out, (same path described here) to the Berkeley Alpha DAC...
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November 21, 2015, 08:40 PM
Thread: Aurender N10
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Re: Aurender N10
Has anyone compared the N10 with AES output vs USB output, and if so, have a POV?
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September 3, 2015, 12:12 PM
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Re: Equipment Reviews - EMM Labs DAC2X Digital-to-Analog Converter
From their website: "The DAC2X also supports true DSD streaming over USB." looks like this is the extent of it and I'm told more is coming
(DSD2x; DSD4X ) but no confirmation yet or as to when and... -
September 2, 2015, 08:36 AM
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Re: Equipment Reviews - EMM Labs DAC2X Digital-to-Analog Converter
this was from a couple years ago..... would like folks opinion - is this still true, or has time passed them by?
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July 9, 2015, 09:40 PM
Thread: Aurender N10
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Re: Aurender N10
Can I extend the comparison to the X100L - which has 12 TB storage
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June 30, 2015, 08:37 PM
Thread: New Yorker cartoon May 2015
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New Yorker cartoon May 2015
From recent New Yorker issue
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Thank you for making me feel less tech challenged.:whew: FYI, The 866 works great as a straight, no nonsense integrated with DAC.
Boulder 866 app