Hi everyone,
First time posting here, but these look like very friendly forums -- I was hoping I could get some input on where to go next with my setup.
I would say I have graduated from 'newbie' status, and am an enthusiastic amateur, but certainly in need of advice -- about 2 years ago I made the significant leap from pc line-out/pc speakers to a proper stereo setup (and I couldn't have been happier). The setup I put together was:
Mac Mini TOS out
Cambridge Audio DacMagic
Cambridge Audio Azur 640A Amp
Paradigm Studio 10s (v.5)
(software is iTunes, all sound processing turned off, apple lossless)
All in all I have been extremely happy with each components quality and performance (particularly taking into account the relative affordability of these pieces).
And re iTunes/Mac OSX, although there is a lot of debate online on this point, it seems as though with my TOS out and iTunes properly setup, I should be getting bit-perfect output.
Given all that, I am just curious to hear what people would do with this setup, given, say 2000 bucks -- what should be the next step for me down the path of audio joy?
Many thanks in advance for the suggestions!
-Samuel
Hi everyone,
First time posting here, but these look like very friendly forums -- I was hoping I could get some input on where to go next with my setup.
I would say I have graduated from 'newbie' status, and am an enthusiastic amateur, but certainly in need of advice -- about 2 years ago I made the significant leap from pc line-out/pc speakers to a proper stereo setup (and I couldn't have been happier). The setup I put together was:
Mac Mini TOS out
Cambridge Audio DacMagic
Cambridge Audio Azur 640A Amp
Paradigm Studio 10s (v.5)
(software is iTunes, all sound processing turned off, apple lossless)
All in all I have been extremely happy with each components quality and performance (particularly taking into account the relative affordability of these pieces).
And re iTunes/Mac OSX, although there is a lot of debate online on this point, it seems as though with my TOS out and iTunes properly setup, I should be getting bit-perfect output.
Given all that, I am just curious to hear what people would do with this setup, given, say 2000 bucks -- what should be the next step for me down the path of audio joy?
Many thanks in advance for the suggestions!
-Samuel