I recently got a new computer that was actually capable of this thing called "YouTube." Some of the musical video clips up there, sound quality good or no, are absolutely amazing. The amount of material you can learn by watching is incredible. Most of it is probably a copyright violation, but...

Stephen-- I seem to recall ranting to you about how if you like fusion, you should listen to the Mahavishnu Orchestra. Dig-- high quality sound and video, live on the BBC, 1972: (Why can't I find this on DVD anywhere? I'd buy this. I'd buy multiple copies of this.)

I came across this in the Apogee forum. It is entertaining, at the least...............and educational!
http://www.archive.org/details/HowtoLis1957

Enjoy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNZczIgVXjg&feature=player_embedded#

You got watch this up through 1:40. I almost shit in my pants.

http://wattsupwiththat.com/2010/03/31/ar...say/#more-17970

Hello all,

Although as of late I have been trying to download the highest possible quality digital music (either 320 kbps or FLAC), I realize, mainly through an analysis in Audacity, that many of my files are clipped. Compared with amplifier clipping and the dreaded mechanical clipping, how bad for my speakers is playing files that are clipped at the source? My system is not particularly hi-fi, although it is nice, and I want to keep it lasting as long as possible. Any insights are appreciated.

This amp was dropped from "Recommended Components" for having been discontinued, but it is still shown on Onkyo's website. No big thing, but there are few enough entry-level amps out there, especially with phono stages. (And tough enough for entry-level gear to be listened to recently enough to stay on the list, BTW.)

Aloha,

I have a pair of Straightwire Maestro interconnects that I got in 1994. I like the way they sound and have been keeping track of how they have changed over time.

Definitely something where you can also hear the phenomenon of break in over time.

In my listening notes, about this time last year they stopped breaking in.