I don't know the source but it is sort of ironic...

I have to say that this is the most frustrating time in the 30 years spent on this hobby. Finally, after 30 years, CD playback has reached a maturity level that I thought would never come. The quality of music coming from my system is the best it has EVER been.

Now, however, everyone is cutting back there CD inventory. It is essentially disappearing. Borders has reduced their inventory to almost nothing. Virtually every company has cut back drastically.

Is there potential damage placing speakers (Dali Ikon 6) on either side of a fireplace? It's a gas fireplace, and each speaker would be off-set about 8-12 inches from the side of the fireplace.

I am concerned that the heat may damage the wood, or may affect the components inside.

Thoughts?

http://www.residentclubber.co.uk/newsinfo/2009-11/2009-11-27.htm

Hi

Anyone heard this ? its just come out at $50 in 45 version and was curious on if its hype or worth it ?

Alan

Okay, so I finally did it, I transcribed an LP to digital (aka a 'needle drop'). It was a slightly frustrating, although ultimately rewarding experience which I thought I would share with you here. I trawled around a little on this forum beforehand to see if I could find any useful tips but gave up pretty quickly. The advice on offer seemed to mostly fall into two camps: "buy XYZ USB turntable/phono stage" or "don't bother/buy the CD" and I had no intention of doing either. Here is a short description of what I did do and a couple of lessons learnt along the way.

I'm in the process of building a descent sys.(not a sony and bose).I have recently purchased a mc2105 and am looking for a preamp a c28 is the safe bet, but a tube preamp looks compelling.Has anyone had any experience with the music angel m7 clone?? How would this unit stack up against a c28.