Aloha,

Seemingly obtuse question, but I hope it has a valid audio point by the time people discuss it.

(Disclaimer: Could be Bob Dylan, could be anybody, Bob Dylan is just an examplar; so we can skip the "I hate Bob Dylan" part of the equation. )

OK, so...

New Bob Dylan recording comes out, and it sounds pretty good, sonically. But, it sounds different on one system than another!

...Stephen is going to move 'Volume 31' down to the bottom with all the others...

As some of you know I made it through iTunes detox and am happily free from its evil grasp. However I know some of you aren't, so I thought I would pass along a heads-up to this tool recommended by a mac-head friend. Some of the features read like solutions in search of problems to me but the metadata clean-up sounds nice.

Enjoy!

Hi
My preamp doesn't have a balance control, but, having moved things around in my listening room, I need one. Is there an "audiophile" grade external balance pot I could get and if so how would it be connected?
Thanks
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Hi :-)

I wish ask you: how sounds the NAIM HDX? is it an excellent hard disk player, or its sound's quality is equal to Naim entry level?

Thanks and all the best.

Mario

Finally got my speakers, just need an amp to play them. What amp in the $1000 - $1500 range would you recommend? The ones I've heard so far are Mark and Daniel A400 (which I've heard has reliability problems)and the Cambridge 840A. Musical tastes are indie, rock, funk and a little Jazz.
Thanks

I thought that maybe we could help newbees who come here and want advice on building their first audiophile system. Here are the parameters: try and keep the whole system under $5K and it should consist of CD player/amp-preamp and speakers.

Here is my recommendation:

Amp-Rotel 1062 SLP ($699)

Speakers-Excite X16 ($1800)

Marantz 8003 SACD CD Player ($999)