NuForce Icon USB DAC

Submitted by klean2 on

Hello. New around here, though I've been a Stereophile subscriber for a couple of years now. Since reading the NuForce Icon piece, I've been wondering how the integrated's USB DAC compares with the one in the Outlaw Audio RR2150 receiver, which I own. Been trying to figure out a way to up that particular aspect of my system, but, as Wes Phillips correctly stated in the Icon critique, tweaking budget equipment can put you on the road to madness.

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Submitted by alto77 on

hi from michigan....i am the proud owner of a mc intosh c20 preamp and a dynakit stereo 70 amp....i'm considering purchasing a pair of bozer speakers,circa 1965-68....so far i have a decent turntable. any opinions about my set up? i fell the tube sound with air suspended speakers is the best...... thanks, jjr

The World Economy

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Forgetting the politics for a moment the world is in FAR worse shape than our rapacious politicians want to let on, assuming they are smart enough to know the details. Iceland went broke as a nation in October. They had riots today. This bit about the UK is really spooky:


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Britain has foreign reserves of under $61bn dollars (

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Submitted by caveatemptor on

Not sure if this is the best forum to post this in, but hopefully it will generate some responses. My dad's b-day is coming up and I know that he's looking for some vinyl for his new music hall turntable. I know a couple places for indie/rock, but he's more interested in classical/jazz and I'd love to get him a few lps. Thoughts? Anyone doing new presses of classical these days?

Jim Hall & Bill Frisell

Jim Hall & Bill Frisell

Jan 20, 2009

<I>Hemispheres</I>, the new two-CD album by guitarists Jim Hall and Bill Frisell, is the year’s first jazz masterpiece, a work of spontaneous lyricism as glittering and joyful as anything either has recorded (and, given their histories, that’s saying a lot). Hall, who’s 78, and Frisell, who’s 57 and something of a protg, both have a tendency toward doodling when they’re not anchored by a rhythm section. But Disc One—10 tracks of barebones duets (including Milt Jackson’s “Bags’ Groove,” Bob Dylan’s “Masters of War,” Hall’s anthemic “Bimini,” and several pure improvs)—are loose-limbered and air tight, the two trading harmony and melody, then merging the strands to the point where it’s unclear who’s playing what but it meshes and sings all the same. Disc Two—10 more tracks, mainly standards (“I’ll Remember April,” “Chelsea Bridge,” “My Funny Valentine,” “In a Sentimental Mood”), the guitarists joined by Scott Colley on bass and Joey Baron on drums—is no less free-spirited. Colley and Baron, who have played as sideman to both as well as many others, aren’t the sort to lay down rhythmic law; they splash color and weave textures along the leaders’ sinuous lines.

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