I own a 20 year old Sony SA-W30 powered subwoofer. Ths thing has an automatic on/off switch that activates when it receives a signal. I have two problems with it. One, in the half dozen moves from country to country and state to state I have made with it, I have lost the manual. Second, unless the video receiver is playing at a loud level, this sub turns itself on and off with a loud thump a half dozen times a song. I have played with the reveivers crossover settings and have played with every adjustment on the sub. Is there a way to simply turn the thing on and leave it on.

Hi,

1) I'd like to know if these old amplifiers (Lxi & Philips)are of any good compared to new ones nowadays. I know very little about amplifier. So, please kindly explain in layman terms. What are the differences between the new ones and these old ones?

2) I've purchased a pair of Polk audio RTi4 2 days ago. Will it be a waste to match them with these old amp?

3) If they aren't good enough for these speakers. Are they worth discarding? Are there any alternative usage?

I originally posted pix of my MiniGrand restoration back in August:
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=177213&highlight=apogee+nudies

After spending this Spring rebuilding two pair of The "New" Advent speakers, I got the bug to work on my Apogee Mini Grands.

When I first purchased these about 7 years ago, the frame was slightly roughed-up. I initially be-built the crossovers, using Alpha-core inductors, Bybee Slipstreems, Axon caps, and Holand Bypass caps http://www.northcreekmusic.com/Bypassing.html

(When my daughter was 6 I instilled the love of reading by taking her to the book store and letting her find her own books to read. Now she's 11 and I want to do the same with music.)

I'm looking to get the most music enjoyment for each dollar spent. Maximum bang for the buck per say...

Going to the record shop to shop for music just isn't going to work. It's like me trying to buy a bottle of wine. So it's going to have to be iTunes for Rachel.

(I know that any compressed format isn't going to do the original justice. But...)

I use the iTunes store for a lot of music discovery and have found that adding an inexpensive MSB Link DAC III is a big improvement over the DAC in an iPod or computer.

Mac's can connect directly to the DAC through a TOSLINK connection. PC's need something like a Transit.

What do you do for music discovery?

So my living room computer - the 8 yr old Dell - crapped out. I have an Apple Powerbook I can use & my wife also has a MacBook, but I like having a desktop in the house. So I was going to just get one of those iMacs, but then I thought, why not have one of those dudes at MicroCenter build me a custom PC - an audiophiliac one at that - at a similar price? (I suck at building anything.)

I have been tormented by the issues raised by JA's article "Music Served: Extracting Music from your PC" from October, 2008. I finally decided to purchase the inexpensive M-Audio Audiophile 192 64-Bit PCI Audio Interface and install it as a soundcard in my new PC.

I plan to run a 20' S/PDIF coaxial cable to a Benchmark DAC1 coaxial input on another floor - my PC is on a different floor than my listening room.

But is there a way to do it wirelessly with Hi-Rez 96/24 wav files?

thanks,

Noam

Hello. I'm not entirely new to this hobby, but now as a homeowner I am finally beginning to build a more (audiophiley) system. I currently have an arcam a70 receiver powering sonus faber domus concertino speakers. I love the new setup, but alas, when listening to hip-hop or electronic music there is a missing piece. You guessed it....bass. I knew this getting into it when I bought these speakers. They're small...and cheap (in the audiophile world)....but it's the best I could do for now. I am considering adding a subwoofer.