Hey,

I'm new here, so I'm sorry if this is a duplicate post. I searched the first dozen or so pages here and didn't really see what I was looking for.

I'm hoping to make the jump into vinyl. I want something that's gonna open my eyes (ears) to the hi-fi vinyl experience, but I don't have unlimited funds.

If I can get a full setup (TT, amp, speakers) for under $1000, that would be great. But if it's not realistic to get a good setup on that budget, please, tell me that, too.

I recently added the Playback Designs MPS-CD/SACD player to my system and now that I've got some hours on it I thought I'd share my impressions.

First, realize that I don't have any references in the same price band as the PD, so the comparison will be to a grossly different universal player (a modded Pioneer Elite DV-58AV with a Superclock 4 and beefed up I/O stages). The Pioneer was actually pretty decent with SACD, but I longed for much more with redbook CD. I found myself listening to lots of vinyl or listening to SACDs and DVD-As.

Hello Ethan...If we do a low frequency response test as laid out in "http://www.realtraps.com/test-cd.htm" we should get a plot with 70db as the mean line, with variations above and delow 70db, based on the interference happening in the room. Why is the plot shown in the link different. The mean is around -15 db. and what does negative sign for db mean. Thanks. - Pradeep

Looking over the specs, the Squeezebox Classic seems to have better sound quality than the Duet. Of course, specs don't tell the whole story. Has anyone listened to both devices? Also, if I pass digital music from my laptop through the Squeezebox onto my integrated amp, does the quality of the sound card matter? If the Squeezebox does the D/A conversion, is there anything for the sound card to do?

Squeezebox Classic:

Analog RCA outputs

* High fidelity Burr-Brown

You can dial in your DISTORTION...of analog tape or tubes......digital is better, see, it's pristine, why would you want to dial in DISTORTION, then have reviewers claim this or that DISTORTED playback sounds so good, by having more tubes in teh playback end adding more distortion to the already tuned DISTORTED signal at the recorded end which was from tube amplifiers in teh guitar amps.....how can tubes be better than SS, if they just keep adding to the blend, but this thing looks cool, if it mimics it all, but then so does guitar stomp boxes, all adding sounds, it's endless....

I haven't seen many reviews on the NAD 355BEE AMP. Any opinions or comments?
I'll be driving MA RS6s.

Thanks,
Derek

http://www.audioholics.com/education/cab...g-you-snake-oil

It's useless, as this rather long article has CALCULATED...read teh last few paragraphs for a synopsis, wires don't matter, even if teh ads want you to, Bi WIRE as in Buy more wires...another "audiophile" issue that is really just marketing BS. Once it caught on, of course other wire sellers are gonna go with it, why not, the gullible have money too.

Hello, everyone, I am new here.

My name is David, and I am obsessed with vinyl. I am going to be a junior in high school in the fall, and am 16 years old. been an avid Stereophile reader since I saw the McIntosh MC501 on the cover of one at my local library....