pre-amp HT bypass

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Submitted by kakapo on

ok, I need some advice.

I run a pair of b&w dm604s powered by a Vincent sp-331 amp. And I recently replaced my old HK surround reciever with Onkyo 705. Now im banging my head against the wall, I cant get satisfied with 2-channel music listening regardless.

I really liked the warm and detailed sound I got from the HK reciever, the onkyo feels more neutral and laid back.

Neil Young Chrome Dreams II

Submitted by BillB on

Robert Baird - read your good review, thanks. I like Neil's country/folk side and his guitar freakout side both (yeah, I do like the rock even better), so the dichotomy you mention is not so absolute - at least for me, and probably for some others too.
My copy of this CD also contains a DVD, which is recorded at 24/96. The video display is just a changing series of still shots - so once you get it running, can turn off the TV and listen to hi-rez audio. Nice! I'm playin the hi-rez at home and keeping the CD in my car.

Passion, I said

Passion, I said

Jan 16, 2008

It was a quarter to five on the last day of the show, and I was feeling good. I mentioned this to John Atkinson. He was sitting there beside me. The bus was empty but for us. We were waiting to go back to our hotel, waiting to leave the noise and smoke and lights of the crowded, extravagant Venetian. The place is madness. All of Vegas is madness.

Newbie Philosophical (?) question -- Am I imagining this sounds better? or how not to go crazy

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Submitted by magma90210 on

so i bought my first real nice stereo this year as a result of some great advice i got in this forum...cambridge 540p amp w/matching phono pre-amp...epos ELS 3 mini-monitors...Rega p1 turntable...used NAD CD player..got speaker stands and positioned them correctly in my study/record room.

So...basically...sounds great. So much better than what I was used to, listening to CDs through my surround sound DVD player in the living room or an old technics receiver/jbl speakers/technics turntable setup or iPod.

Will MP3s Die Out?

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Submitted by Elk on

MP3's originated as a way to transmit and store compressed files when transmission bandwidth and storage were both expensive. The compromise in sound was well known, but was determined by many to be a reasonable tradeoff.

Now that bandwidth and storage are no longer an issue, will uncompressed sound files make a resurgence? Everyone for whom I have demonstrated the difference can readily hear the better sound and prefers it. The only objection to listening to full resolution files is that they have already ripped and tagged their music and don't want to do it again.

Feedback on New System (Version 2)

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Submitted by kitjv on

How things can change whenever you expand your budget & audition really good stuff. Revising my earlier post, here is what I am currently looking at:

Paradigm Signature S8 speakers
Audio Research SP16L preamp
Bryston 3B SST power amp
Cambridge Audio 840c CDP.

Your thoughts? (Other than I might be eating Top Ramen for the next decade).

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