I just read that the Plinius 8150 can be used as a preamp, as it has pre-out connections, and that the Leben has an input for the preamp which allows it to be used as a power amplifier, bypassing the source selector, volume control, etc etc.

What if I were to use the Plinius 8150 as preamp to Leben?!? Would this lead to atrocity? I'm also asking b/c I heard Plinius has a pretty good phono stage, and it would be nice if I can hold off purchasing a dedicated phono stage for a while & purchase a decent turntable straightaway instead.

While on vacation, I brought my R09 recorder to record in-flight audio and also record how my spanking new AudioTechnica ATH-ANC7 noise-cancelling headphones. The recordings are of rather high quality and available in lossless format without any filtering. The only processing on the files are fade-in and fade-out and also reducing the volume of some of the clicks resulting from turning the noise-cancelling unit on and off.

The idea with this is that you can

Kudos should go out to Fremer on defending audiophiles as music lovers first & foremost. He's right; Teachout's dismissal of him seemed almost purely based on Fremer's being an "audiophile." I'm a newbie to the hi-fi world, so I was surprised that the term "audiophile" had a negative connotation. Here's something to consider, though, for a more balanced look at the situation. Such a negative connotation on the word "audiophile," and the reductive binary of "audiophile" vs "music lover" stem also from within the hi-fi community as well.

...about the ways I listen to music, and how those ways have changed.

I don't recall the last time I've put on a CD or LP, then actively listened without doing something else. I used to do that all the time. I need to to do it again.

I do listen to music while I'm using the PC, or as background to doing other things, or in the car. I often stop what I'm doing and attend to the music in that situation (I had to pull the car off to the side of the road the first time I heard Tom Russell!).

Dudes, i bought AudioEngine2's for my computer and the Echo Mia soundcard. I installed the soundcard and could not hook up the speakers. The sound card doesnt have RCA or Mini-jack plugins. It has four inputs/outputs that i cant figure out what they are and an s/pdif plugs. The AE's only have minijack and RCA options.

This is my Review

Demo Started at 11:10 am in Yaramana Showroom and Finished at 8 pm. Nine hour Continous Listening Session helped me to write about sound of system. I was familiar with sound of Wilson loudspeakers and Krell amplifiers like Sophia, System 7, MAXX, FPB 750MCX ,

Well it all started with my wife getting all of her dad's old records as well as his TT but the TT didn't make it from storage (Technics SL-B2). So I started scouring around the forums trying to put together a nice budget setup. At first I wanted new gear but was recommended to search the used market as gems could be found.

So low and behold upon searching craigslist one day I came upon a man selling a lot of his gear so I called him up. Well needless to say I pretty much scored the deal of the century with the following:

Tricycles (2004) is by far my favorite Larry Coryell album yet and it has great sound to boot!

I discovered this gem last year. I think it is a must have for jazz guitar fans. Metheny sidemen Wertico and Egan are spectacular, of course.

I was recently at my dealer and when I asked about some of the new dCS gear in the high-end room I was told, jokingly, "Don't go in there!"

I only listened to it for a few minutes. I believe it was the new Paganini Transport and DAC through a massive Boulder amplifier, $20k Transparent speaker cables and a pair of Magnepan MG 20.1s. I can't seem to warm up to anything until I get it home in a room I am framiliar with, however.

Has anyone spent any time with the new line? It is supposed to be a lot better than the Elgar generation gear.

While I being a technical type as is J.A. I realize the fact that the mainstream media industry is a profit marketing based business. Their writers just repeat the marketing hype ad speak provided by their advertisers.
The mainstream media writers have no technical background or even basic writing skills.