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Hey all, It's been a while. Went on a DAC rampage over the last few weeks and ended up purchasing two. For my main AV system, I replaced my aging (but still nice :) PS Audio DLIII with the Rega DAC. It's got about 60 hours on it and I'm finding it a significant upgrade to the DLIII. Better...

About two or so months ago, one of my favorite HiFi shops moved to a new location and had a grand opening. They were to show off/feature the Electro Motions in the late afternoon but we had other things planned. I dropped in anyway. Who can say no to free wine and food at a place that carries...

This has probably been done before but what the heck.. I have my top 10 go to songs that I use whenever I do an upgrade, want to tune my system or when something seems off, I listen to. They may not be the best recordings but after listening to them so often, I know what to 'listen for'. They...

For you Mac folks.. Has anyone tried the Decibel player? I want to get into HiRes files, tried Pure Music for a week or two and wasn't that impressed either through my main system or my desktop system (did not notice any real difference). Won't go near Armana just due to the cost. I...

Not sure why, but I was not all that impressed with the jumpers that came with my Vista's. Looking around, I found, like anything else in audio, you can go nuts with jumpers.. $500 for jumpers, uh, no. Given my positive experience with Anti Cables, I decided to order their jumpers. Cheap &...

The optical door on my PS Audio DL3 broke and I took it in for service. I alway wondered whether it really made a difference in my 2 channel listening. Well, the answer is a definite yes. The system is almost unlistenable (at least for critical listening) without the DAC. I run my Oppo via...

It's been a while since I've sat down to a good listening session and I thought that tonight was going to be a good night. I've spent a lot of time tweaking the positioning of my Clarity's such that I get decent imaging. Well, turned on the system tonight and immediately noted that the balance...

Hi all.. auditioned the Arcam AVR-600 yesterday and was told the AVR-500 is pretty much the same sound quality wise. The 600 is out of my price bracket but the 500 is not if I sell my Rotel AVR & amplifier. I really like the AVR-500 for is SQ, headphone out, auto calibration & room correction...

As I read through the posts, I'm noticing that more people are using AVR's. There are a lot of mind blowing systems here and I know that I'm getting older when my lustful thoughts are full of McIntosh, Spires, CLX, Sunfire, Ayre, etc. But for now, I need to stay in the AVR world. Anyway, just...

So, what to do when your beloved Martin Logan system is in the living room and your significant other decides she want to watch Dancing with the Stars, The Bachelor/Bachelorette, or worse, You've Got Mail thereby rendering your system useless.. God bless her, she's put up with a number of...

Hi All! Not sure if everyone knows but Oppo has started sending out emails to those who wanted to be notified of the release of the BDP-83. Just got my email last night and ordered one. I think it's going to be opend to the general public in a couple of weeks. One question for those that were...

Hi All.. Just made a switch to the new Rotel 1560 AVR and a Parasound A23 to drive my Clarity's. The Rotel drives the center & surrounds. The combo is awesome and am very pleased with it. The Parasound though generates a lot of heat and is in a closed cabinet (with plenty of holes for air to...

Well, almost.. to make a long story short.. My Rotel RSX-1067 cacked out on me last week (when I took it in for repair, they thought it was the power supply.. no biggie). The good thing is that I got it in the spring of 2003 and found out that it had a 5 year warranty. Good news. So, I...

Just came back from one of my favorite dealers and got a price on the Grotto i. I pretty much have to get it sight unseen and without audition as no one in the Toronto area stocks a good selection of ML's. Before I pull the trigger, wanted to know if anyone here has the Grotto i, what you are...

Hi All, I'm pretty much at wits end trying to correct some high end harshness in my system for 2 channel listening. Here's the scenario.. some of favorite CD's are Dire Straits ~ Love Over Gold (ReMaster), Steely Dan ~ Aja (ReMaster), Moodswings ~ Moodfood, Enigma ~ LSD (ReMix Collection) For CD...

There seems to be a number of HDCD fans here. I have Fresh Aire III on HDCD and sound quality, dynamics, etc is quite amazing on my system. My receiver does the HDCD decoding so for me to listen to HDCD, it's the coax out of my Marantz into the receiver. My question is: Would not a good CD...

For all you Squeezebox users, I have a quick question. The site says that the software can be controlled via a web interface. Makes sense for a PC or Mac but since the iPod Touch has wireless and Safari built in, can you control it through the Touch and what is the experience like? I like the...

I went out look today just to see other ML speakers but unfortunately, in Toronto, ML does not seem to be that popular. The dealer I went to did not stock them and only had a demo pair of Clarity's hooked up to a Parasound 2 channel system. I was a little disappointed as I wanted to see the...

Hi all, Quick question to the Vignette owners.. My Vignette, which I will be using for a center channel, is coming in next week and I ordered it sight unseen. Can you tell me if I can use a bananna type connection or do I have to use a spade connection? I cant tell from the Martin Logan site...

Well, I finally broke down a purchased a subwoffer. My new little bundle of joy is the Sunfire True Subwoofer Super Junior. My listening room is about 10x17 in a 500sq ft condo so placement options are limited and I wanted someting small and unobtrusive that could nicley fill in the low end...