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33 minutes ago, rplace said:
I would argue that ripping all your CDs to FLAC and having every track at your finger tips is the way to go.
Hallelujah. Over fifty years of critical listening behind me. I've never looked back on vinyl or cds. For me it's just a practical matter of modern day convenience. I don't understand the nostalgia at all.
If you feel the need for cds get a moderately priced player like Cambridge Audio and a good separate DAC.
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The Modius is a very good sounding DAC. I've been using one for a little over a year with a Musical Paradise tube amp. I just got a Sabaj balanced class d chip amp this week and hooked it up to the Modius and I like what I hear so far. That said, I just ordered the Topping E50 just for grins and giggles. While I still love tubes with my old Klipsch stuff I got to admit the new chip amps sound very nice. I don't know, I'm starting to roll amps and dacs like they were tubes. Stuff from china is so cheap now I don't feel guilty doing it and it's fun to hear different combos.
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How about something like this.
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From one of the first cd's I ever bought. Michael Hedges Aerial Boundaries.
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7 hours ago, dwilawyer said:
How do you get around this:
"Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted."
Easy. In my fantasy world I can do anything I want. The Matrix example was hyperbole. Regular prison will just have to do. There's probably enough cruel and unusual punishment there already, it's just not sanctioned.
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Yeah, like that, only as inhumane and cruel as possible.
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1 hour ago, Curious_George said:
Life in prison is not justice, it is a waste of time & resources.
I prefer that murderers should live a long and miserable life in prison.
I only wish they could be put in liquid filled pods ala "The Matrix" and be given a simulated reality life full of incredible pain and suffering and be kept in that state for as long as possible. I'd pay extra in my tax bill for that. Execution just makes it cheap and easy for everyone involved, including the murderer.
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38 minutes ago, henry4841 said:
You should try one of the TPA3255 boards
I agree. For anyone willing to audition the TPA3255 "sound" Get an Aiyima A07 amp they're like 63.00 right now on Amazon. Listen for a few weeks and then return it, that way it won't cost a sent. Then plan your own DIY build.
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dBpoweramp only contains a cd ripper. No TT input.
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I'm opposed to the death penalty because I don't believe in an afterlife so I prefer that people guilty of first degree murder spend a very miserable life in jail. It's their only chance at spending time in hell. If they were wrongfully convicted there is still a chance for that mistake to be corrected, that's another reason I'm opposed to executing people.
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I'm an old timer (70) and that seems a little too complicated and expensive for me.
I have a modest collection of only 550 albums so it's probably not a fair comparison but this method could be scaled up. I simply used dBpoweramp, ripped them all to flac, dumped them into a single directory on a 200gb SD card, stuck that card into a slot in my wireless router and was done with it. I point Volumio to that single directory and it sorts it all out.
The SD card was 25.00 and RT2600ac router was 200.00.
I'm a cheap and lazy bastard.
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17 hours ago, 314carpenter said:
Second hand speakers just got another price increase then too.
I'll wager my Heresies are worth more than the 626.00 I payed in '77.
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When I bought my Heresies (H-WO with risers) in 1977 they were 626 a pair adjusted for inflation that's 2750. Walnut IVs are 3000 on Crutchfield. They're already ahead of the curve. Another 15% is just pure gravy.
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Still thousands of "guests" online though.
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It's possible according to the invision website.
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Have you tried the sound settings on your tv? Use the tv menu and play around with whatever settings are available, you may find something that will help. Look for something called "auto volume" or "auto gain" that might give you the compression you want and get the dialog better balanced to your liking.
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Love those tube enclosures.
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For mouse pee I would use a product called "Nature's Miracle". It's made specifically to neutralize urine odor using enzymes. Effective and safe. Get it at a pet supply store.
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Thanks for the info. I'll check it out.
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Cool little setup. I'm not real familiar with I2S. Is the DAC built into the MA12070p? I have a Sabaj A10a amp which uses the MA12070 (analog input) and I feed it with an external DAC. I am curious about how the digital input of the MA12070p works.
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16 hours ago, zeagan said:
And they're done! They sound great and I'm just giving them a good listen, thanks for coming along for the thread.
Better than new!
I hate to say it but Klipsch never made a Heresy that nice.
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Those are stock woofers. They get that way over time. No sun required. My '77s were stored in the dark for thirty five years and they look like this.
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29 minutes ago, MeloManiac said:
Would you agree that digital radio is superior to FM?
320kbs digital radio sounds better than FM. FLAC blows it away. Radio is inherently noisy. I hate noise.
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Well the Aiyima went back to Amazon. It was a wonderful sounding little amp however it didn't really integrate all that well with the other components. It was difficult to control the volume.
In order for my Volumio based streamer to pass bit perfect audio the volume control must be set to 100% in the Volumio software resulting in the DAC sending a really hot signal to the amp.
The volume knob on the amp had very little usable range, you could only turn it about 30 degrees or so, not a good situation. Controlling the volume on the sub was also a pain because the output for the sub on the Aiyima is not a true sub out it's actually a line out unaffected by the volume knob so if you changed the volume of the amp the sub volume stayed the same.
Enter the Sabaj A10a amp which solves both problems. It uses an NJW1194 digital volume control chip which compensates for the high input level and gives me a full useful range of -60db to 0 and the sub out works with the volume control as it should so the sub stays balanced with the speakers. I can now comfortably adjust the volume using the remote so I don't have to touch anything. Now to evaluate how it all sounds, my initial impressions are favorable. We shall see or should I say hear.
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ES9068AS Sabre chip. 0.00009% THD, 121dB SINAD. Should sound pretty clean.