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Buena Vista Social Club cmk: I listen to all kinds of music (except techno and dance), as long as the recordings are good and decent, I am always happy to give them a try Sometime I did take time to get into the music that I was not familiar with , but onced I got in, no regrets.

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Carlos Kleiber - Beethoven Symphonies No. 5 & 7 (DG) Carlos Kleiber - Schubert Symphonies No. 3 & 8 (DG)

George Lewis & His Ragtime Band: Jazz At Vespers, this recording is so painfully bright in my setup, need to tame it using tube amp and tube rolled. Live: Throwing Copper

will be back soon, thinking to put it somewhere else instead of the second post, still testing..

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MF X-Ray CDP In good working condition, laser head still very strong and comes with remote control. No box, power cord and manual. Specification of the X-Ray CDP can be found here: http://www.musicalfidelity.com/printer/xray.html Asking - SOLD, slightly negotiable. Matched pair of NOS Amperex 6922 tubes Selling matched pair of NOS Amperex 6922 vacuum tubes, PQ white label D-Getter, both with identical codes on glass, printing stated made in USA, produced in 1960. Comes with one original box, one white box. SOLD for both. Thanks. Tubeworld is selling this two tubes for US$450... You can invest on these tubes even you are not using them, especially Americans love Amperex tubes Meier Audio Corda HA-2 MkII Condition Of Item: Very good, no scratch like new. I bought it last year August from Dr Jan, I am the first owner of this amp. Accessories/Complete Package/Warranty: I have the manual, 11 months warranty left. No power cord included. Comments: Selling my headphone amp Corda HA-2 MkII (230V), for technical details please refer here. I bought it new at USD 755 (paid SG$1274.02) from meier audio. Asking for $700. Cash and carry. [attachmentid=3603] Thanks and please PM me with any queries.

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Happy Birthday Top-Gun, Happy Birthday to other two big boys too. » Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... « there will be stax and cary 300sei in the coming official SGH meet, maybe sudgen, RKV and other stuffs.

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Happy Birthday wil! You are so lucky!

saw one gentleman used KSC-75 and sit next to me yesterday, on bus 153 and he alight at toa payoh mrt station. (and I didn't listen to anything)

I used the X5L last time, the stock docking line out sucked, but the headphone out very good.

Errr, I just got it, don't want to open it yet

Squeezebox works as an external soundcard and most importantly it is capable of "Bit-perfect" CD audio streaming. Why is the wireless? Simply put, if you have PC running 24 hours with a few HDDs in Room A, and the Squeezebox in Room B relying on PC in Room A serves as 'music server', using wireless streaming it eliminates the noise from HDD spinning, or even from fan and whatever. If you don't need wireless streaming you can link your PC to the squeezebox using a long network cable, long so it's away from your PC. I couldn't hear any difference using a normal network cable or wireless streaming. Ok, true audiophiles may drag Ethernet cable from a high speed switch, or recommend to use a good 100baseT switch using CAT5e or better cable. Another plus point for Squeezebox, you can browse thru your whole music libraries by using only the remote and the interface is pretty like using an iPod! I read that Kernel or ASIO sometimes don't work in Foobar, but I am not on windows system and not sure how it works. But if computer noise is not an issue to you, I would think you shall really look into the Lavry DA10 to use with your X-Fi, many good reviews on this DAC and it also has very good headphone out, so eliminate your need for another amp. A few people already have good replies on your concerns: 1. SGH 2. Head-fi Do check on Slimdevices forum, the audiophiles forum and see how people fit the squeezebox in their hi-fi setups.

Go for the Squeezebox 3, its internal DAC is decent and good for the time being, you can just use its analog out to an amplifier and a linear power supply, this can last you for sometime (hopefully) . I am sure you will be spoilt by the convenience using SB3. Upgrade slowly and add in the external DAC. I have not upgrade the power supply for squeezebox yet, still waiting for effective audio to make one for me with the new voltage regulators to save your trouble, go for the full-sized CDP, such as Wadia 302 as suggested above.

yes, I usually use the line out to mini-mini IC and to an amp. Have not tried its optical out, curious.

Errr... I have the glass optical fiber (toslink) but I don't think I can connect it to the CT-720. Do I miss anything?

Carlos Kleiber - Dvorak Piano Concerto (Wiener Philharmoniker) EMI, Sviatoslav Richter solo piano

sure, YGPM

yup, a tweak on the HA-2, haha. But I removed it already. Another impression with the DAC3, it's a little lean at the bass compartment, less emphasized at the midbass and slightly leaner and tighter and better controlled. Also in comparison with DAC1, the DAC3 is not edgy at all. (On a side note, the GS1000 is driven straight out of the 0 Ohm headphone jack of Corda HA2, amazingly superb comfort unlike other Grados driven out of 0 Ohm with Corda, and better synergy than earmax pro, in my setup).

Right out of the box it's far more resolving, transparent, and not warm. Comparing with DAC1, The DAC3 isn't the microscope that the DAC1 is. The DAC3 is all about "macro-detail"; the big picture, the gestalt of the music, rather than "micro-detail". That's not to say the DAC3 are blurry, insensitive, or un-detailed. It does a fine job at providing resolution. And I also found that the DAC3 has analog-like sound which was very pleasurable to the extreme, it was more smooth sounding and 'organic', it was not analytical-sounding by any means. I leave it on every day and it's over 100 hours already, still running in but the sound hasn't changed all that much from the abovementioned impressions.. Will be looking at the CEC TL0X, Nah, just kidding I can't afford it. Will be auditioning the CEC TL51X when stocks arrive. But currently am very happy with the squeezebox 3 as the digital transport, better sounding than my xray now and very convenience to use too, don't think I will really need a 'dedicated' CD transport Don't know why, I don't like the one box solution. YMMV. I could use the USB dac with my computer also, I am more into PC hifi for the convenience, Bought it for over $90 two years back, now it's going for only $30,