What is your latest acquisition?

Stu Pitt · « **Reply #980 on:** 16 Dec 2011, 03:44 am »

Quote from: Anonamemouse on 13 Dec 2011, 07:35 am

The Rotel doesn't play gapless, also it doesn't play FLAC. When playing from USB there is a gap between tracks of about 0.5 seconds, when streaming the gap varies from about 1 to 5 seconds, depending on the size of the track. VERY annoying.
Then again, NAIM also has big problems in the gapless area...

I'm no engineer by any means, but how is it possible that these guys haven't figured out how to get gapless play back? Makes absolutely no sense to me.

BrysTony · « **Reply #981 on:** 3 Jan 2012, 02:23 pm »

Picked up a pair of PMC TB2i and Dynaudio Stand4s. A nice sound improvement in my room.

Tony

JfTM · « **Reply #982 on:** 3 Jan 2012, 02:40 pm »

No pictures, but I also joined the PMC camp. Picked up a pair of EB1i's.

jaxwired · « **Reply #983 on:** 3 Jan 2012, 06:04 pm »

Quote from: BrysTony on 3 Jan 2012, 02:23 pm

Picked up a pair of PMC TB2i and Dynaudio Stand4s. A nice sound improvement in my room.

Tony

Tony,

They look dynamite on those stands! Nice.

What's that black box under the Bryston dac ruining the all silver look? That's gotta go....

BTW, I love how your ARC preamp matches so perfectly with the Bryston gear. I had a JC2 for awhile and even though it's silver it didn't match the Bryston gear at all...

BrysTony · « **Reply #984 on:** 3 Jan 2012, 06:32 pm »

Quote from: jaxwired on 3 Jan 2012, 06:04 pm

Tony,

They look dynamite on those stands! Nice.

What's that black box under the Bryston dac ruining the all silver look? That's gotta go....

BTW, I love how your ARC preamp matches so perfectly with the Bryston gear. I had a JC2 for awhile and even though it's silver it didn't match the Bryston gear at all...

Thanks, Tom. I agree with you about the black thing but it is a Blu-Ray Disc player (OPPO BDP-95) that did not come in silver and I am using it with the TV. When I move I may do something else.

Tony

Haemus · « **Reply #985 on:** 3 Jan 2012, 08:30 pm »

Quote from: JfTM on 3 Jan 2012, 02:40 pm

No pictures, but I also joined the PMC camp. Picked up a pair of EB1i's.

Congratulations. Nice entry into PMC camp to put it mildly.

Haemus · « **Reply #986 on:** 3 Jan 2012, 08:35 pm »

Quote from: BrysTony on 3 Jan 2012, 06:32 pm

Thanks, Tom. I agree with you about the black thing but it is a Blu-Ray Disc player (OPPO BDP-95) that did not come in silver and I am using it with the TV. When I move I may do something else.

Tony

Lexicon rebadged Oppo in silver

TB2i awesome standmounts though, how tall the stands?

BrysTony · « **Reply #987 on:** 3 Jan 2012, 09:27 pm »

Quote from: Haemus on 3 Jan 2012, 08:35 pm

Lexicon rebadged Oppo in silver
TB2i awesome standmounts though, how tall the stands?

Hi Haemus,
I heard that Lexicon had cloned the OPPO BDP-83 and increased the price by $3000

-- I can't handle that.

The Dynaudio stands that I am using are 25.6 inches high (65 cm).

Tony

JfTM · « **Reply #988 on:** 3 Jan 2012, 09:39 pm »

Quote from: Haemus on 3 Jan 2012, 08:30 pm

Congratulations. Nice entry into PMC camp to put it mildly.

thanks! I like them a lot

I had been looking for IB1 or 2s, the EBs came along and I couldn't resist.

To my ear (and I haven't settled them in yet) they sound better at lower volumes than either the 1s or 2s.

vegasdave · « **Reply #989 on:** 4 Jan 2012, 09:13 pm »

One pair of the new Bryston speaker cable!

alexone · « **Reply #990 on:** 4 Jan 2012, 10:37 pm »

Quote from: vegasdave on 4 Jan 2012, 09:13 pm

One pair of the new Bryston speaker cable!

...cool, Dave! how do you like it? did you choose spades?

al.

vegasdave · « **Reply #991 on:** 4 Jan 2012, 10:50 pm »

Quote from: alexone on 4 Jan 2012, 10:37 pm

...cool, Dave! how do you like it? did you choose spades?

al.

I dunno yet...I just ordered it, haha.

Yes, spades for the amp end, and bananas for the speaker end. Per James' recommendation...

predrag · « **Reply #992 on:** 5 Jan 2012, 07:00 am »

Quote from: JfTM on 3 Jan 2012, 02:40 pm

No pictures, but I also joined the PMC camp. Picked up a pair of EB1i's.

Welcome!

+1

Daniel Datchev · « **Reply #993 on:** 8 Jan 2012, 03:17 pm »

Just received my new BP26 Phono to replace BP20.
I will post photos shortly.

predrag · « **Reply #994 on:** 9 Jan 2012, 06:50 am »

Quote from: Daniel Datchev on 8 Jan 2012, 03:17 pm

Just received my new BP26 Phono to replace BP20.
I will post photos shortly.

Zdravey Daniel!

And congratulations for the new preamp.
Looks like you are rebuilding your sytem.

Thirsty · « **Reply #995 on:** 9 Jan 2012, 08:35 am »

Green Mountain Audio Eos HX with Skylan stands

vegasdave · « **Reply #996 on:** 10 Jan 2012, 12:43 am »

Quote from: Daniel Datchev on 8 Jan 2012, 03:17 pm

Just received my new BP26 Phono to replace BP20.
I will post photos shortly.

Congrats! Enjoy...

adprom · « **Reply #997 on:** 10 Jan 2012, 02:27 am »

Quote from: Stu Pitt on 16 Dec 2011, 03:44 am

I'm no engineer by any means, but how is it possible that these guys haven't figured out how to get gapless play back? Makes absolutely no sense to me.

It is a common issue. The problem with gapless is that to do it, a device needs 2 decoders. One for the current track and one for the next track as well as some smarts about properly timing the switch from one stream to the other. If a device only has one decoder in it, it can be a hardware limitation making gapless impossible (unless they can get REALLY creative in using the decoder).

That's no excuse of course - gapless playback has been around on much cheaper devices for a lot longer so it should be standard.

won ton on · « **Reply #998 on:** 10 Jan 2012, 05:06 pm »

Grado ps-500's, Anyone know how long they will take to break in

alexone · « **Reply #999 on:** 10 Jan 2012, 08:53 pm »

Quote from: Daniel Datchev on 8 Jan 2012, 03:17 pm

Just received my new BP26 Phono to replace BP20.
I will post photos shortly.

...nice update, Daniel

and yes, we want pictures!!!

al.