Holy Smokes!! Are my ears bleeding?
Rivrrat
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My 16 yr old daughter has her Ipod docking station blasting upstairs. Not only is her tastes in music driving me crazy, but the sounds out of that docking station are HORRIBLE.:eek:
It's the end of the world, I'm tell ya.
It's the end of the world, I'm tell ya.
My equipment sig felt inadequate and deleted itself.
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those bass notes/bottoming speaker are wonderful eh?- Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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Ugggh... Do your fatherly duty and get her a REAL system! You're the one who's to blame here, not her!Ludicrous gibs!
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I bet if you get her a real system, it will be blown within the day.
Teach her not to blast, then teach her the ways of audio.Main Surround -
Epson 8350 Projector/ Elite Screens 120" / Pioneer Elite SC-35 / Sunfire Signature / Focal Chorus 716s / Focal Chorus CC / Polk MC80 / Polk PSW150 sub
Bedroom - Sharp Aquos 70" 650 / Pioneer SC-1222k / Polk RT-55 / Polk CS-250
Den - Rotel RSP-1068 / Threshold CAS-2 / Boston VR-M60 / BDP-05FD -
One problem is that if you want any kind of decent volume out of those iPod docks, you clip the life out of the unit. It's strange because I really don't think they were made to play music...
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~ In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence. ~
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One problem is that if you want any kind of decent volume out of those iPod docks, you clip the life out of the unit. It's strange because I really don't think they were made to play music...
It is like anything else music related. You get what you pay for. Are you saying that a cheapo boom box is the same as a high-end home system?
Here is one way to upgrade the music from the iPod. Of course, there is the caveat that the music on the iPod is not compressed.
http://www.audioadvisor.com/prodinfo.asp?number=FAIT452
However, even this will not give the best performance for the iPod, since it relies on the iPods internal DAC. To get the best performance you need a Wadia iTransport dock, which extracts the digital data from the iPod, and then feeds it into an external DAC. Assuming the DAC is then fed into a decent high-end system, you will get a level of music quality equal to a higher end CD player.Lumin X1 file player, Westminster Labs interconnect cable
Sony XA-5400ES SACD; Pass XP-22 pre; X600.5 amps
Magico S5 MKII Mcast Rose speakers; SPOD spikes
Shunyata Triton v3/Typhon QR on source, Denali 2000 (2) on amps
Shunyata Sigma XLR analog ICs, Sigma speaker cables
Shunyata Sigma HC (2), Sigma Analog, Sigma Digital, Z Anaconda (3) power cables
Mapleshade Samson V.3 four shelf solid maple rack, Micropoint brass footers
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Man,I just don't get it.Cough up coin for a transport and dac,add a good rig,and you have higher end cd quality?? Um...why not just get the higher end cdp ?HT SYSTEM-
Sony 850c 4k
Pioneer elite vhx 21
Sony 4k BRP
SVS SB-2000
Polk Sig. 20's
Polk FX500 surrounds
Cables-
Acoustic zen Satori speaker cables
Acoustic zen Matrix 2 IC's
Wireworld eclipse 7 ic's
Audio metallurgy ga-o digital cable
Kitchen
Sonos zp90
Grant Fidelity tube dac
B&k 1420
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That would make too much sense.Man,I just don't get it.Cough up coin for a transport and dac,add a good rig,and you have higher end cd quality?? Um...why not just get the higher end cdp ?"He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you." Friedrich Nietzsche -
Man,I just don't get it.Cough up coin for a transport and dac,add a good rig,and you have higher end cd quality?? Um...why not just get the higher end cdp ?
Because the CD player only holds one CD, versus 1000s. The CD player cannot support playlists of favorite CDs, and/or songs. The CD player cannot randomly shuffle through thousands of songs. The CD player cannot play non-stop for weeks. The CD player's DAC cannot be upgraded as better DACs become available. But, generally speaking, the CD player does look nicer.
I just placed an order this morning for a Bryston DAC to upgrade my Benchmark DAC1 Pre.
http://bryston.com/bda1_m.html
This is an interesting quote from a review for the Bryston.
"The arrival of Music Servers and their use at home rings the death knell of the CD medium. I know, you’ll tell me that that’s what they said about vinyl more than 25 years ago! The digital format is here to stay, but the CD, this little polycarbonate and aluminum disk, will disappear. Music will come to us in other ways and my guess is that the Internet will be the favourite delivery mechanism. I’m pretty sure that DACs will be called on to become the heart of tomorrow’s hi-fi audio systems. Getting the most out of the
digital files that we will eventually access will depend on the quality of this “gateway.”"
http://bryston.com/pdfs/09/BDA_1-SonImage.pdfLumin X1 file player, Westminster Labs interconnect cable
Sony XA-5400ES SACD; Pass XP-22 pre; X600.5 amps
Magico S5 MKII Mcast Rose speakers; SPOD spikes
Shunyata Triton v3/Typhon QR on source, Denali 2000 (2) on amps
Shunyata Sigma XLR analog ICs, Sigma speaker cables
Shunyata Sigma HC (2), Sigma Analog, Sigma Digital, Z Anaconda (3) power cables
Mapleshade Samson V.3 four shelf solid maple rack, Micropoint brass footers
Three 20 amp circuits. -
My 16 yr old daughter has her Ipod docking station blasting upstairs. Not only is her tastes in music driving me crazy, but the sounds out of that docking station are HORRIBLE.:eek:
It's the end of the world, I'm tell ya.
Your not alone my friend........14 y/o daughter....Tokio Hotel, Jonas Brothers, Paramore, etc..............HELP!!!!:eek:Polk Audio Surround Bar 360
Mirage PS-12
LG BDP-550
Motorola HD FIOS DVR
Panasonic 42" Plasma
XBOX 360[/SIZE]
Office stuff
Allied 395 receiver
Pioneer CDP PD-M430
RT8t's & Wharfedale Diamond II's[/SIZE]
Life is one grand, sweet song, so start the music. ~Ronald Reagan -
My 16 yr old daughter has her Ipod docking station blasting upstairs. Not only is her tastes in music driving me crazy, but the sounds out of that docking station are HORRIBLE.:eek:
It's the end of the world, I'm tell ya.
Interesting viewpoint in this article - maybe it is out fault.
http://radar.oreilly.com/2009/03/the-sizzling-sound-of-music.htmlSony 60'' SXRD 1080p
Amp = Carver AV-705THX 5-Channel
Processor = NAD T747
Panasonic BD35 Blu-Ray
Main = SDA-1C Studio with RD0s, spikes, XO rebuild, rings, I/C upgrade
Center=Polk CS10, Surround = Athena Dipoles, Sub= Boston 12HO
Music/Video Streaming = Netgear NEO550
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Ugggh... Do your fatherly duty and get her a REAL system! You're the one who's to blame here, not her!
My daughter has grown up hearing (not listening to) higher end audio, and it doesn't interest her. She would be very happy if I took the Outlaw sub off our HT, and won't watch movies on the HT because of it's audio, yet she's really happy watching movies upstairs on either a 32" tv or a 42" plasma with no HT on it at all.
You can lead a horse to water but you can't make em drink.My equipment sig felt inadequate and deleted itself.
