Listening to this album while I am typing. GREAT! Really can't miss it.
Too bad I don't have a decent amp now... :(
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Go buy a used Naim Nait 02 or 05 at about $6K. A great match for your Sonus Faber, and it will blow the socks of ANY other branded amp, integrated or otherwise, up to $30K. And you don't have to worry about any replacement tubes or your kid messing around with it.
The only problem is, they are very rare. You may have to buy the latest model new at about $10K.
Or get an iPod and a pair of Etymotic ER4P or Shure E4C. Total comes to around HK$4K. Supposingly beats speakers and amp combination worth HK$40K. Top volume in the middle of night and no complaints from family members and neighbours.
For mobile music, I already get a Archos 220, and a pair of Sony earbud. Good enough for travel. Top quality music while travel? forget it! MP3 beats top stereo combo? I don't believe it. Remember the garbage-in-garbage-out principle.. if you know what MP3 comprssion does to musicial soundwaves, you know what I mean.
I mostly drive to work. So I will have my CDs rotating into the car stereo... and I have more than 400 CDs....
Still interest an amp. But I can only budget less than 10K for it. I can pay more, but I don't have that much time on music so can't justify buying too expensive one.
I'm using the Nait 5 rated at 35W/ch which is their older integrated model with DIN jacks. Their newer model is the Nait 5i rated 50W/ch with RCA jacks.
My Nait 5 rocks my living room with my pair of SF Minima Amator with excellent sound stage. That's why I have never even considered any multichannel system for my digital projector with a 70" wide image. The Nait 5i is more than enough for your speakers.
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Go buy a used Naim Nait 02 or 05 at about $6K. A great match for your Sonus Faber, and it will blow the socks of ANY other branded amp, integrated or otherwise, up to $30K. And you don't have to worry about any replacement tubes or your kid messing around with it.
The only problem is, they are very rare. You may have to buy the latest model new at about $10K.
Or get an iPod and a pair of Etymotic ER4P or Shure E4C. Total comes to around HK$4K. Supposingly beats speakers and amp combination worth HK$40K. Top volume in the middle of night and no complaints from family members and neighbours.
Must-have for the demanding commuter.
For mobile music, I already get a Archos 220, and a pair of Sony earbud. Good enough for travel. Top quality music while travel? forget it! MP3 beats top stereo combo? I don't believe it. Remember the garbage-in-garbage-out principle.. if you know what MP3 comprssion does to musicial soundwaves, you know what I mean.
I mostly drive to work. So I will have my CDs rotating into the car stereo... and I have more than 400 CDs....
Still interest an amp. But I can only budget less than 10K for it. I can pay more, but I don't have that much time on music so can't justify buying too expensive one.
What is Naim anyway?
Naim Audio, the best there is.
Thanks. I already googled it. But where can I find it in HK?
Radar Co. in Times Square.
I'm using the Nait 5 rated at 35W/ch which is their older integrated model with DIN jacks. Their newer model is the Nait 5i rated 50W/ch with RCA jacks.
My Nait 5 rocks my living room with my pair of SF Minima Amator with excellent sound stage. That's why I have never even considered any multichannel system for my digital projector with a 70" wide image. The Nait 5i is more than enough for your speakers.
Check out LAME http://lame.sourceforge.net/. Give it enough bitrate, and you get an MP3 as good as anything.
You are in any case too old to diffentiate a good MP3 rip and a CD. Any difference is placebo, and won't survive an A-B test.
I have a pair of Sony in-ear buds. They sound quite muddy.
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