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In Reply to: Re: CD Player Recommendations under $3500?? posted by maxzimum on November 23, 2006 at 08:48:45:
Glad to hear that!! My modding experiences showed me just what a weak link the crossovers are in the Maggies, and probably other speakers too.The fact that a few part substitutions could make such a change, really made me want to get rid of them entirely.
When I looked at external crossovers, and room correction, the cost was really prohibitive. A good analog crossover like marchand offers is say $1000 to $3000 or more. Tact boxes for room correction are say $2-$3k.
But, with a PC based system, all of that could be done for free, and arguably just as good, if not better in some cases.
And, the convenience is off the scale. Cover art and lyrics as well as playlist support are pretty standard on most decent players these days, and if you have one that supports ASIO and bypasses the windows kmixer (like foobar and winamp), you can get really good sound. Hard drives are very very cheap these days, and lossless or uncompressed files are viable ( my 200 cd collection fit into less than 110g as uncompressed .wavs).
If you are not a "computer person" there are a bunch of pre made systems where other people figure these things out for you.
One of the best options is Vrs audio systems. I put my system together based loosely on what they were doing. Which I thought was over priced, but having done it and the fact that their solution is more involved, I now think is pretty cheap for what you get.
http://www.vrsaudiosystems.com/
If computers scare you , then you might want to check out the offerings from zero one audio. They basically have a computer transport and a DAC. It looks like normal audio gear but eith the computer advantages.
http://www.zerooneaudio.com/
Finally, here is a paper that highlights the advantages.
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