The Lepai is probably not the optimum T amp pick.   The good news is, the Sonys are fairly sensitive (89 db). That means you don't need a monster to make them work.   My quick pick would be the $89 50 wpc channel t amp from Parts Express...

Just want to add my .02 to everyone who has said placement is critical.   I have two pairs of Audioengine 2s, and height is very important. They really, really need to be at ear level, or at least tilted up.   Scott A.

  Quote:   So what are you using for software? I have a G4 myself - and think it's a great 'compact' source - but none of the modern iTunes alternatives will run on it.   I *think* iTunes is bit perfect if you're using standard cd resolution files and if you have the volume cranked...

All -   There's a spirited conversation on the following over on AK, and the more I participated in the subject the less I knew.   Since a lot of folks here have dealt extensively with iPods, I'm hoping someone can help.   It's been widely reported that a handful of devices -...

Can anyone confirm that the iStreamer does NOT work with pre-classic iPods? I have a 30 gig 5th generation.   tks,   s.

(reposted from correct account)   OT for a moment, if I could.   I'm a big fan of HRT products, and am glad they made this one.   That said, for those of us who switched over the last few years to Sansa for a PMP, this is a frustrating time - there is no equivalent product to the...

Maybe the title isn't exactly right - this is more 'Jude's current pick of the litter' - but it's a great, aspirational read.   Now a companion piece for those of us obsessed by how much audio can be had for not much?   s.

I have owned a pile of portable players, (including a Zune) none of which really made me happy, until the Clip.   It's not beautiful and the interface is pretty ordinary. It has exactly one thing going for it: the sound is wonderful.   Buy the Clip.   s.

  'Cosmic Suite' - Matthew Shipp Quartet.   A 2008 release, this is my favorite Shipp of the last few years. He puts out a lot of albums, and this would be one of my first picks.   s.

  'Euphonic Sounds' - Reginald R. Robinson   This is ragtime treated as if it were something other than a museum piece. Robinson is a (relatively) young guy, playing Joplin and other ragtime composers and his own stuff. Quietly wonderful.

Big day listening...     'This Brings Us To, Vol. II' - Henry Threadgill     'Grinderman 2'     'Belly Of The Sun' - Cassandra Wilson   'Fire In My Bones: Raw, Rare & Otherworldly African-American Gospel 1944-2007'     'Every Grain of Sand' - Barb Jungr...

Quote: I bow deeply in your general direction, sir.   s.   Quote:   And in your direction...   Quote:   And of course, yours.   Vietnam era funk, Tom Waits noir and early Eno. Who could ask for more?   s.

  Quote: I'll be trying this. Thanks!   As for me...     'Whirling Mantis' - Harold O'Neal   O'Neal is an interesting guy: he was a first call piano player for straight ahead jazzers in the early 2000s, but then he took a detour through full contact kick boxing.  ...

Quote:   An earwig of a song. I heard it once and couldn't get it out of my head.   As for me...     'Jelly Roll Morton 1926-1930.'   This is the JSP set, and - as has been widely reported - the difference between it and the early 90s RCAs is...huge. (Aside from the fact...

  Quote: Yes.   I can't think of a 'rock' album that's aged better - or still makes as much sense - as this one. It's a perfect record, without being precious.   As for me, I'm reading Will Friedwald's new book:     This is my book of 2010. In the first place I'm a...