I think it is important to remember that the average I.Q. is 100.  I can tell you from the prospective of a teacher with 37 years in the classroom a person with an I.Q. of 100 is not particularly bright and one half of the population is below that.  That was O.K. in the 1960's when anyone could...

Uncle Erik- As always you are an island of sanity. Besides tubes look really cool! The Audio Critic is my hero.

Google "Tail of the dragon" 318 curves in 11miles up and over the mountain! Take your toys there for real excitement! I took my Miata down there, never got out of third gear, damn near scared my wife to death.

Thank you Uncle Eric. That gives me a new prospective on both vinyl as well as tubes. I know what you mean about tubes. I have played with ham radio for a number of years and am an extra class. I can easily understand tube diagrams and how they work but transistors and i.c.'s sometimes boggle my...

You can fool some of the people all of the time and all of the people some of the time but you can't fool mom! - Captain Penny. That is particularly true when they want to be fooled. Arguing with a believer is like arguing with the wall. Uncle Eric- Could you please give us your opinion on...

I am 63 so most of you are still children. It is no cliche, keep on stroking and don't bitch!

The audiocritic is my hero! After reading everything I can find that he wrote and comparing that to my own experience I know I don't have to spend a bazillion dollars for very good sound! So for you poor believers, spend away.

I guess I am just dumb! It seems to me that if someone tells me there is a difference between two cables, or two amps or two dacs then he should be able to distinguish that difference in the blind. If he can't tell the difference without "looking" then there is no difference! It just seems so...

My rig is computer to xm5 to DT150. I have not listened to other equipment but I am very satisified at about $450.

Anyone interested in an xm5 should take a look at practicaldevices.com. That is the same setup I have and I am more than satisified.

I hesitate to make any comments here as I am a new noobie. When I received my xm5 dac/amp, on some recordings, particularly of some women singers and certain instruments, the effects of sibilance were bad. I tried everything I could think of with no effect. I wrote to the producer of the xm5...

Love for the dt 150?? Bela Fleck- The Great Circle Route -from -Tales From the Acoustic Planet- fantastic!!!!

I have had my xm5 for several days now. When I first listened to it most of the selections sounded great, but some piano and some female singers showed a good bit of distortion. I must say I thought that "burning in" of solid state equipment was a bunch of hooey. After about 20 hours the same...

Quote: Originally Posted by GreatDane Nice! I'm currently enjoying a Andy Narell CD "The Passage" (steel pan) with XM5/DAC & HD 650. "Tales from the Acoustic Planet" here. Ripped at 128 but compared to listening with just the Toshiba it still sounds great!

Setting here with my newly arrived xm5 with the ad8397, hooked up to my toshiba into dt-150's. Bela Fleck sounds great!!!