I got a pair of rebuilt M& Satellites (2 ways) from dc270 a couple years back -
they sounded nice but I had no where to use them - I was thinking about putting them up for sale.
But my wife suggested I set up a bedroom system instead.
So last saturday I did a quick hookup with a 20watt Lepai chip amp I won in an AK auction last year -
plugged in my iPhone as a source, played some lossless files and we decided it sounded good -
but the bright blue LED on the volume knob was not as friendly as I'd want, and it was quite more raw looking that I wanted.
After church Sunday we went to the fall audiofest at ehooves place - and rogerfederer was giving away a nice looking Sony receiver with a dead display.
No one else seemed interested, so I brought it home and put it in place. It was a very nice improvement in looks and in sound.
We talked some more about what she wanted to do with it, and yesterday I went by the apple store and bought an Airport express.
I hooked the Airport to a currently unused Fiio DAC via optical cable and into a Tape input.
This lets me (or her) stream anything from my MacPro, my iphone, or from her iPad to the system!
And that does it - final vote - nicely batted out of the park, with a huge thanks to the folks at AK! Good music!
they sounded nice but I had no where to use them - I was thinking about putting them up for sale.
But my wife suggested I set up a bedroom system instead.
So last saturday I did a quick hookup with a 20watt Lepai chip amp I won in an AK auction last year -
plugged in my iPhone as a source, played some lossless files and we decided it sounded good -
but the bright blue LED on the volume knob was not as friendly as I'd want, and it was quite more raw looking that I wanted.
After church Sunday we went to the fall audiofest at ehooves place - and rogerfederer was giving away a nice looking Sony receiver with a dead display.
No one else seemed interested, so I brought it home and put it in place. It was a very nice improvement in looks and in sound.
We talked some more about what she wanted to do with it, and yesterday I went by the apple store and bought an Airport express.
I hooked the Airport to a currently unused Fiio DAC via optical cable and into a Tape input.
This lets me (or her) stream anything from my MacPro, my iphone, or from her iPad to the system!
And that does it - final vote - nicely batted out of the park, with a huge thanks to the folks at AK! Good music!
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