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In the budget end have a look at M-audio. Very good driver support and quality is ok. http://www.maudio.co.uk/index.php?do=products.family&ID=USBinterfaces Most of the upper market interfaces use firewire even though usb is fine for even large projects with many audio channels. If he has firewir...

The amp is Musical Fidelity Nu-Vista M3. Thanks, I am still working on the positioning and toe in. Eminent Tech recommend no toe in, which is just absurd the way my room is set up at the moment. I have the speakers either side of the fireplace, which might not be optimal with omnidirectional designs...

I will stick with that so. Thanks guys! Had a bit more listening time last night. It is strange to hear so much detail from CDs I have known for so long. The soundstage is nearly too wide with my hybrid speakers: If too many instruments are is panned far left or right it nearly leaves a gap in the c...

Thanks, will try one or two of them :)

These are mine:

I was just sitting here listening to Brandenburg Concertos on Sky Arts 2 with Abbado and The Orchestra Mozart. I put on my own Harnoncourt and Concentus Musicus Wien. Wow what a night and day difference! Slow marching tempo with Harnoncourt and very light and quick tempo from Abbado. Is there any ot...

The price was very reasonable. ;) The headphone amp would make a lot of sense for someone like me who have small kids. Would a balanced conversion be possible with my HD580? Would be very interested i a home demo when this is ready. Just send me a PM! Those who has valve CD players: Do you leave the...

It is very easy to hear if you ever try to run a normal cheap interconnect of, say 20 meters. This will usually degrade the sound quite a lot. In pro audio you can have much longer runs with a fragile signal from e.g. microphones. The problem as far as I know, is that a true ballanced system, has to...

The BAT has landed! Very nice sound off this one right out of (a long time in) the box. Amazing detail, sweet relaxed sound, blackness, dynamics, midrange etc. It is supposed to improve over the next 20 - 50 hours still...Rediscovering a few discs this evening. Strangely the long awaited Young DAC a...

From Wikipedia: Balanced audio is a method of interconnecting audio equipment using impedance-balanced lines. This type of connection is very important in sound recording and production because it allows for the use of long cables while reducing susceptibility to external noise. Balanced connections...