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August 13, 2014 by Michael

Where to find collectible Vinyl, LPs, Records

I haven’t been tempted in a loooong time.

I used to be an addict. Rent. Food. Brain Food. Music. [Luckily, beer fell in both Food and Brain Food categories].

You know the feeling. Where you want to spend outrageous amounts of money for albums that you didn’t think you needed… until you see them! Until you find out that they exist.

Record Luuuuuust!

I just stumbled across RecordMecca. They have a boatload of collectible Vinyl, LPs, Records. Records I might even want to, the horror, listen to over and over.

Full reverse, Scotty! Hurry, before it is too late!

I know, Ebay is supposed to be the place. Many people seems to like to shop there for LPs. I find it… unexciting. YMMV.

Another place for weird rare stuff is SystemRecords in the U.K.

Maybe should add a page for these places to a new page in the Audiophile’s Guide. Maybe, after my eyes stop bugging out.

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August 13, 2014August 13, 2014 by Michael

The Guide to all High-end Audio Racks

We updated, modernized, and moved the Audiophile’s Guide to the Galaxy’s guide to High-end Audio Racks.

This is a pictorial guide of all the brands of all of the high-end audio equipment racks we were able to find. We chose a few prime examples from the manufacturer if they made more than one kind of rack.

We are still working on making it look cool and awesome [and pretty], but it is not so bad right now 🙂

Many racks are no longer being made, but people do still buy and sell [trade] them. So we may end up making another page of ‘dead racks’ in the future. Anybody interested in this?

At first I thought there weren’t that many racks out there. Then I discovered there were more than I knew. But, now, later, I am back to thinking there are not that many after all.

Most are just ways to get the gear off the floor so you can run 1 meter cables between it all. How else would we make this work? Laying flat on the floor? Then it would take some mental energy to figure out just the right layout to make all those 1m cables reach. Makes my brain hurt.

Just seems like one of those necessities of [audiophile] life – but few people talk about these things.

There are a few that tout this or that technological advantage, that they either don’t muck up the sound or, a very few, say they can even improve the sound.

Some are beautiful. Most are… less so.

Some are heavy. Some are not.

Anyway, the Audiophile’s Guide is a easy way to see everything that is available [know of one we missed? Let us know! Please!].

August 11, 2014September 3, 2015 by Michael

SOLD: Audio Note DAC 4

SOLD.

On consignment. New price, now asking $2500 obo.

This older DAC 4 was upgraded some years ago by one of Audio Note’s factory authorized service centers to include a modern digital board (with the same technology architecture as is used in a current DAC 4.1x, MSRP $17000) and upgraded parts complement, including oversized copper foil output capacitors and some power supply upgrades. This DAC 4 does not include transformer coupled outputs.

BNC and RCA S/PDIF inputs, RCA outputs. NOS Siemens E88CC output stage. Smaller all-copper chassis.

Have more questions about the DAC 4? Send us an email (mike+neli@audiofederation.com), or give Neli a call: 303.546.6503.