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BarryG

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  1. Mine is a work in progress, it's a Salamander Archetype! BarryG
  2. It is good to see you back! BarryG
  3. Welcome, you have found us! Good to see another OCCD afflicted member. You should feel at home here! BarryG
  4. Lenny Kravitz, Mr. Cab Driver lol not that this is something bad, but it was sure torture to my cousins parrot. Pepe loved music but squawked non stop during this song. Actually the torture was listening to the bird! Just a funny moment from the past. I was laughing so hard reading this thread! BarryG
  5. Welcome Billy! This is a great place to be! Enjoy your stay, kick off your shoes turn up he volume and rock to the music! BarryG
  6. Congratulations Bill, looking forward to meeting you! BarryG
  7. Welcome to the site UncleMeat. Ahhh another Zappa fan! Your handle reminds me of my first Zappa album from when I was in 10th grade! A lot of good people here, kick off your shoes, get a cold beer, turn up the volume and stay a while! We all have OCCD around here! BarryG
  8. The 30th works for me! That is a day I have history with. It will be the 9th anniversary of my trauma event that nearly took my life. I was in a bad accident that day, In wrong place at wrong time and was runneth over by a forklift. That radically changed my plans for New Years Eve and radically changed my life as well. I don't dwell on this, but let me say IT IS GOOD TO BE ALIVE!!! I am glad I live in Baltimore and we have such an incredible trauma team. I was in the hospital for 6 months to give you an idea how serious it was. That is all I will say about it, So I am all in with a toast to BillD on this day! I often think of him when listening to the Pretender by Jackson Browne! BTW I am enjoying the reference discs. I never heard of Patricia Barber before, wow, that was awesome. I have listened to both discs several times. BarryG
  9. BarryG

    It's Here !!!

    Mine came today have first disc in, sounds real good, cant wait to get to disc two! Both discs are what they should be and play fine! BarryG
  10. BarryG

    It's Here !!!

    When I burn from flac, or copying cd's I exclusively use Taiyo Yuden discs. the one that has the watershield coating. they last a long time. I also have very few bad burns from them, and they play in my Carver SD/A 390t as well. Taiyo Yuden has acquired JVC and changed the cds name to JVC watershield. They are glossy white ink jet ready discs and look nice with a well designed label. the only problem with these discs are they are thicker from the extra coating, so some front load automotive players have difficulty loading them. They are more expensive, but worth it in my opinion. BarryG
  11. BarryG

    It's Here !!!

    Still waiting on mine as well. I intercepted my letter carrier but NO deliveries! Probably tomorrow! BarryG
  12. I use Taiyo Yuden (now JVC as they bought JVC and it was a better known brand in the USA) I use the watershield version of their cd's. they cost more, but seem to hold up a little better. The problem is because of the extra waterproof coating, they do not do well with some slot load cd players in the car. I have not had any problem playing them in any of the Carver cd players I have had. I have not noticed a decay in these, and have been using them for more than 5 years. BarryG
  13. Welcome Chris, I am from just the other side of the Mason Dixon in MD. It is good to see you here, lots of good folks and information about anything Carver and audio in general. Enjoy your stay, pull up a chair turn on some tunes, and stay a while! Have a great day, and remember Resistance is futile, so let OCCD take its course! BarryG
  14. Welcome to the site, you will find good, knowledgeable and friendly folks here. You have come to the right place to learn about Carver gear. Play and enjoy your music LOUD, BarryG
  15. Welcome Antonio, Naples is a long way from here, dying to travel to Italy one day! Please tell us about your gear, photos are always welcome and your musical interests. Many good folks here to help you if you have questions or specific problems. Pull up a chair, turn up the tunes and enjoy every minute of your music. BarryG
  16. As I was trying to say before, a lot of music is available for download as mp3, or the apple version of mp3. And that music is compressed with loss to signal. Some mp3 compressions are better than others, but still is lossy. Whether or not Pono takes off, having the option to purchase the digital files in a lossless format is what I have been waiting for. IMHO cd's are ok but not as good as vinyl. If digital downloads are capable of the sound quality, I am for it. My excitement is about high quality digital audio files without loss to the original signal, not for the brand Pono. There is a whole generation of kids out there who only know music in the mp3 format listened through ear buds. Fortunately I have kids who have taken the time to step back and listen to higher quality sources. My daughter was visiting a few months ago with one of her friends who never heard music through anything than a personal device or a car audio. My ALS's blew her away! Oh what fun it was to initiate someone. The look on her face was WOW, what the hell was that! BarryG
  17. Many players have plug ins to allow play of FLAC. I am presently using Winamp, but you can use Windows media player. On my iPhone, I have downloaded an app that plays FLAC. Some DAC units can also play FLAC, I think others are using OPPO players for this. I am planning on going that route soon, have a great day, BarryG
  18. Pono, is just a player, and its native format is FLAC which uses a free lossless codec. It is my understanding the Pono player can play these FLAC files no matter what the level of resolution. If you download higher resolution FLAC files you may NOT be able to burn them into audio cds as the sampling rate is not high enough, but you could still use them on your computer. I welcome the industry offering high resolution lossless digital files as an alternative to mp3. I already download as much as I can as FLAC and have been using it for years. I think we are a long way from seeing Pono in the stores, its going to be a while. They are just starting the next round of prototypes. It was an interesting article. BarryG
  19. I have been waiting for this! So this is based on FLAC which I already use daily! Looks like this will be good, lets hope we can try these soon! BarryG
  20. Lol I was shy once! I was in grad school and was a graduate teaching assistant, I had two lectures a week two hours each with more than 600 students each. That will cure you! All my data is backed up on an external drive. I was selling an item on Craigslist and the email which was a response was the attack on my computer which is still under warranty, new drive will be here tomorrow. Yea, it sure is not fun doing this over my iPhone! BarryG
  21. Welcome shortcake , I am late to welcome you as my hard drive crashed. Hope to he back to normal in a few days! A lot to catch up on. I have enjoyed reading this thread! I think you will fit in heras always turn up the music! BarryG
  22. I agree, these amps are amazing. Hashy and Rich do good work and are good helpful people, Welcome to the forum! I learn much by browsing, and learn something new every day!Have a great day and always Enjoy the music!!!Turn it up!BarryG
  23. Welcome to the forum! From your handle I am guessing you like tube equipment! Stick around, this is a great place to learn about Carver gear. Many good folks here are quite excellent at answering questions you may have, and will chime in when you are in need of help. How are you liking your Maggie's? I love mine, I just had them strip and rewire my mgIIIa's. Welcome, turn up the music and enjoy it! BarryG
  24. Welcome to the forum! An abundance of information on the forums, and a lot of good helpful people if you have questions. Enjoy the site!!! And as always turn up and enjoy the Music! BarryG
  25. Welcome to the site Bob! You will be at home here! Lots of us are into the equipment designed by the Bobfather! As always turn it Up! And Enjoy the Music!!! BarryG
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