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The Importance of the Digital Cable
Jim (Tomic601), thats one heck of a system. Must sound amazing. I heard an aesthetix preamp years ago and was bowled over by how much insight it brought to the sound. Haven’t heard the Lampizator yet but by all accounts it phenomenal. 
The Importance of the Digital Cable
Desktopguy, thats a great example. Oyaide has a great reputation. It’s easy to discount these things, but to know, one must try it out. For my system, the Black Cat SilverStar has elevated the sound very significantly. My son has good ears and he ... 
The Importance of the Digital Cable
Hi Unfairlane,you said do an ok job. Respectfully, that is just the point. There is an ok job, and then there is an outstanding job. I understand a regular rca cable might actually work, as in generate sound. But it will sound nothing like the Sil... 
The Importance of the Digital Cable
Haha MacDude, i have to say I agree with you that the Black Cat SilverStar (even the Veloce) are just one another level compared to the Canare.  
The Importance of the Digital Cable
Ghdprentice, that is well stated. Thanks 
CD Quality Versus Streaming Quality
Thanks SNS 
CD Quality Versus Streaming Quality
Fellows,I have an update. In lieu of a dedicated streamer on my list of must-haves, I may have corrected the inconsistency of streaming quality. More available bandwidth and also noise reduction.As a point of reference, currently streaming Apple M... 
The Importance of the Digital Cable
Hello all,An update and a bit of a review…Fellow audiophile CFarrow, has very kindly sent me the Black Cat SilverStar 75 and which I received on Wednesday evening.I couldn’t wait to try it and at my son’s behest, headed over to his house that very... 
Klipsch Forte ii too bright, or is it my room ?
With Horn / compression drivers, I have always preferred lower-power tube amps. Listening in close proximity to horn / compression transducers at louder levels can cause listener fatigue. With lower-power tube amps, the Forte should be much more t... 
High end high quality int. amp for low level listening
Hi Celestial Sound.Those are all wonderful amplifier choices you are proposing, and your current amplifier is really a beauty too. If I understand correctly, you are happy with the sound yet feel there is more the speakers can do? Like yourself, I... 
The Importance of the Digital Cable
Tomic601,Thanks for that great comment;‘what a nice thing to upgrade that cable for you - class act ! ‘Yes CFarrow is exceptionally generous and I am very grateful. I will report on my findings when I get it installed. You are right, it is a wonde... 
The Importance of the Digital Cable
Hi Bigkidz. I understand why you might not see such a major impact from cables, because you build your components tailored to your overall system requirements and probably taking into account measures around noise elimination. That’s so cool that ... 
The Importance of the Digital Cable
Thanks for clarifying Saleh. Yes, I believe I get it -  that the zero / one is an expression of on off for electrical signal, where certain amplitude is represented as a binary, which is in actuality an electrical signal. So, say ten zeros and fiv... 
The Importance of the Digital Cable
Thanks for the heads up Redwoodaudio! LoL you must have read my mind as i was thinking to try an regular IC XLR cable as AES/EBU digital which I most certainly won’t now. 
The Importance of the Digital Cable
Hi Andrew,the Veloce surprised me, its sound was so much better than the Canare. So much better. Yes I would agree on Black Cat’s cable. I would love to get into the Coppertone ICs and SCs. By all account they are marvellous performers. The constr...