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| Nordost Power Cords - Versions and Combinations I don’t understand why you guys are comparing the Brahma to the Heimdall2. Its not the same range and not a fair comparison. The Vishnu was the equivalent cable on that original product line. The Heimdall replaced the Vishnu. They both have 3 x 16... | |
| Nordost Power Cords - Versions and Combinations Also, and I have posted this on here before, I found the Nordost (Heimdall 2) to be very good, spectacular even (for my price range) on digital, such as DAC’s, streamers, sources. But when using the same cable on analog amplifiers and Pre-amp I wa... | |
| Nordost Power Cords - Versions and Combinations @vinci92 Over a decade ago I had 1 Brahma feeding a power distributor, and 4x Vishnu for each component. I now have 5x Heimdall v2 and find them much much better than the Vishnu loom, but there was a 5 year gap between these setups and my syste... | |
| Network optimization for serious streamers I actually found the cheap iFi X was better than the Uptone JS-2 on the modem/router/wifi hardware. For streamers it was the opposite, the JS-2 was better. This surprised me because a linear power supply always tends to improve things. But I had ... | |
| Network optimization for serious streamers There is a lot of ethernet filters out there but the Muon seems to have the best listener reports. I was thinking to get one of these to put just before my Lindemann streamer. I want to keep the router, wireless and switch in the other room, power... | |
| Network optimization for serious streamers @fastfreight hey nice find Fastfreight. I had not been on the JCAT site in a long time. The M12 Gold looks to be a real custom ground up design. This is what we want. The only other company I know who has built custom core switch hardware is Nordo... | |
| Network optimization for serious streamers Then there is the Eno and Muon ethernet filters. These seem to be getting genuinely rave reviews, even from respected people like Hans Beekhuyzen. Its possible these noise filters are doing the same job as the optical modules, not letting that hig... | |
| Network optimization for serious streamers I am not ready to pay big money for an audiophile switch. They seem to just be repurposed consumer switches in a fancy case with a linear power supply and sometimes clock upgrade. You could probably get the same grade of switch and add your own po... | |
| Help with DC power connectors please The GX12-2 (9mm) and GX-16-2 (12.5mm) look the same but barrel diameter is different. Also note that pin 1 location is reversed compared to each other. https://www.ghentaudio.com/part/dc28.html | |
| Network optimization for serious streamers @sns Your change of 300 to 500mb is something different, that is the incoming internet speed of your ISP. In my example the internet WAN port speed was still kept unchanged at 1 Gigabit. It’s all the other 4 LAN ports that were reduced in speed, ... | |
| Network optimization for serious streamers I have discovered a new performance gain on the router, at least I think it has not been mentioned previously. Change LAN port speed from Auto/1000M/1GB to 100M Half-Duplex. This investigation resulted from me moving from a consumer TP-Link Arch... | |
| What is the current retail cost of your reference system? When people ask I give them the price excluding all the cables, power distribution, tweaks and ancillaries, just so it does not sound so insane. | |
| Recommendation for Digital Coax The Empirical Design ED 120 Coaxial. It's not as good as my High Fidelity CT-1 Ultimate Reference digital, but it comes close and its so very low priced and affordable. https://www.empiricaldesign.net/digital-cables.html | |
| DC blockers - what's your experience My experience of using a few different DC blockers is they seem to choke the transient impact, bass and speed of the power amplifier. If you have DC issues, like I did in my last apartment, they can make the sound cleaner and clearer, but with th... | |
| Absolute Sound's "Reviews" The same company who owns TAS also own Hi-Fi + on the other side of the pond. Hi-Fi + is one of the best magazines in the industry, with a high calibre of writing and very good reviews. TAS has really gone downhill the last few years. If you subs... |