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| Need HDMI Cable Input: Knowledge/Comparison Assist, Please BTW I have hard wired my last 2 OLED tv’s using high end audio power cable. The very recent one, done 2 months ago, an LG G2, I had to take off the entire back shell, as there was no small panel port to access the hardwired power cable like there... | |
| Need HDMI Cable Input: Knowledge/Comparison Assist, Please @sfcfran That's a real shame, but I understand after a bad experience not going there again. Sounds like it was definitely defective, not just the connector. I have had all 3 versions of the Mapleshade HDMI cable. The last, v3, was a huge jump ov... | |
| iFi iPower X - hifi bargain? I used the IFI X on my modem/router and it improved things downstream and was well worth the cheap cost. | |
| Now that High Fidelity Cables is no longer, what cables are you upgrading to? @rx8man I have the HFC Ultimate Reference digital and IC cables and nothing I try has been able to best them. Tchernov Ultimate line? | |
| iFi iPower X - hifi bargain? I have one shipping to me right now. I do have other audiophile LPS but needed an extra 12v power supply and thought to give this iFi X a try. If it gives any improvement over a stock SMPS then its a bargain considering the price. | |
| Need HDMI Cable Input: Knowledge/Comparison Assist, Please The Mapleshade Vivlink v3 Plus is the best HDMI cable I have came across, for audio AND video. Better than others up to 5x the price. Its actually a noticeable jump up from the Nordost Hemdall 2 HDMI, which was my previous reference. Most of the ... | |
| Audiophile Grade Wall Receptacle Don’t use hospital grade outlets. They are designed for one important thing, to reject water corrosion due to constant everyday wet splashing from nurses cleaning and mopping hospital rooms. The best corrosion resistant plating is nickel (gold i... | |
| Best DACs under $7,000.00 So where does Berkeley Audio's Alpha DAC (not the Reference DAC) fit in all this? The recent series 3 has raised the RRP to 11k, but I seem to recall both Series 1 & 2 being under 7k, and used prices definitely under that. | |
| Best DACs under $7,000.00 About 8-10k USD is the limit for what I could spend on a single component so this thread is much more useful than those talking about 3 box DCS setups. I already have a very good amp (Steve Keiser Luminance KST-150) and don’t want another pre amp... | |
| Best DACs under $7,000.00 @verdantaudio If someone needs a preamp/dac in one box at this price bracket (but does not require analog inputs) what do you suggest? The Weiss 501/502 was the one I was aiming for, and there is a new version out now apparently. | |
| The best plug in filter ever! I am a bit addicted to these plug in filters and use them for both audiophile and videophile comparisons. I have had the following... Nordost Qv2 Add-Powr ElectraClear eau4 MIT Predator 6 Alan Mayer Designs PS Audio Noise Harvester Audio Magic Pu... | |
| Has the ASR review/hatchet job on the Musetec MH-DA005 Changed Anyone's Mind? I am happy for ASR to exist, because all the measurement trolls and DBT fanatics have a place to go instead of soiling up the normal audiophile forums with their nonsense like they did years ago. It has consolidated them in one place. Amir is the... | |
| Best linear PSU under $1000? I have been using the Uptone JS-2 for many years but now need yet another LPS for powering a Lindemann Limetree Bridge II streamer. Choice is between a Farad Super 3 and the Teddy 5/3. Both around $500 mark. | |
| New! Cerious Technologies Lumniscate cables @rgrost Bob are you going to bring back your React speaker tech - the one with the kevlar ballistics powder in the thin tubes? Now that was a fascinating and utterly unique approach to speaker design. A shame it never really went forward. But I c... | |
| Endgame Vocal+ DAC Help: Terminator Plus 12th vs. Chord DAVE vs. Holo May vs. Weiss502. You don’t want detail, you want a real/natural sound that does not have the digital harshness and listening fatigue. You have to treat the source first before you can experience these DACs to their full potential. And by source I mean the power. ... |