agisthos
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| High Fidelity Cables? @tranchautuan I would love to hear your thoughts on the new Apparition vs CT-1 UR (Ultimate Reference). I currently use the UR. I previously had the CT-1, CT-1E and CT-1U. Then stopped at the UR and had them for almost 10 years now. I never wen... | |
| DAC Merry Go 'Round- why I stopped at Weiss @jimmy2615 Thanks Jimmy, I was wondering if the new T+A DAC 200’s analog volume attenuator would negate any advantage the Weiss 501 possibly had. Considering the T+A DAC 8 is an older generation, and you feel it is competitive with the Weiss... | |
| Looking for intermediate-step Streamer: better than BS Node and not @ Bartok level pricing @jmfawdofile I was in a similar boat and wanted a streamer that sounded better than the RPi and Node. Was going to try the Primare NP5 but went with the Lindemann Bridge II. It’s a German brand. Looks like a little box but don’t be fooled, high... | |
| Audio / Stereo Rack I have 4x Timbernation solid maple platforms (2" thick). I then had solid brass rod legs machined to a spike by a CNC shop and cut to various lengths so each shelf is stackable on top of each other. It all weights a ton. Had a few extra sets of b... | |
| T+A DAC 200 or WEISS 501 @blisshifi What do you think of the pre/volume control in the Weiss 501 vs the DAC200 ? Because the Weiss one is digital, but it has 4 voltage steps to keep things in the high range and as lossless as possible. But if one is after a dac/pre one... | |
| Weiss 501 upgrade to 4ch They should have just called it the 501/502 mk2 instead of this 2ch-4ch business. Too confusing. | |
| Testing Ethernet switch @mgrif104 Hans Beekhuyzen measured it. You dismissed it as irrelevant. Yet, it is there. You believe it cannot impact the sound quality and it’s possible you’re correct. But, you disallow for the possibility that you are not correct. There is n... | |
| Blog: Upgrade Inductors with Care I find it interesting that Rockport, which don’t skimp on price when building their speakers, don’t use foil inductors. They claim they do not sound as good as perfect lay coil inductors. Anytime I every upgraded my speakers or built a kit pair, ... | |
| High Fidelity Cables? @raysmtb1 You are not ’well aware’ of anything. Virtual Dynamics was started in the late 90’s. He specifically closed it in 2010 to pursue the magnetic tech which had investor money and many patents behind it. He could have just continued VD until... | |
| High Fidelity Cables? @raysmtb1 Every company develops new lines of products that they claim is better than the last. Why is it bad this time? You are just being irrational. | |
| High Fidelity Cables? @tranchautuan I did check the facebook page and it seems there is two other people, one of which got their money back from VISA chargeback. So there is 2 people (including you) out of pocket. Not good at all, but this unfortunately can happen when... | |
| Any point in upgrading stock cables for a LPS? As @blisshifi said the streamer seems to benefit the most from an LPS upgrade so do that first. Also, not every LPS works so well for every application, for example network hardware seems to prefer 'fast' LPS power supplies, not ones with large c... | |
| High Fidelity Cables? This is the first actual case of someone claiming they are owed money from HFC’s abrupt shutdown, and it was for a cable upgrade. If its legit I am sure Rick will come good on this. I too have the HFC CT-1 UR interconnects. I do not know how clos... | |
| Audiophile-grade ground rod? My question is what’s the optimum audiophile fill material to surround a pure copper earth rod? This Bentonite clay slurry or something else? I just got a 6 foot pure copper earth rod and have no chance of hammering it through the rock under the ... | |
| Audiophile-grade ground rod? If you lived in North Dakota you could run a ground line out to a fracking well and connect to the 2 mile deep pipework. Blackest background ever. |