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| Neutral Dac? It’s somewhere north of $3K that DACs start to differentiate themselves from the pack. in that strata, it’s BRYSTON as my best bang fer yer buck choice as “uncoloured”. https://www.hifi-advice.com/blog/review/digital-reviews/spdif-dac-reviews/b... | |
| What Gear Has Disappointed You? CAMBRIDGE AV equipment - (1);the very top model CAMBRIDGE AVR (model number escapes me for the moment ….) It suddenly and catastrophically failed twice in the reported faulty P,O.S HDMI board ,..,it suddenly crapped out TOTALLY TWICE during its ... | |
| how to buy power cords that fit my components (i.e tight and snug) CARDAS ,,,,, depending on your budget = CLEAR BEYOND, CLEAR, CLEAR REFLECTION, or the prior flagship GOLDEN REFERENCE just ensure that if you buy pre-owned, you insist on the Certificate Of Authenticity (COA). Josh at CARDAS informally commented ... | |
| Silver Speaker Cables I had the Ag-over-Cu NORDOST FREY thin ribbon cables array. As I changed speakers, the migration to all-Cu commenced …, the preferred metal option is intuitively system dependent . However, …. Curiously as I swapped in the comparatively hefty CA... | |
| Your Favorite Cover Songs? “Beautiful Day” Original: U2 Covered: Il Volo | |
| Your Favorite Cover Songs? “Love is all around” Original: The Troggs Covered by: Wet, Wet, Wet | |
| Your Favorite Cover Songs? Hallelujah" Covered by Il Divo Original by Leonard Cohen | |
| Your Favorite Cover Songs? “Hallelujah" Covered by K.D. Lang Original by Leonard Cohen | |
| Steely Dan "Can't Buy A Thrill" on UHQR vinyl Contemporaneously, It’s also just been released in hi-rez digital download form - 192kHz · 24bit | |
| Scotch? No thanks. Whats the best Vodka.? Stolichnaya Cristall Vodka Your Price: $ ?… Buy Stolichnaya Cristall Vodka USSR I first had this in Leningrad ( now St Petersburg ) back in 1989 when it was still Soviet times. Back then, the major hotels had a “special” bar for the Western ... | |
| Best sounding CD player I’ll throw my REGA ISIS VALVE cdp/ USB DAC into the mix as a true contender and no pretender as a 55 lb heavyweight with a pair of XLR jacks as well of RCAs in the back panel with fully balanced, differential circuitry throughout. it has its own ... | |
| Snake oil of the year? @wsrrsw You asked what switch I tried: English Electric 8 Switch . In my direct experience(s) I don’t support - any supposition that any network Ethernet switch(es) is/(are) room dependent, - or otherwise dependent on any other non-digital... | |
| Snake oil of the year? @wsrrsw yep … tried one in my $50k system. my take : bupkus….nada…. zippo…. = SFA difference in my digital audio performance compared to the simple quality build “vanilla” unit recommended and supplied by my pro IT tech. Pass on it. NOW OPT... | |
| Car songs | |
| Car songs And finally…. What better one to sum it up then “Drive” by THE CARS, amd “Rockin’ Down The Highway” by the DOOBIE BROS. |