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| What's next after Luxman 550 AX/II with Harbeth C7 I paired my new HARBETH 30.2Xd’s with a REGA OSIRIS integrated amp. terrfic match that is well worth an audition, | |
| Cardas Clear or AudioQuest Carbon USB cable I have the CARDAS CLEAR USB between my BRYSTON digital player and BRYSTON DAC. It bested the both the high-end AQ’s and also my incumbent NORDOST in MY system (emphasis added) I was an all-NORDOST FREY loom fan and was quite happy with it, until ... | |
| How much gear do you own? Way, WAY TOO much in the opinion of the general public. In this forum with all its eclectic cohort of forum participants, it’s probably still quite modest. I heartily “thinned out the herd” already this past summer as I precondition from my wife ... | |
| Ethernet cable recommendations Here is what a professional network engineer (and Audiophile) posted on CANUCKAUDIOMART recently “ … A little tip, don’t ask for networking advice on a HiFi forum unless you want to be sold on the idea of overpriced and unnecessary equipment wit... | |
| Ethernet cable recommendations May I suggest that you may wish to first read this simple review on Ethernet cables before you drop a lot of cash on them. in brief: focus on quality build connectors and proper cable shielding and don’t assume just dropping a lot of $$$$ on a br... | |
| Is a USB stick directly into ones streamer (renderer) better than streaming from a PC/NAS? OP: “ …. There’s so so much written about LOTS of noise produced by a NAS/Switch/PC/Cableing, and how much one needs to spend to alleviate it, which is what prompted my original question.…” This recent percolating narrative is way overdone and a ... | |
| Is a USB stick directly into ones streamer (renderer) better than streaming from a PC/NAS? Either hard drive storage system provides the same audio performance in my BRYSTON digital player and BRYSTON DAC system … a USB stick or NAS makes no difference . I use the USB stick 90% of the time because it’s faster The DAC that is paired up ... | |
| IS there such an animal? HDCD (High Definition Compatible Digital ) is a proprietary audio encode-decode process that was a Microsoft developed product but discontinued way back in 2005. HDCD needed a bespoke decoding chip inside the CD player, in order to take advantage ... | |
| newer CD player w/DAC that could replace AMR CD-77.1 REGA ISIS cdp/DAC or better still REGA ISIS VALVE cdp/DAC https://www.tonepublications.com/review/the-rega-isis-cd-player-2/ each unit sold has two matched ( 2) lasers on reserve at REGA to bulletproof you going fwd. | |
| Would you sell for cash? “… In God we trust, everybody else pays cash …” | |
| hearing loss and speaker selection Instead of fretting over the possible shortcomings at both frequency extremes, may I suggest that you if you simplify and hone your focus on the VERY BEST midrange reproduction you can get ….. all good will be restored and angst relieved.That’s wh... | |
| FM Tuners Check out this website for info and reviews and shootouts . https://www.fmtunerinfo.com/reviewsM-N.html | |
| Sparkler CD Player or Transport? If you want a half size unit that is a bona fide reference class cdp or transport+ stand-alone DAC, check out CYRUS. They have your all in one or separates options. here is the link for their all-in-one cd player that will be an upgrade to the SP... | |
| Your Favorite Christmas Song-One only Please- | |
| Your Favorite Christmas Song-One only Please- Christmas in the Trenches – John McDermott Christmas in the Trenches " is a haunting ballad sung by a proud Canadian, John McDermott that tells the story of the 1914 Christmas Truce between the British and German lines on the Western Front durin... |