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| Discerning a difference between streamers is difficult...only me or common for all? You have a broad spectrum of replies that reflects the following homilies ”Price is what you psy,…Value is what you get”….. and … “One-size does not fit all…” MT EXPERIENCE Visit your fave bricks and mortar audio dealer and do a bake-off auditi... | |
| Cardas Clear XLR interconnects I’ve got CARDAS CLEAR XLR interconnects as past of my loom. CARDAS doesn’t sell direct to customers with a very rare exception for very occasional audio expo show demo clearouts, offered to prior registered customers. Otherwise CARDAS directs you... | |
| How does sound influence your appreciation? @immatthewj +1 Yep …. me too. For like reasons, I generally choose my live concert event attendance influenced on the venue acoustics . To fully appreciate live performances by somebody like Diana Krall, Chris Botti, Celtic Woman dictates a ste... | |
| DAC shopping - Trying to sift through the Hype. Can I trust the reviews these days ?? You’ve sorted through two pages of posts that push to one core assessment of the “best” DAC ….. it depends entirely on your bespoke system . So what makes a good DAC choice when you are assessing options blindly without personal auditions and jus... | |
| Wrapping power cords and interconnects with copper foil. @testpilot +1 ….. for quality build cables with proper shielding. Build quality matters …. Full stop. | |
| Why is an iPhone such a good streamer? Without prejudice to the merits of an iPhone as your streaming source, may I suggest that you toddle down to your local high-end bricks and mortar audio store and do a bake-off against a high-end audio streamer. Think LUMIN, MOON and a bevy of ot... | |
| Do you have a perfect digital marriage? I had the 2nd generation BRYSTON BDP / BRYSTON BDA digital stablemates with a CARDAS CLEAR cable. Performance-wise it was quite pleasing BUT it’s archaic and clumsy “Manic Moose” digital interface drove me nuts. Enter the MOON by SIMAUDIO digital... | |
| Enough is Enough My take: two-fold on your dealer salesman’s uber-crass and uber-insulting response, (1) I would only have one thing to say your dealer salesman: it is the slang profane pejorative embodied in GENESIS 9:7. (2) Furthermore, I would not even call h... | |
| Arcam AVR Receivers @ajones82 I doubt you will meet a price vs performance value uptick. I don’t see any quantum leap in design or build. Anecdotally, a local AV dealer invoked a similar upgrade comparison to the current very top model SONY OLED fiat panel TV; ver... | |
| Nordost Heimdall 2 or Tyr 2 digital cables I had the FREY full loom in a prior system. I selected it as the “ sweet spot” in the NORDOST NORSE line after auditioning the full HEIMDALL - FREY - TYR. model options, I considered possible further NORDOST upgrades before I completely upgraded ... | |
| Arcam AVR Receivers My local ARCAM dealers have been running 20%+ promotional sales for quite some time this year. Add on the seasonal Black Friday price cut frenzy, and especially on a further AVR30 model discontinuance by ARCAM that predicates a NOS product dump .... | |
| HiFi legends ageing and going deaf They typed their symptoms into WebMD …..They got a reply says they are simply OLD. | |
| Active Wireless speaker, Dynaudio, Buchardt or Sonus Faber? Think ATC range for actives. | |
| Current or Previous Harbeth Owners… @yogiboy “ …l @akg_ca Why would you call the thin wall design a major detriment? Many other speakers use this design including Spendor, Graham, Falcon, Stirling, etc., etc,. It’s been around for over 60 years and many enjoy BBC type speakers…” ... | |
| ??? Full Loom vs Mix ??? My experience: Mix or full loom? It depends entirely on the bespoke audio performance characteristics of your current (emphasis added); audio system . In a prior system, I started with an ad hoc cables mix driven primarily by the alchemy of av... |