andynotadam
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| Alternatives to Stillpoints I like Herbie's products across the board and use the iso cups and balls under my Primaluna mono blocks to great effect (on Himalayan salt block platforms). | |
| MQA is Legit! I actually use it and really like it. Tidal via Bluesound Node 2 to Mytek Brooklyn+ MQA DAC/Pre. 90% of the time I prefer it to 16/44, even from SSD to Bryston BDP-2 to Mytek. Don't over think it, don't be political, just listen and see what you l... | |
| What unknown musical artist would you like to share with your fellow audiophiles? Bangor Flying Circus was a Chicago rock-jazz band in the early seventies. Their version of Norwegian Wood on their eponymous album was pretty great. | |
| How much would I lose going to a Bluesound Node 2i mahler123 What I like about the Bluesound app is that you can easily navigate between your library of ripped files and Tidal (and whatever other streaming resources you might use). It's automatically grabs the album artwork. The Node 2 automatical... | |
| What unknown musical artist would you like to share with your fellow audiophiles? Let me suggest the band Cotton Jones, and later albums by the lead dude Michael Nau. Great melodic pop... | |
| How much would I lose going to a Bluesound Node 2i I'm running Tidal and an SSD with AIFF files into a Node 2 and then into a Mytek DAC+ via spdif and, as decent as the Node 2's DAC is, going through the Mytek's DAC sounds way better, especially on MQA files.Used in this configuration, it pretty m... | |
| White Album Deluxe Anniversary edition I can't speak to the LP version, but the CD version sounds spectacular--previous masterings sound like you're listening through a tin-can phone. What you miss on Tidal (and no, I haven't done a sonic comparison yet), is the spectacular printed mat... | |
| Any one try the new Synergistic Research BLUE UEF Duplex receptacle? At 150 hours now, the sound is even more fully fleshed out and finely textured. Very happy with the Blue duplex. Very much worth it in my system... | |
| Any one try the new Synergistic Research BLUE UEF Duplex receptacle? Repeating an SR Blue outlet post on another thread: I replaced the SR Black outlet powering my main system with a Blue outlet three days ago. It sounded good right out of the box and into the wall. My first impression was that it in no way was a ... | |
| Where to put one's best power cords?? On my Node 2, I use a Nordost Purple Flare with good results. Best results came when I grounded the Node 2, especially when I added the Synergistic Active Ground Block to my system. | |
| Looming with Synergistic Research For my DIY ground wires, I used a couple of approaches. Most of my DIY ground wires were fashioned from ersatz (?) Chinese Nordost green filament-wrapped clear insulated 16 gauge solid core silver plated copper wire sourced online from Aliexpress.... | |
| Looming with Synergistic Research I am almost finished implementing the SR Active Ground Block in my system using a mix of the supplied SR wires and some DIY ground wires. This built upon a DIY star grounding project I began some time ago. While I found audible benefits from basic... | |
| Looking for Teknasonic Vibration Absorber Back in the day, I had the Tekna Sonics on the back of my Dunlavy SC IVs. Fantastic--and I wish I could hear a pair of the Dunlavys again with my present gear. I impulsively replaced the speakers with WATT/Puppy IVs (Darth Vader's dust bins) witho... | |
| to bi-wire or not? I've gotten very good results with "diagonal" bi-wiring using jumpers. FOr example the red speaker cable connector goes to the red treble terminal and the black goes to the black bass terminal, then the jumpers connect the other terminals. This is... | |
| Is Usher still around I have the Dancer Mini Two DMD. Fantastic speakers. The DMD tweeters are magical. Prolly my last pair of speakers.... |