andynotadam
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| 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.... | |
| New Tweak --- Its Fantastic I'm really interested in trying this product, although I'm not looking forward to tearing an already really great sounding system apart to do it. I find the positive claims to be credible, as I do the few neutral responses from those who have actu... | |
| New Tweak --- Its Fantastic Hi Frank: At the risk of sticking my nose where it doesn't belong, in the near term you might want to consider bypassing the wall switch by using wire nuts to make a direct connection in the circuit (at least until SR comes out with a Black switch... | |
| Brooklyn DAC+ Anyone? I have been enjoying the Mytek Brooklyn DAC+ for about a month now, and it ultimately came to replace my much-loved Bel Canto DAC 3.7. For some time now, I have been streaming MQA files from Tidal via a Bluesound Node 2 which can perform the firs... | |
| iFi AC iPurifier I have one plugged into each of my dedicated lines at the wall. I noticed a significant increase in detail, space and bass extension/definition in a system that has fairly heroic ac conditioning, including a brace of QV2s and a QK1. They work for ... | |
| Isoacoustics Gaia Speaker Footers This is my first day (and night) listening to my system and speakers via the Isoacoustics Gaia IIIs. My speakers are extremely modest compared to the rest of my system since I've always been a "great speakers can't fix what's messed up in a previ... | |
| Experience with Bluesound Node 2 use with external DAC I bought a Node 2 primarily for streaming Tidal Masters. The internal DAC doing full MQA decode is very smooth and non-fatiguing, though less incisive than playing the first "unfolding" through my Bel Canto 3.7 via S/PDIF. As others have mentioned... |