antigrunge2

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Game Changing Tweak
The world would be a better place if any comment from writers who haven‘t actually listened to the item being discussed get automatically barred by the moderator. There are numerous products designed to remove hash from the mains by passive means.... 
Horn speakers , high efficiency but not “shouty”
Not well known but fantastically musical: Duevel of Germany. I have owned Bella Lunas for the last twenty years and I haven’t heard anything in that time making me want to replace them 
For Your Edification and Enjoyment re "Burn In", etc.
Show me what technical apparatus Stradivarius used in building violins other than his ears and we might be getting somewhere on this....Acoustics is a multidimensional, inexact science, that’s why concert halls are built by masters using lots of t... 
For Your Edification and Enjoyment re "Burn In", etc.
May the Technicolor fart be deemed to be lightning: it’ll add to the amazement about the origin! (scientific, that) 
What do you use for streaming Classical?
Qobus has good SQ and ok library features. 
Innuos Zen Mini Mk II with an Ayre Codex
One other suggestion would be to use a Schitt Eitr to convert USB to SP/DIF, a solution I was using for a while before going the Intona USB route. In my case the Zenith won’t talk to the Antelope Platinum w/o the Intona Isolator 
What are the top 3 USB cables being used today in reference systems?
I have replaced the Uptone USPCB connector with a short 10’ Intona Reference cable. Highly recommended! 
Innuos Zen Mini Mk II with an Ayre Codex
Sorry to hear that. At this stage the only way forward seems to me to be people at Ayre. Good luck 
For Your Edification and Enjoyment re "Burn In", etc.
@douglas_schroeder I suggest you review the absoluteness of your statements on burn in on this thread alone; maybe my comment will look a little less off topic, then.  
For Your Edification and Enjoyment re "Burn In", etc.
I guess you for obvious reasons don‘t want to answer my question 
For Your Edification and Enjoyment re "Burn In", etc.
So what about Caps, cartridges, valves or speakers. Are you still maintaining they sound right straight out of the box? 
Innuos Zen Mini Mk II with an Ayre Codex
Let me repeat my suggestion: as a cheap trial, get a USB hub from amazon inserted in your USB coneection. If that solves the problem, the Intona solution, while more expensive will be superior. I had the same issue between an Innuos Zenth Mk3 and ... 
For Your Edification and Enjoyment re "Burn In", etc.
Cartridges and caps (Mundorf anyone?) are the devices most obviously in need of breaking in, the same does though apply to cables (cooker, anyone?), tubes and loudspeakers. To deny it is at a minimum peculiar. Equating breaking in and tweaks is se... 
If you don't have a wide sweet spot, are you really an audiophile?
@audio2design,on this one, I am afraid I am siding with @mahgister. Time and polarity coherence at a minimum, ideally also phase coherence is of the essence and the reason why point source, single driver speakers have a following. At least with re... 
For Your Edification and Enjoyment re "Burn In", etc.
I find the arrogance in declaring what I hear to be nonsense quite objectionable. One of the problems with so-called experts is that they tend to end up believing their own blasé utterances. In this particular case, I happen to think he is on hope...