antigrunge2
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| Setting up a Mac mini as a music server, and other digital music questions Get a proper server: I changed from a tricked out Mac Mini (mach2music) to an Innuos Zenith Mk3 and there is no comparison. The Mini suffers from too much noise and vibration everywhere and all the tweaks (isolation platform, LPS et al) can’t do e... | |
| Convert USB to SPDIF Schiit Eitr. Add an Acoustic Revive REM-8 to clean up the AC noise and the quality is superb | |
| USB cables and Galvanic Isolation See the ‘USB sucks’ thread: USB generates an unpredictable set of outcomes depending on the implementation of USB ports of the server and DAC, the quality of the cable and the DAC’s clock as well as the noise environment in the specific setup. As ... | |
| Looking for a phono preamp that has volume control Look at the Aqvox2CI. It has a balanced design all the way to the Cartridge and thereby provides the lowest hum and noise I have ever experienced. | |
| Transports Transports arguably at the moment are the components with the fastest technological change. This applies especially if you are planning a USB connection to the DAC | |
| How important are transports? In asynchronous USB the transport is slaved to the clock of the DAC. The clock is all-important as good clocking is the only viable antidote for jitter. Nevertheless the quality of the USB implementation of the transport as well as of the DAC are ... | |
| Innuos Zenith Mk3 vs Zen Mk3 + Phoenix @ianderson While I agree with your tolerant conclusion, I‘d like to understand the impact of tuning on resultant overtones a bit better: good musicians build harmonies with a keen awareness on matching overtones and depending which string you use ... | |
| Turntable placement and isolation No amount of insulation will compensate for springy floor boards. Conversely there are any number of solid wall mounted racks that would solve your problem comprehensively. | |
| Innuos Zenith Mk3 vs Zen Mk3 + Phoenix @ianderson I really have a problem with the a=432 transposition: it‘s not what the musicians heard when they played the music and as such has no business in a high fidelity setup. Either a marketing gimmick or engineers not understanding musicans. | |
| Innuos Zenith Mk3 vs Zen Mk3 + Phoenix @ianderson I went with a cheap chinese clock found on Alibaba to try out what improvement it would make to my Antelope Zodiac Platinum DAC driven by the Innuos Zenith Mk3 via an Intona Isolator. The resulting improvement for shelling out $100 is e... | |
| Innuos Zenith Mk3 vs Zen Mk3 + Phoenix The Phoenix reclocker is a half way house. Asynchronous USB puts the DAC‘s clock in charge of clocking the transport/server. Rather than spending money on a reclocker one should spend the money on getting the best DAC clock possible, ideally a 10M... | |
| Does the first reflection point actually matter?? The first reflection point results from a basic flaw in most speaker designs: flat baffles with front firing speakers. The real solution to your problem are omnidirectional speakers which much more closely emulate the natural propagation of sound ... | |
| Tubes? Real tube magic happens in SETs, no comparison. Have a look at the Wavac 833 | |
| USB sucks @ianderson the Zodiac Platinum USB port isue on Linux is fixable by inserting an USB Hub. The point of the thread is the variability of outcomes on the USB connection as a function of different cables, reclocking and galvanic insulation. The range... | |
| USB sucks @rixthetrickCan I suggest you use a whiff of Caig Deoxit on either end rather than resort to brute force? |