audioman58
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| At what point do you... Let me give you some advise being in this over 40 years ,plus owning a audio store, the connectors on both ends you Donot want gold over brass Furutech ,or another brand itt has to say pure Copper with either gold plating or Rhodium ,why it sou... | |
| 12AX7A preamp tubes - ribbed vs smooth plate I grey up in the 70s and early 60s type smooth plate was more preferred. siemens isat least on paras Tele . 50-60s preferred for both, early 70s, no 80s. check Andy at vintage tube services. The most knowledge on tubes period ! Brent Jesse au... | |
| Ethernet cables Network acoustics.com And Soblon Both made in the u.k and much better then main strsam digital cables | |
| Throw it out! That’s one reason I got rid of over 1000 records and went to digital, Digital if all bases are covered with LPS from router decent Ethernet switch LPS good Ethernet cables, good power cords ,streamer -server, for sim8lar monies $10k+ man6 spend... | |
| (20 year old) 1.0 meter Kimber hero xlr and Audioquest diamondback xlr cables I would suspect and seen oxydation under the dielectric ,over time it too can get brittle ,especially being that old. Newer products have coatings on the metal and dielectric application is bonded far better . plus your connectors are low quali... | |
| Stolen property Ask for serial # s and email or call the company , if none is given you know something is not right. | |
| FYI - QOBUZ SERVICES WILL BE TEMPORARILY UNAVAILABLE Thats why having a server built in or external drive on your streamer comes in handy . You never know | |
| Rigid outlets for Heavy cables I use the heavy duty Furutechs outlets and covers from vh audio with their HD outlets which don’t give since it’s only one time spend a bit extra. whatsoever ever .I put in a great 4 wire awg dual awg 20 amp breakers and dual ground a common an... | |
| Not enough outlets Why not buy a Puritan audio line conditioner then you can plug what you want into it ,I don’t recommend plugging a streamer into the wall unless you have very good surge protection at your breaker box which I do as well as a dedicated 20 amp ... | |
| Customs delay from China. How long should I reasonably wait? That’s horrible ,for example I bought 2-3 things from Denafrips and LHY - Jays audio , 3 business days not counting weekends , on average ,that sounds Waay too long . | |
| Better cd SQ You can buya Eversolo A8 streamer ,dac , server and just buy a external dvd drive and better cable , play your CDs,rip them once you buya easy to install Solid state drive you can play digital radio,orTidal,orQobuz. Fora huge music library playi... | |
| The new Coda S5.5 amplifier: It's a "Petite Beast"! I have heard their ksa 400 it is exceptionally good ,but much too expensive for me. my dealer friend casually mentioned these new products. You will not hear about them until they are fully tested li cannot say exactly if they are running on thei... | |
| The new Coda S5.5 amplifier: It's a "Petite Beast"! The benchmark I don’t feel has much meat on the bones . Krell is a name o watch they have some new models coming out by June thierksa 400 is incredibly good but Waay too expensive ver $30 k I am told a smaller version around $13 k is coming ... | |
| Acceptable to ask seller for option to return a component? Many have a return policy with a 15% restocking fee | |
| Denafrips Terminator 2 bs. ? The Terminator 12 is night and day better I sold the Gustard the terminator 12 is a bit better then the2, for an extra $2k maybe less as a demo and beats the terminator plus12 th and Holo may KTE As a whole is the Very well reviewed T+A 200 ... |