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| Tube preamp match with Solid Stare amp Audio Research Ref5SE should be a decent pairing. But 10k input impedance is minimum and borderline. I think you may actually be better off upgrading to a very good solid state preamp in your case. | |
| Relationship between Ethernet Switch and SQ @fastfreight agreed. Everything matters. Not sure what the Taiko switch is or what it is doing for $5,200 (technically it isn’t a switch with one in one out), but when we’re talking switches that the average schmucks will implement in their setup... | |
| Relationship between Ethernet Switch and SQ @fredrik222 ok | |
| Revisiting Chinese Knockoff Cables nasaman 452 posts 12-27-2023 at 12:56am So I have bought a few fake Odins pwr cords from AliExpress more than a year ago and had my fun with them in my system. Quick Q today is can I resell them? And what would I enter on the listing? TIA ... | |
| Relationship between Ethernet Switch and SQ @fredrik222 there is no downloading into a buffer. Buffering will let you buffer some data to help manage the data stream to allow other processing to take place. Let’s say for example it will buffer 1.5min or even less of a 5min track. This allow... | |
| *DAC @navyachts I owned bluejeans XLRs and still own a set of RCAs. I also own and use Canare 4S11 speaker cables with my AVR and just for 💩s and giggles 🤭 tried them in my main rig. None of these cables belong in the system the caliber of yours. Her... | |
| Relationship between Ethernet Switch and SQ @cleeds ha? Dropped bits? Man who’s saying anything about dropped bits? I’m talking about difference in sound quality that’s influenced more by a component design and implementation as well as parts quality that impact the sonics more than the n... | |
| *DAC Ah…just went back to your system page and saw this Stock power cables, Blue Jean speaker cables (12 awg - 6ft long) Blue Jean interconnects is that still accurate? | |
| *DAC @navyachts the suggestion by @ghdprentice to try a Chord DAC is right on target I think. Chord has a great tone, good dynamics and offers few filter options to fine tune the sound. I was running a Chord Qutest when I had the Martin Logan Montis wi... | |
| Using Optical Network Port on a Lumin U2 I take it any fiber optic cable will do. It’s not susceptible to emi and rfi. I wouldn’t go crazy there. It’s a great option to have in a streamer. | |
| Relationship between Ethernet Switch and SQ @lalitk agreed. All you will get is clutter. Add linear power supplies to those fiber optic converters and get even more clutter. I have tried that fiber optic setup with several streamers that accept only copper network cables and actually don’t ... | |
| Using Optical Network Port on a Lumin U2 Honestly I haven’t experimented much outside of fiber optic converters. I got the LinkUp Ethernet and whatever the generic fiber I found….my order… https://a.co/d/doIvRLK https://a.co/d/eS0SW4O https://a.co/d/5XfhlSj Can’t tell you anything ab... | |
| Aardvark Ethernet noise isolator Cool. I’d be curious to hear your thoughts. | |
| Using Optical Network Port on a Lumin U2 @efoo option 1 is an easiest to test - get the converters on Amazon. If you don’t like the results, return them. Your option 2 is similar to what @ozzy uses with his Lumin and we just chatted about it here - he uses EtherREGEN to output fiber opti... | |
| Do dormant cables need "RE" Broken In? If so how long can they sit dormant? I let my system warm up for a few hours every time with something playing at a very low volume before listening. For the cables that haven’t been used for a few months, I would allow 24-48hrs of play time. Go by what your ears tell you. |