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| Help with USB Cable Option I will share my thoughts on what I tried in my system. Kimber b-bus usb: barely any improvement over generic usb Wireworld Starlight 8 - decent. Bit thin sounding but better than generic Analysis Plus Pure Silver USB - didn’t care for it. Heard ... | |
| What size Spade for Wilson Audio Speakers Yup good synergy | |
| Buzzing IC's Try connecting one cable at a time and see which one buzzes. Sounds like a defective cable. | |
| Order of importance and budget percentages Components first (seems you’ve got that covered), room next. Then…power conditioner for your source, power cord for the conditioner, power cord for the amp, speaker cables next. Interconnects, USB, ethernet. Get the best you can even if it is gr... | |
| What size Spade for Wilson Audio Speakers Wilson Sabrina, Pass XA30.8. hope this helps but do call Wilson Audio to confirm | |
| Best Examples Of Cymbal Decays On A Recording Drum solo on Nardis from Patricia Barber Cafe Blue. | |
| Best way to digitize LP's Cool thread. I’m also contemplating trying this. Based on my research Audacity software shouldn’t be that hard to use. You’ll need a USB audio interface something like Behringer UMC202HD with rca to xlr adapters. Or pick up a used Parasound zphon... | |
| Blue Note Tone Poet Series I just received my copy of the Stereo version of the “Blue Train” yesterday. Listened to the first LP twice already. Excellent pressing! Will check out the second LP (alternate takes) today. Highly recommend it. | |
| Best DACs under $7,000.00 @gregjacob Here’s Holo Audio May KTE and Denafrips Terminator + comparison with some sound samples (hard to judge on youtube but gives some idea). May KTE vs. Denafrips T+ Another YouTube review (part 1, you’ll find part 2 there as well). May... | |
| need a new IC cable ( rca ) I would stay with Purist. But if you can’t wait for a used one to come up I see AZ Matrix II with latest connectors on USAM Probably closest in sound to your Purist and potentially even slightly better than the Museaus. These would be great for t... | |
| Power Cables - Stock vs. Budget Here’s my opinion… A cumulative of 4 crappy power cords won’t make as much positive difference as one great power cable on your amp. So instead of buying 4 garbage power cables at $150 each, I would get the best possible power cord for the total ... | |
| Best 12AU7 Type Tubes for a Preamp Brimar CV4003 from Upscale worked great in my Rogue RP-1 and RP-5. The RCA were brighter. Genalex Gold Lion we’re pretty good as well. | |
| A beautiful 45LP - Yuko Mabuchi Trio @simao thanks for posting this! Excellent album! Checked it out on Tidal streaming. | |
| Power cable for Bryston Shunyata noise reduction power cords work great on cd players and transports. The older Taipan VX or Python VX can be found at a reasonable cost. | |
| Is a Pass Labs XP-10 still worth it used? Doubt you can do much better than XP-10 for around $2k. Pair it with a Pass amp and you’re all set. |