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| Time to upgrade AV Receiver Curious question. If you already have a Monolith amplifier, why are you looking for an AV "receiver"? A preamp/processor would be better. The Marantz processors have some of the most natural sounds since they use discrete analog output stages, ... | |
| Is dedicated PreAmp with Oppo 105 needed? Since I cannot post in message, try this link for the photos: https://photos.app.goo.gl/cgWrZqVL6u1M791P9 hope that works. At this point, I would use a single 10,000uf 50V Nichicon KW add-on for each of the three power supply sections. | |
| 5.1+ Processors with Best DACs/Preamps? There's a Parasound P7 multi-channel balanced pre-amplifier on ebay. I'm not sure that this is the level you are looking for, but it's a fully analog linear power supply 8 channel preamp. | |
| Inexpensive but good sounding power supply (and hard drive) for PC audio? Actually the opposite is often the case. Nothing could be more inefficient than a Class A power supply. @cleeds - I assume you are meaning this as a joke. 99% of all computer power supplies are switching power supplies (the most efficient typ... | |
| Inexpensive but good sounding power supply (and hard drive) for PC audio? In terms of the PSU itself, I don’t think that will impact sound quality. Because it’s a computer, not an audio component. All good DACs will pre-filter the USB input from any noise over USB, so that’s not a concern. I disagree with this based... | |
| Solid core OFC vs stranded OCC copper what do you recommend - join 8 x 20 AWG solid core strands to get 11 AWG, or join 5 x 18 AWG to get 11 AWG @sasho - if you are using Neotech teflon coated, I would recommend 20 awg. The 18 awg can start to lose high frequency response/resolutio... | |
| Solid core OFC vs stranded OCC copper Audioquest uses "true solid core" in a lot of their wires (but not everything). Kimber uses "pseudo solid core" or almost solid core. It actually a stranded conductor that uses only about 7 relatively thick strands per bundle. It's still strand... | |
| PC Audio Switcher I am assuming he wants to change the audio source in the Control Panel "Sounds" section. A few ideas: https://superuser.com/questions/426293/keyboard-macro-to-change-default-audio-device https://audioswit.ch/er https://www.addictivetips.com/wi... | |
| Inexpensive but good sounding power supply (and hard drive) for PC audio? "Euphony OS for Windows" does not actually run in Windows. They just have a "Euphony Downloader for Windows" which can be used to download and written to a USB device as a "bootable device". Euphony is Linux operating system that is similar in w... | |
| Need Help Optimizing PC Audio I am kind of jumping in on this late, but I do have a couple comments. If you want to use your PC to do all sorts of audio/video output (including Atmos and stuff), it's best to keep HDMI output. If you wanted only 2-channel stereo, there are ot... | |
| Inexpensive but good sounding power supply (and hard drive) for PC audio? Oh, I have tried working with Fidelizer and it did weird things to the sound. I think using the stock configuration in Windows is best, but there are a lot of people who think Fidelizer does good things. I have also heard that trying these expens... | |
| Inexpensive but good sounding power supply (and hard drive) for PC audio? I have had some considerable experience with sound from a "PC". As far as computer power supply is concerned, linear power is better. The HDPLEX options are recommended, but they are external units and will require some modifications on the powe... | |
| Solid core OFC vs stranded OCC copper Hi mceljo. I respect your opinion, but I have done a significant amount of testing with so many different types of cable and wire over the years. My statement stands after listening to all sorts of different configuration (like you say - multip... | |
| Solid core OFC vs stranded OCC copper Some years ago I did a comparison on DIY power cords using the following as internal wire: - #1 - Using cheap crap Radio Shack 20 awg solid-core copper conductors with PVC insulation (multiple wires to make a 14 awg power cord). - #2 - Using hig... | |
| Recommendations for HDMI cables specifically for audio quality I’ve heard others say they don’t hear big differences between HDMI cables in an i2S application so maybe that has something to do with it. Thinking I’ll try a DH Labs HDMI at some point, but given what I’m hearing now I’m in no rush. I will ha... |