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Speaker cleaning and maintenance
my rubber surrounds are a bit discolored and I found a few videos about applying some car rubber protectant to the surrounds, anyone had any experience? 
Focal Electra and Focal Sopra
I am not a pro in this area, but I have focal electras, chorus, and profiles, I also have an electrical engineering background, and for what I was able to compare between profile, Electra, and Sopra center beside the obvious, electras and Sopras h... 
Hiss not Hum help
Hi all, just a quick update, I set my front speakers at +10DB on the preamp, and up to -10 DB on volume, the hiss is barely audible, for whatever reason, the preamp seems to be overdriving the amps, and the attenuator helped easy this connection.A... 
Hiss not Hum help
@auxinput, yes I understand the point of attenuators, they attenuate the voltage/amplitude of the entire signal, but I tested this at 0DB and compensated on the preamp by setting the sound to be +10DB, yet it improved and that is why I will do add... 
Hiss not Hum help
I briefly tested today with a noise isolator and a 10db attenuator, and the 10db attenuator worked great, hiss is only audible a few inches from the tweeter, I am going to do additional testing to ensure sound quality was not degraded but I purcha... 
Hiss not Hum help
I went ahead and ordered some ground isolators, transformer isolators, and also attenuators, let's see which one works best and I will post results here. 
Hiss not Hum help
what kind of attenuators any suggestions? 
Hiss not Hum help
I have two different outlets that are not connected, one has a Furman ac filter, the other has an APC H15.From the Focal towers, it has KK PR8 cables, to Emotiva or Parasound Amplifiers, that are fed by the Furman, then Mogamy XLR to the Anthem AV... 
DAC/Streamer alternative to OPPO Sonica DAC!!! HELP !!!!
Thanks all for the recommendations, I actually found a sonica dac for a reasonable price and got one... I almost went for a cocktail audio but with no returns and reviews I preferred the sonica. 
DAC/Streamer alternative to OPPO Sonica DAC!!! HELP !!!!
my speakers cost 1500, my amps 1000 each... I would say it depends on the option but 1000-1500 seems an acceptable price... but still, I would say I would prefer to go lower the main reason for the Sonica DAC which had 800 usd MSRP. anyway opened ... 
DAC/Streamer alternative to OPPO Sonica DAC!!! HELP !!!!
MRX 720, unfortunately, doesn't work for me as it has a built-in amp, I did think about AVM 60 but it does not support full 6 atmos speakers and it has no updates for HDMI 2.1 and the new consoles, meaning it would affect future expandability