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| DAC/Streamer/PreAmp @dmaddox77 that is helpful info. No, I would not suggest DSP in your use case; mine is similar and a couple DSP implementation trials seemed unproductive for my goals. My stereo is similarly a whole-(shared-with-spouse)-household feature, and form... | |
| DAC/Streamer/PreAmp Understood, @dmaddox77 . I too keep 2 Ch / “theater” separate. No such convenient DSP AIO’s for stereo-only that I’m aware of. Too bad, since that could be really handy for streaming to one MLP. | |
| DAC/Streamer/PreAmp Did you look into Trinnov? | |
| Smaller plug-in AC Purifiers -- Shunyata, iFi, Puron...something else? What do you like? I don’t go for the small passive power conditioners because it seems nary a one explains how it produces audible reduction of noise, which may not even be audible in the first place if it’s not measured on the premises ad hoc. For me, the lack of ... | |
| Yes, cables do make a difference -- regardless of price... laoman 335 posts 02-07-2024 at 03:42pm @lordrootman "OP can you pass a honest A and B test?" Did you read the op? Is this not exactly what he did? No, @laoman , OP did not do a controlled A/B test (based on OP’s wording). He and his... | |
| What qualities stand out in really good solid state preamps? “Hey Siri / Alexa, where can I find a dozen + takes on audio neutrality?” 😉 Growing up where only English is taught/spoken and moving to/working where several languages are taught/spoken (and where English is a second language), it became clear ... | |
| Cable Break In for the Naysayers My joking aside, I think an important contention is that despite many manufacturers / engineers in other lines of products conducting [robustly designed] consumer preference analyses for a variety of reasons, for whatever reason these seem utterly... | |
| Cable Break In for the Naysayers FWIW I don’t believe any inanimate object can break an entering, cables or otherwise. | |
| Old phones as streaming sources soix 8,136 posts 02-05-2024 at 02:25pm “What I tend to scratch my head over is how some folks pay manufacturers (who avoid said due diligence) so much for devices that aren’t verifiably (audibly) different.” @benanders Speak for yourself.... | |
| Old phones as streaming sources @bruce19 you recruited a lot of single samples united by a culture of expectation bias x rejection of scientific process. There are ways to tell if an iPhone is an audibly inferior streamer. No one who responded has done the required steps to mak... | |
| Starting a Classical Vinyl Music Collection jjbeason14 OP 351 posts 02-01-2024 at 06:30am Thanks guys! You've all been very helpful. I'd like some new vinyl recommendations if possible. 👍 I’ll re-suggest - buy a few used (that are playable) and buy new (remaster?) of the s... | |
| What qualities stand out in really good solid state preamps? If a listener desires influence from a preamp on the source material (the music as it was mastered), it should be proportionate to influence the kit downstream of it offers. I assume this is the “synergy” perpetually discussed - small to moderate ... | |
| Class D, "Control (Variable Gain)," Amplifier versus Class A/B Separates? ghdprentice 5,946 posts 02-01-2024 at 10:18am I would not so much concentrate on the technology used, but the sound of the components. @eddnog (good username!) that advice from @ghdprentice as applied to amplifier Class (D vs. A/AB) is w... | |
| Aurender Music Server and CD Transport comparison blakcloud OP 14 posts 02-01-2024 at 08:46pm Very typical here and on other forums. I ask for an apple and you all tell me I need an orange. Somebody knows the answer and that is who I am waiting for. @blakcloud the distance up the playba... | |
| Borresen Loudspeakers deep_333 495 posts 02-02-2024 at 01:38am … In a properly dialed-in multichannel music rig, you would hear no speaker or know where any sound came from ...except that the music will be all inside of ya before you knew it (in your head, i... |