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| Should Amps be plugged into a power conditioner? The Spectral Audio manual says to plug their amps into the wall. I don't use any devices to clean or regenerate power for any of my audio equipment. | |
| Playback Designs MPD6 or Bricasti M21? I have the M21 from Audio Acrhon in Chicago. Audio Archon sells both Playback Designs and Bricasti so they are a good source for comparison info. Mike Kay was very helpful in making my decision. I choose the M21 because of all the different opti... | |
| Use escrow service to pay for speakers? Once the resale value for equipment dropped, I started using on-line stores for new and used equipment. For used, I like TMR- The Music Room. Trading in my old gear usually gets me more than I would by selling it myself. Also, I don't have to wo... | |
| FYI - QOBUZ SERVICES WILL BE TEMPORARILY UNAVAILABLE Good reason to justify keeping the old sacd player and TT. | |
| Handling Heavy Amps I pay my friend's son to put the amps into place on stands. They are on the second floor. Before he comes over, I make sure the boxes are open, the lights are on, the path to the stands is clear and all the cords are in place. He sets them on the... | |
| Quite a few Bricasti M21 DACs for sale cheap I'm happy with mine. Going to stream Qobuz now using Audirvana. Agree with @hgeifman 's comments about the M21. | |
| When feeding a DAC Hi-Res files, DSD128, 256, 512, PCM 32/768, etc are NOS DACs prefered? Not sure what you are asking, but look at the the Bricasti M21. It has a true 1 bit DSD for DSD content. | |
| Best power cord for Audioquest Niagara 1200 @10024skip 24skip Try this at PS Audio Marketplace. Because the Niagara cleans the electricity, this is a good option to get maximum power to the conditioner without spending too much. It is a Pangea cord. You may have to register for the ... | |
| Ways to make your digital streaming sound better I've had good luck with these: DX Engineering ISO-PLUS Ethernet RF Filters DXE-ISO-PLUS-2 Link: https://www.dxengineering.com/search?SortBy=BestKeywordMatch&SortOrder=Ascending&keyword=emi%20filter | |
| New DAC with streamer @fuzztone The Bricasti M21 because it has a built in streamer to save space in the audio rack. @riparian I use these to help with interference: DX Engineering ISO-PLUS Ethernet RF Filters. Here is the link: https://www.dxengineering.com/part... | |
| PS Audio Direct Stream Mk2 DAC - How good is it vs Mk1? Weiss, Bricasti? @carousel Which Bricasti M1 model did you have? Was it the M1, M1SE or the M1 Series II? | |
| Ferrite cores on cables Use them on cables from TT to phono preamp to get rid of RF/EMI. They did not cause a noticeable loss of other frequencies. | |
| LP Cleaning Services Try the link below. They also have a good selection of precleaned vinyl. http://www.clevelandvinyl.com/cleaning-process.html | |
| Where to buy vinyl? Try this: https://www.ebay.com/str/Audio-Archives-LLC-Cleveland-Vinyl Here is his other site: http://www.clevelandvinyl.com/cleaning-process.html The records are graded and steam cleaned. If you are buying 30, give him a call before ordering.... | |
| Streamer Recommendation. The PS Audio AirLens should be coming out soon. |