blisshifi
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| Capacitor voltage rating vs. sound quality In my experience there is no sonic benefit. The voltage rating is designed to protect the capacitor. Generally, if you increase the voltage and retain the same capacitance, the capacitor will have a larger form factor, but the sonics should be equ... | |
| Suggestion for $10K soup to nuts digital? @lalitk Nice! | |
| Suggestion for $10K soup to nuts digital? @lalitk What Aurender unit are you using these days. Your virtual systems point to the ACS100, is that where you’ve landed? That is one I have not heard and would be curious how it performs against something like the N20 or N200. | |
| Suggestion for $10K soup to nuts digital? @fthompson251 I can see how it is confusing because they are both “200”. The A200 has pretty much the equivalent of the $3500 N150 streamer only architecture with added DAC, whereas the A15 has the equivalent of the N200’s streamer only architectu... | |
| Silver Speaker Cables @gnoworyta How long do you need? I might have an idea/option for you. | |
| Its not vinyl Really great thought here, and you are absolutely right. I probably sound like a broken record (pun intended) but what we are all trying to beat is noise (from challenges in power delivery, and leaks due to poor isolation) and subpar timing/clocki... | |
| Suggestion for $10K soup to nuts digital? My best selling digital source and DAC is the Aurender N200 paired with the T+A DAC 200. That falls a bit north of $10K, into $12.9K retail, but the combination parallels performance of over $20K rigs. The DAC 200 has about 90% of the performance... | |
| NY audio show 2022 @soix I lived in NYC as a child, and then again from 2007-2018. You’re absolutely right, NYC was way rougher earlier on before Bloomberg’s days. But I’ve heard from many of my friends who are in the city now that this year is an obvious decline of... | |
| High efficiency desktop speakers How big is your desk? And is there a wall behind the desk or is it open? If you have a wall, you’ll want a front-ported speaker. Combined with high efficiency, your options will be limited. This might be a fun solution, I always wanted to try it, ... | |
| Vintage Luxman receivers Luxman’s gear has always performed well, but their vintage gear from the 70s is much more sought after than their gear in the 80s. In the early 80s Tim de Paravicini already walked away from designing for Luxman, and Alpine bought them, and they n... | |
| Aurender N200 @sdw Have you compared the N150 to the N200? If so, can you describe how notable are the differences sonically? I have heard both but as an Aurender dealer I’d love to hear a customer’s experiences with the two as I was just talking to someone els... | |
| Walk me thru upgrading from my BS Node @poke33 Yes NAD streamers use BluOS for controlling streaming services just like the Node does. I resent the PM from yesterday as I saw your message on not having received it. Let me know if you get it. FWIW, I stay away from Hifi Rose product... | |
| Legacy Audio Powerbloc 5 @kraftwerkturbo-tt225 both posts have links to specs. | |
| Breaking in new speakers, what is your favorite music for this? @pdreher I have them as digital files looping through my Aurender, but not sure they’re available on streaming. There are a few other noise loop albums on Tidal and Qobuz though. | |
| Why don't we tire of music? Some people get tired of listening to the same music. But your question touches on the balance between feeling and thinking. Most other media you mention largely requires more thought, except maybe reruns of sitcoms or comedy movies that people do... |