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| Worst Concerts You Have Attended ?? This is all kinds of fun to read! My worst concert experience was Linda Ronstadt at the Erwin Center in Austin. Not because of her, she was red hot. But in those days, the sound in that place was ear-splittingly loud. It completely ruined the show... | |
| Best Ethernet Setup for Streaming Audio Thanks, Mitch2. So, do you now have 2 sets of FMC's in your system? | |
| Best Ethernet Setup for Streaming Audio Sorry for the confusion. I have gigabit Ethernet service with copper cable. I put in a pair of TP-Link optical fiber media converters (FMC’’s) between the switch and my streamer. They provide a short length of optical fiber to isolate the copper E... | |
| Name the most recent album that has shaped your musical world Julie London - Latin In a Satin MoodJames Taylor - American StandardConnie Stevens - The Hank Williams Songbook | |
| Question About iFi AUDIO iSilencer+ I’m afraid that you misunderstood my post. In my setup, there is a short USB cable from the computer to an external drive. The streamer accesses the hard drive through the network over an Ethernet connection. I have an Ethernet connection. So the ... | |
| Excellent Power Supply Solution You must not have read the specs. It is designed for critical lighting applications, and also works well with audio equipment. It has good filtering and voltage overload protection. I would recommend checking customer reviews and reading impressio... | |
| Excellent Power Supply Solution Using some of the logic here, everyone would throw away their linear power supplies that go with their music streamers. After all, streaming music is digital and bits are bits, right?Every audiophile forum should have a special “Snake Oil” thread ... | |
| Excellent Power Supply Solution It is common knowledge in the audio world that standard switching power supplies (wall warts) inject noise into the AC power line. This is not necessarily a noticeable hum. It is a type of interference that can degrade an audio signal. It is not t... | |
| Excellent Power Supply Solution With the iFi DC power supplies, you have to be careful with the amp rating. It’s OK for a power supply to have a higher amp rating than your device. But it cannot have a lower amp value. The same is true for the wattage. The 12 volt iFi power supp... | |
| Hitting the Sweet Spot In My System I can make a few suggestions. Check out the reviews on the Topping D70 DAC, with twin DAC chips. I've been enjoying it since early summer. They have since released the D90, which looks even better. For cables, you should consider interconnects fro... |