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| Seriously though, maybe the best tweak is exercise? @michaellent Best reason not to exercise EVER! Makes me want to move to a higher elevation. You know, I didn't make it to the gym today. That makes, um, 4,752 days in row!!! 😀 | |
| Seriously though, maybe the best tweak is exercise? Most audioPILES I know, like me, would be out of the hobby, and everything else, if they tried that exercise thing themselves! But seriously, if the price of entry to a nice long listening session is sweating heavily and physical exertion, I'm out. | |
| Denafrips FPGA Firmware Update I find it interesting that some here are reporting an improvement in sound stage dimensions after the upgrade. While I really like my Pontus II, the one area I would like to see improvement on is the sound stage. I am looking forward to this upgra... | |
| what are your top "audio bargins" in your system history? New Large Advent Utilities, $148(?) at Tech Hifi in 1978 as a HS graduation present. Refoamed by Miller sound. Still in my secondary system Ohm Walsh 2000s for $2800/pr in 2009. End game speakers for me. A pair of Vandersteen 2Wq subwoofers boug... | |
| My Impossible hum issue. Now that you know the hum originated in the cable, start trying various cables from vendors with 100% refund return policies. When you get one you like with no hum that also sounds good, you’re done. Enjoy the music! I would try Audioquest, Mo... | |
| ZEN Mini S vs. Small Green Computer Sonic Transporter i5 music server/Ultra Rendu Streamer @drlou77 I used an old Vortexbox appliance with Squeezebox Touch from SGC for 10 years before upgrading to the i5 and Roon. No issues transferring files over. Ran my backup drive into the i5. Even with USB 2, it took a couple of days. I used ... | |
| ZEN Mini S vs. Small Green Computer Sonic Transporter i5 music server/Ultra Rendu Streamer I can’t speak to the Zen, but I have been running the i5 with UltraRendu for over a year. Terrific support from SGC. Coupled with Roon and Qobuz, my biggest problem is finding enough time to listen to all that I would like to hear. I skipped dBPow... | |
| Psychologist dissects Pink Floyd's 'Dark Side of the Moon' Waters makes it difficult, but not impossible, for me to separate the artist from the art. If I couldn’t do that, there are many, many artists I would have to delete from my collection. Rogers is a piece of anti-Semitic garbage. Yes, he is enterta... | |
| Investigating if ultrasound is harming LPs Hey, everybody needs a hobby! | |
| Denafrips Pontus II Clicks Or Static? FWIW, I have a Pontus II (non 12th). I use mainly the Coax input and the I2S over HDMI input. I do not use the oversampling modes. No clicks at all in the 6 months or so I have owned it. True NOS or not, IMHO, this thing sounds wonderful, at le... | |
| New Class D amplifiers I have been using an Arion S-500 class D amp for almost 4 years and couldn't be happier. Designer Mike Kallelis really did a fine job on this design. Very clean, neutral, extended at both ends, and never has any digital nasties. Plenty of juice... | |
| Are the new Ohm Walsh speakers Audiophile quality? @circusdevil I hear you, but my experience has been very different than yours. I do agree that nobody will mistake a pair of Ohm cabinets for Sonus Faber's beautiful, furniture quality cabinets. That said, I have heard many Kef models, Sonus Fa... | |
| Anyone dislike Ohm Walsh speakers? @gimmer Interesting that you returned them after one month with two months left on your trial period. I bought mine in late 2009 and if they continued to sound like they did after one month, I would have returned them also. The biggest changes c... | |
| Are the new Ohm Walsh speakers Audiophile quality? @circusdevil Did you ever voice your concerns on the fit and finish with anyone at Ohm? In 2009, when I got my 2000s, I pointed out a few issues with the cabs and the caps. Ohm made good on everything, and then some. Still, for the price they c... | |
| Qobuz hell My $0.02... Qobuz is the first and only streaming service I have used. In combo with Roon, I find navigation pretty easy using search function. Sound is pretty good, streamed through Sonore Ultra Rendu into Sonore Ultra Digital into a Denafrips ... |