bruce19
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| Do I Really Need a Dedicated Streamer? If you want to free your iPad for other uses, you can build yourself a nice little streamer for $60-$70 all in. Get yourself a raspberry pie zero W2 computer board which costs about $15 and buy a case (you actually don’t need the case, it typicall... | |
| Wrapping power cords and interconnects with copper foil. How is aluminum foil? It is almost as good a conductor and quite a bit cheaper and easier to find. | |
| More potential bad news for some big names... Fact number one: nobody NEEDS hi-fi. Fact number two: hi-fi systems costing more than $10,000 are Veblin goods. Fact number three: fidelity is only a relevant concept when listening to acoustic music such as classical or vintage jazz. | |
| Why tube rectification? @atmasphere , your mention of a better diode brought me to attention like a retriever near a duck pond. I went right to Mouser to learn a bit more and I would like to try subbing them into my Decware Zenkit1 and possibly my Dynakit ST-35. The Zenk... | |
| Why tube rectification? Hey Booerbillone Can't that problem be solved with a thermister in the path of the incoming AC mains line? I have only added them when called for by the designer but I don't think they would do any harm. Just slow the flow of AC while the thermist... | |
| Why tube rectification? That is a good observation @joshua43214, yet, while I don’t doubt those who have said that changing rectifier tubes changes the sound, I do struggle a bit to understand why. After all if they are doing their job they should just be truning AC into... | |
| Why tube rectification? I am enjoying the thoughtful responses so far. Thanks gentle people. | |
| Why tube rectification? Thanks @jond. One additional benefit of tube rectification might be for some that it adds to the cool look. They are usually pretty big tubes and so add visual impact. I am learning not to discount visual impact as quite important in our sound bas... | |
| ???What's The LEAST Expensive "End Game"Amplifier You've Ever Heard??? I agree with you @danager! Those willing to DIY can bypass the waiting list and build their own with a printed circuit board and instructions from Steve Deckert for only $45. https://www.decware.com/newsite/SE84CDIY.htm the whole project cost me... | |
| ???What's The LEAST Expensive "End Game"Amplifier You've Ever Heard??? I could live with my Firswatt F6 for the rest of my days, same would apply to my Dynakit st-35. Both are very pleasant with appropriate speakers and room set-up. | |
| Holographic DAC With Air And Decay @fsonicsmith +10!!! it’s not really about the dac as you correctly state. I have an old Topping D50 that lets the air through very nicely if it is present in the recording AND coupled to the right speakers | |
| Guitar playing audiophiles, Martin or Taylor? Cordoba! | |
| Open baffle speakers My experiences with open baffle speakers started with the Caintuck speaker that I first observed on the Decware site, which I built and bought a pair of the least expensive Lii audio 6 inch speakers for. I wasn’t expecting much and was shocked how... | |
| PSVANE Discussion & Impressions Thread Shill seems like far too strong a word. A shill to me is somebody who promotes a product and offers nothing but inflated opinions. In this situation, most of the praise seem to come from users, and the person representing the company took the role... | |
| PSVANE Discussion & Impressions Thread Too bad, the thread was informative, and it appears that many users are very pleased with their product. I wonder if there was a complaint from a competitor who didn’t like the good PR they were generating. |