calvinandhobbes
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| Ethernet cables The digital data is not changed. It works better because it lets in less interference. Read what I wrote. Sound quality is impacted by "a variety of interferences including data-induced jitter, other process-induced jitter, (and) common- and d... | |
| iPhone/iPad good as a source, or get a streamer? @soix In addition to using an Ethernet cable from a WiFi extender, these are some other things that I did from which I heard a clear improvement. (i.e., so clear that I didn't even need to A/B test the sound quality...I knew right away)I tried bot... | |
| Ethernet cables FWIW, these were my listening notes of the Supra cable vs a AmazonBasics Cat 6 cable: More presence, voices and instruments are more forward in presentation and more distinct. Sounds is tonality richer. Less grain to the sound. - Too Much Alike,... | |
| Ethernet cables @antigrunge I find it so amusing that the people that are least informed think they are the smartest people in the room. You might try looking up ’Dunning-Kruger Effect’ Here’s a commentary from someone that actually designs digital audio equipmen... | |
| Best portable headphones and DAC I have the Dragonfly Red and have listened to the Cobalt and the Chord Mojo. The Cobalt is smoother. My thought is that the added punchiness of the Red might actually work better for mobile usage. One way to increase the smoothness of the Red whil... | |
| Recommended British speakers for Creek 4330 Mark 2? Linn Kans would sound nice. I had a pair of Linn Index II speakers that worked great with a Creek 4140. | |
| Most rooms don’t need acoustical treatment. @jumia For apps that can evaluate room acoustics, your own ears are pretty good. Once you hear a good sounding room it's easier to hear when a room doesn't sound right. | |
| Most rooms don’t need acoustical treatment. I don’t know that I have enough data to agree or disagree with the assertion of ’most rooms’, but my roughly hexagonal shaped room even with a bed in the room needed one acoustic panel on the 1st reflection point on the left to balance out the sou... | |
| Taking time (and time outs) to enjoy the ride... The way to stay happy as an audiophile is just to accept that often "good enough" really is the point at which trying out audio equipment and the experience of listening of music is at its best.I'm listening to Lynyrd Skynyrd on an iPhone this mor... | |
| Remarkably better sound possible with just 1 system component change? Two dirt-cheap suggestions costing under $100 that are night-and-day better to my ears.1. Drop Tidal, get Qobuz2. If you are streaming through WiFi, try using an Ethernet cable and turn off the WiFi. If you don't have an Ethernet port close to you... | |
| What makes speaker's sound big? One factor no one has mentioned is the quality of the music coming from your source. Better quality source components can make the same music (whether from vinyl or digital) sound fuller and with more presence.Amplifiers can also make the same spe... | |
| Survey: HiFi System Priorities About your comment," My personal view, which I shouldn’t share while I’m posing a survey question but I will anyway, is that most of these folks chasing bitrates would do FAR better if they refocused their energy and money on quality speakers and ... | |
| Survey: HiFi System Priorities For your survey, I would suggest reducing the number of categories as someone who drafts surveys in my day job. There are too many categories to sort easily. I might suggest:SourceAmplificationSpeakersSpeaker cablesInterconnect cablesAcoustic room... | |
| Survey: HiFi System Priorities +1 to the suggestion from @tablejockey to go listen before deciding priorities. A good shop will know how to put together a system that sounds good and your friend can hear the effect of spending more or less on "better" or "worse" components for ... | |
| Survey: HiFi System Priorities I'd advise against overspending on speakers before getting the upstream sources to a reasonable level. As an extreme example, adding great speakers to a Sonos system would even more clearly reveal the shortcomings of the sound quality coming from ... |