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| Looking for removable ground pin connector? It can be dangerous to float the ground, particularly if tube equipment is involved given the high voltages. I have a very high efficiency system using single ended RCA interconnects. I found the Jensen Isomax transformers were the trick. I have m... | |
| SoundSmith repair time I had my cartridge repaired by soundsmith, I should say upgraded from a Shelter 901 to a Shelter 901ssm3! It took about two months or so. | |
| wyred 4 sound dac 2 or ps audio nu wave dac I have had the W4S Dac-2 for 3 years and have gotten outstanding sound, particularly after I adopted a USB to I2S bridge from Channel Island Audio (CIA Transient MK II with power module). The sound went from excellent 2D to great 3D. Still there w... | |
| Thanks again to Cary Audio I have Cary WE300B SE monoblocks and SLP98 for many years and they have been outstanding in my avantgarde horn based system. I have had my Cary monoblocks serviced twice. Everytime the service was outstanding and the amps came back sounding glorio... | |
| Why do modern DACs over $1,000 sound different? Steve,I used there USB to I2s bridge and bought its independent power supply.http://www.ciaudio.com/products/VDC5MKIIhttp://www.ciaudio.com/products/TransientMKII | |
| Why do modern DACs over $1,000 sound different? Steve N is right, but I want to share and support him in stating that the use of the W4S I2S input is a much better than the USB or bridge to S/PDIF. I have enjoyed the W4S very much, but still found it lacking vs high-end vinyl until I put a CIA ... | |
| Dropout when ripping CDs to wav or applelossless Thank you. I do use a CD cleaner fairly regularly. I found that there may have been two problems. One was itunes. It did not rip as well as Max, which itself solved my problem. Also, I normally kept my mac mini on continuously. While it is well ve... | |
| Dropout when ripping CDs to wav or applelossless Thank you all for the advice. The rip speed with error correction is usually only 5 or 6X, although the drive is capable of more speed. I could try a new external drive. Brand new CDs are having problems, but not always, and I am pretty sure the p... | |
| Wyred DAC-2 Has anyone followed the modding advice by Jagdynamics and if so, were the results similar? What is the cost to do the worldclass mod? If the work is sent out to Audio Consulting, will the result be warranted for some reasonable time period. | |
| MUSIC SERVER - HOW DO YOU............ i plan to add the ipad when ipad2 is available. I am currently using a full tricked MacPro for running the mac mini as a shared screen.I have an acer screen, magic mouse, and wireless keyboard on the mac mini. You have to access it directly to get... | |
| MUSIC SERVER - HOW DO YOU............ I am running the 2010 Mac mini with 120 OWC SSD, 8 gb ram, 2.6GHz and 2 lacie 1T (7200) firewire 1394b with apple lossless and the original Mac mini 1394b rehoused for back-up. Everything into the W4S DAC-2 and the initial sound is very good. I am... | |
| Selection of mono phono cartridge. Thanks, Tom.Do you or does anyone else know how compatible a Shelter cartridge is with the SME 309 arm?Greg | |
| I damanged my Shelter cartridge, next steps?.... I appreciate you point, and if Benz is the place to go, that's fine. The main thing is to be sure that repair options are well considered before discarding the cartridge. That 501 may be a great back-up cartridge after repair.Also, I guess I am an... | |
| I damanged my Shelter cartridge, next steps?.... Outlier,Others have had pleasant results with Expert so I would suggest you consider all options. Since you will require more than a simple retip, i suggest that you understand the track record of each company for the rebuild. Another key point is... | |
| Help Graham 2.2 Arm lift Thank you all very much. Key purchased and adjustments made. Good listening to all, especially cornfedboy. That was the key info 0.050 SAE. |