carlsbad
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| Why are there so many wooden box speakers out there? Success breeds repitiion and imitation. "Back in the 70s an engineer figured out..." sounds like 1000 other BS stories. And yes, anything that Kenjit doesn't approve of should be illegal (In Kenjitville). Jerry | |
| Is it worth to get 2 m Nodorst vs 1m @bossa Can’t you conclude that the mose expensive component always sounds better. 😁 The more I read this thread the more I think Nordost is just pushing more expensive equipment and they know a lot of people are very suggestable and will go online... | |
| Toroidal vs EI power amps any difference. Good question but you've ignored tube amps were EI reigns dominant. Toroids are cheaper and lighter. There are some differences in capacitance and resistance. OK. that's the limit of my knowledge so now I'll speculate a little. Transformers ar... | |
| Is it worth to get 2 m Nodorst vs 1m Power cords should be as short as possible. I don't "buy" the 2 meter argument. I'm sure the 2 meter is slightly more profitable for the maker. | |
| I've been selling heavier gear for lighter gear I'm 65 now but still in good shape. Still my 110 lb ayon amp is too heavy/awkward for me to move by myself. it is for sale. My decware is about 45 lbs. I'm having a new amp built. It will weigh about 120 lbs so we spit it into 2 chassis. I sti... | |
| Roon DAC? help please....took a chance on Pachanko Labs - know nothing about Roon BTW, the node isn't a bad streamer if you add an external DAC. Take your time upgrading it. | |
| Roon DAC? help please....took a chance on Pachanko Labs - know nothing about Roon You can't quite use any DAC. I found this out the hard way. The DAC needs to be new enough to be driverless. I have an old W4S DAC-2 that was flagship and Stereophile recommended when it was new. Still not bad sounding but Roon won't see it si... | |
| Best value Set amp for under $1500 used is ok. Sophia Baby makes a great stand in amp. I have one. plenty of power for your speakers. Otherwise, if you can find a used Decware SE84 (actually my first choice but hard to find, they sell quickly). I believe there is currently a used SE34I.5 o... | |
| My first tube integrated: which one to get? 100 wpc is far from the sweet spot for tube amps. Your speakers do not match well with tubes. Buy the DAC first. | |
| Break In Failed Break-in is exaggerated. You will turn them on and they will sound 98% in the first 10 minutes. People write theses over the last 2%. This is exacerbated by manufacturers talking customers into listening a while before sending things back. Je... | |
| Roon question -- Android tablet working as Roon Remote can't find Roon Core each morning In the interim put the roon ap on your phone while you troubleshoot this. My phone is quicker to bring up the core and make changes than my laptop. Looks like roon has put a lot of effort into the phone ap. i've used both android and iphone and... | |
| Suggestions for Digital and Analog Connections? USB gets bashed a lot by those selling competing products. A lot of work has gone into audiophile USB. A lot of $100K systems use USB. I am very happy with it (in my <$100k system). I did spend $200 on a nice USB cable from my Innous Zenith MK3... | |
| Aurender to Roon Core? @lalitk timeline doesn't affect competition...why would it matter which one is founded first? @oddiofyl I could say the same about my innous. Other than it does do roon. I subscribed to both Tidal and Qobuz before I got roon. . didn't enjoy t... | |
| Powered speakers show audiophiles are confused I agree, anyone who doesn't do what I do must be confused. | |
| Power conditions for Integrated Amps I don't understand people describing their power "conditioners" as quiet. Are they getting noise from the wall outlet that the conditioner supposedly eliminates? Or are they misreading the specs and when a conditioner says it eliminates noise (m... |