carlsbad
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| Turn down the Volume! 100% agree. Hard for me to compare speakers at shows as they are all turned up to saturation (in my ears). | |
| STREAMING - QOBUZ VS TIDAL AND ROON'S PREFERENCES I fixed this bu unsubscribing to tidal. Never look back. | |
| Price Isn't Always Indicitive of Quality or Performance I always read things carefully looking for buzz words and inaccuracies indicating that we are seeing more marketing and hype than supporting facts. The description of the Lavricable cable set off red flags. The use of the word "laminated' makes ... | |
| Duelund 12AWG Biwire Amp runs hot If your amp is running hot, the current is probably high which means the load (impedence) is probably low I'm guessing you have something wired funny. You can probably check with a simple meter. Pull the cables out of the am and measure the... | |
| Best Stereo Upgrade Value Given that I have excellent speakers, the amp (integrated) probably made the most difference but the DAC then continued the changes further. I spent twice as much on the DAC as the amp. I think in most systems the DAC is a fertile ground for impr... | |
| Why did my amp just crash and burn ? Sounds like a short. I don't ever use spades becasue they can short when twisted. Jerry | |
| Schiit Bifrost 2 vs Denafrips Ares II? Denafrips are very popular. If you can get it at a good price, buy it and do the comparison yourself. It will be easy to resell i you decide you don't like it more than the BFII. I am a fan of the BFII in it's price range but the Ares II is qui... | |
| STAIN-LESS STEEL.......DYNACO CHASSIS'S......ST-70 and MK III Have a local fab shop bid them. You might get a deal or you might find they are quite expensive until you are ready to buy 100+. They will CNC them and possibly waterjet cut them if you don't need the holes precision or tapped. Waterjet is very... | |
| DAC diminishing returns The DAC is your most fertile ground to seek sound improvements in your system. Coincidentally, I have a Schiit Bifrost II. I highly recommend this DAC in it’s price range. I bought it while shopping for a "flagship" DAC. After lots of research I ... | |
| 5M power cable from fuse box to HiFi Dedicated wires may not make much difference. You either get enough power during transients or you don't. Like I mentioned, the power is coming in dirty to having a really high quality wire to preserve the dirty waveform doesn't help. I'm not f... | |
| 5M power cable from fuse box to HiFi I assume you are 220V so you need only 2 wires plus ground. I would buy shielded SOOW cable. 10AWG plus ground. The shield is to reduce noise transmission to your signal cables, not to protect the power cable. I really don't think you will see... | |
| Buying Vacuum Tubes in Prague, Czech Republic Emission Labs is in the czeck republic. don't know if buying them there is possible. They make good tubes. I recommend their 5u4G rectifier for one. --Jerry | |
| Ditch your USB cable for Toslink? Might surprise you! I have to say that I am skeptical about converting usb to anything else. The USB is still in the system so if it is adding issues, putting another cable and adapter downstream doesn't get rid of hem. You'll get a different sound I guess, but you... | |
| Best server to house Roon and 4 TB of music feeding DCS Vivaldi Upsampler and Dac Hmmm. I use Roon and a less expensive streamer (which sounds great). I have a NUC to run the core on. I didn't think Aurender worked as a roon endpoint. So I am surprised by your setup. Perhaps Roon is seeing your Upsampler/DAC? I know wit... | |
| hearing loss and amp choices I too recommend the costco hearning aids but stick with the "high end basic". By that I mean a hearing aid that does a really high quality job of simply flattening your response curve out. That is what I have now. Mine are 3 years old. I love t... |