carlsbad
Responses from carlsbad
| Quest for an external Dac has resulted in me way down the rabbit hole Best budget DAC IMHO is the Schiit Bifrost II | |
| Monstrous power cables I take a middle road, and if you read between the lines of some of the more learned opinions here, they seem to lean that way too. In my opinion (that is the term most recommendations here should start with, however, much more commonly I see "w... | |
| Dumbest cable question What Erik said. And of course balanced cables are "directional". Because they have different connectors on each end... | |
| Help! Which speakers to exhibit in Long Beach, CA audio show? The both sound like a laptop speaker for some reason. | |
| Integrated Amp Suggestions Kinki EX M1+ is very nice. I have one and it stands up to the good things said about it in reviews. | |
| Best streamer for a returning audio guy I see a lot of recommendations for the Node. I used one for a while and agree it is a good streamer. I don't like that you have to buy a DAC with it. I recommend a stand alone DAC. The DAC is a much more important component of your system than... | |
| Best streamer for a returning audio guy A very reasonable streamer, and a nice upgrade from a computer at a reasonable price, is the Allo USBridge streamer with the Shanti power supply. There are much more expensive streamers out there and I'm probably going to buy one eventually but... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? @spiritofradio I did my time at the UofC in the late 70s graduating in Physics in 1980. Remember Aliotta Haynes and Jerrimiah, Lake Shore Drive? | |
| Your short speaker cable experiences I've been using 10' cables which were longer than I need. I just made a pair of 5' cables with low mass connectors and love the results. When you go ultra short there is not much to them, you might consider low mass connections (to do low mass... | |
| XLR Female to RCA Plug Adapter It is an easy thing to do. It won’t be a balanced connection. The RCA does not support the return wire (pin 3 of xlr). It must be left lifted at the RCA end. I have jensen transformers on one of my amps. they are fully balanced. the box in the l... | |
| What's the heaviest speaker you've ever owned? What's the tallest? When I was in college I had a set of bose speakers in a chevette. that was about 3000 lbs. Probably the OEM speakers in my Mercury SUV at 5000 lbs is the heaviest. about 6’ tall. --Jerry | |
| What Speakers are you running with your Gryphon Amp? Pick your speakers and find an amp to match. | |
| Buying from Canada! akg_ca, You seem to be the guy who sits behind your keyboard delighting in giving people bad news. You have googled the general rules. However, if you look up the specific rules for audio components you'll find just about all of them exempt. K... | |
| Buying from Canada! Not sure where the advice you are getting above came from but my relatively large amount of experience says no. never been charged an import fee of any kind buying from canada. Jerry | |
| Cable recommandations I recently built a set of cables very similar to what GR Research sells with braided low oxygen copper cables and BFA type low mass connectors. Total cost a couple hundred and I am very happy with the results. https://www.icloud.com/photos/#... |