carlsbad2
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| JBL d123 crossover yes or no ? I googled this driver and I found evidence it has been used as a woofer, but I also found it is somewhat "full range" and was designed as a guitar amp speaker, not the best for general music listening. but if indeed it is "full range", then no cr... | |
| PS Audio PowerPlant 12 Review (AC Regenerator) More ASR garbage. Do the opposite of what they say and you'll generally be good. | |
| Why do almost all women today hate home audio? My experience with women is similar to kids, they like music but are ok with listening on Alexa or even a phone speaker. I can't understand it. So if you don't appreciate the quality of the sound, any sound will do, then the system gets judged f... | |
| Variac noise So variac noise depends on load, as you report, once your amp warms up it hums more. Unfortunately, hum isn’t very predictable. Several transformers from the same lot may all be the same, or there may be one that hums less and one that hums more.... | |
| What's in your CDP tonight? the minority report Richard Halley's 5th concerto. | |
| Powered or unpowered USB? unpowered. Probably no problem since the M-scaler will have the powered wire un-supported. | |
| How do I switch from Wi-Fi to Ethernet cables? your cable company may be able to help your relocate your modem. Upgrading from wireless to wired is one of the bigger upgrades you can make. Many try to justify it because wireless is so much more convenient but it can’t support high end stream... | |
| Ethernet opinions @fredrik222 spoken like a guy moving files around rather than streaming. | |
| Ethernet opinions As @audphile1 mentions, roon has to be on the same network as the device. I have an audiophile switch upstream of my streamer. I have a short, high quality (I think Vodka) cable between the switch and the streamer. I have my Roon core on the sa... | |
| Audible Hum From Integrated Amp Hmmm. Then I like Erik's advice. | |
| A strange “snap“ or “popping” sound keeps interrupting our music Hook your TV or some other analog source up (or swap out DACs if you have a half dozen of them laying around like some of us do) to get your DAC out of the path and see if the problem goes away. Jerry | |
| Modifying Crossovers @vair68robert I toyed with the idea of having my crossover box made by a friend that does woodwork. Since there are no external controls it isn't hard to make. Seems making boxes and selling them is a nitch that someone should fill. I don't enj... | |
| Revisiting Chinese Knockoff Cables I boght some chinese knockoff RCA cable ends. They had poor fit and finish but had serial numbers on them. I got the sense that these were the ones rejected by QC. | |
| Software Update In the spirit of The Graduate, one word: streamer. | |
| Great find: A really good streaming FM radio station. I’m doing something else right now but found it on Roon (or maybe it is on my Qobuz). It is listed as "Radio 5MBS". thanks. |