carlsbad2
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| Audio racks that can handle heavy components 100 lbs is nothing. my amp weighs 300 lbs. I have it on the top of a rack I designed myself of welded 1"x1" x1/8" tube steel. 6.5’ span with zero sag. I will give you an idea. I laid out my equipment and measured how long and high each shelf need... | |
| Let's talk about Silver... I brought home some speaker cables that a friend wasn’t using to try them out. They are 8awg "mil spec" copper with a very nice looking silver coating on each strand. Nice gold plated BFA (aka Z style) banana plugs. Put them in and immediately not... | |
| Would you rent a $14,000 DAC for $75 per day? I think people are missing the point. Rent at $75/day for 2 days to see how it sounds with your system before buying it makes great sense and is a reasonable price. Shipping is a problem as I pointed out earlier. No, people won't pay $75/day f... | |
| Would you rent a $14,000 DAC for $75 per day? Problem is shipping. Unless you live in NY or LA and have a huge market within driving distance, shipping will be a show stopper. | |
| Streamers and software @zlone Thanks for pointing out the typo and I was still in the edit window so I fixed it. Post your results on the solid silver interconnects. I'm going to try to take some data and if I get good data I may make a post about my silver plated spea... | |
| Streamers and software @zlone you went from a copper cable to a silver cable so forgive me for saying it is a no-brainer that it would sound better. I know people get tired of me saying it but digital cables need silver. the current is extremely low so most of the curre... | |
| Good USB C Cable I like DHLabs. but do they do silver usb? | |
| Outlet Requirements People making fun of the 30A circuit. Same people use 10AWG power cords which indeed are what the code calls out for 30A. You can never go wrong providing a more rubust power supply to your amp. And btw, my welder requires a 100A circuit. J... | |
| Good USB C Cable Audioquest makes usb-c. I've had good performance from the Carbon. whatever you end up using, digital cables need to be silver or silver plated in my experience. Jerry | |
| ARE SUPER EXPENSIVE STREAMERS REALLY WORTH IT Quit reading at I2S... When someone shops for a component based on what I/O format they use, I lose interest. Your thread title did interest me. I'll say that a low to mid level streamer achieves a higher percentage of high level performance th... | |
| Power Supply @kob Best of luck with your omipotence. Love and kisses, Archie. | |
| Audiohifistore.com is a SCAM I wouldn't post a scam alert based on second hand info. | |
| Streamer output options I2S was pushed by those selling I2S. Trashing USB was a necessary part of this marketing campaign. I have an Innuos that is optimized for USB. I have a Grimm that is optimized for AES/EBU. I like the AES because it is a great connector and there a... | |
| Is it fine to connect a power strip with A/V to one input of the power conditioner? Don’t plug your TV, wall warts, blue ray player, etc into your power conditioner. plug them into the wall, if you need a pwoer strip, plug it into the wall for these lofi accessories. | |
| Good outlet for amplifiers I saw the ground on top in an industrial facility I was working at in North Carlolina for a couple of weeks. I asked around and nobody knew why. Otherwise, I see it on the bottom. Jerry |