carlsbad2
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| Shouldn’t Do This, but… @2psyop I've been shocked by 120V ac dozens of times over my lifetime. I have never stood in a bathtub and tried to fish toast out of a toaster with a gold plated knife, but I've never worried about 120V. My question is to you is, do you really ... | |
| Do you belong more to souce first or to speakers first school of thought ? I have one non-negotiable. SET. So amp first, then speakers to match. The source is fungible. | |
| Help, my system seem to have slowly gotten " bright" Often "bright" is actually a lack of bass. Make sure you consider the possibility of bass reduction over the years as you cogitate about this. | |
| Help needed - Only one channel playing! @soix Preamps are becoming obsolete. Most source components (other that TT) provide more than adequate voltage to drive an amp. I much prefer passive Transformer Volume Control. Volume control in roon is much better than many other choices. So... | |
| T.H.E. Show in Costa Mesa on Friday Thanks for the shoutout Neil. We are happy to be able to get a pretty good setup in the hotel room and the system is sounding good. Anyone who comes to the show please stop by and say Hello. I haven't had time to visit much of the show yet but... | |
| A stupid question(s) about power cords I've been on the anti-rhodium bandwagon since the first time I saw it advertised. Using a 3 prong plug is good business as it makes a more solid connection (physical, not electrical) and it makes sure you are properly polarized. Most cords w... | |
| Shocked. Need Opinions. How muck power do I need? I haven't owned an amp over 6 watts per channel for quite a while. My new amp weighs 300 lbs and makes 4 wpc. --Jerry | |
| Grimm MU2 Experience I have the MU1 and I'm considering the MU2. But haven't experienced one yet. Jerry | |
| Different Types of Spade termination ie gold plated copper, or other metals combos What EriK said. | |
| why expensive streamers @nigeltheflash I read it quite a while ago and wish I had bookmarked it as it was quite the revelation to me. I too struggled with explaining why if the excel spreadsheet you send me is perfect, why is the streamed music file imperfect. I'll fin... | |
| why expensive streamers @nigeltheflash My understanding is from streamer manufacturers. I referenced googling because I thought YOU would believe it better if you read it on the internet. Indeed it is hard to find this info. Jerry | |
| why expensive streamers @nigeltheflash either you didn't read my first post in this thread or your read it and didn't believe it. After all, I'm just a rando on the internet. The difference you, and others in this thread are missing, is that 99% of all data trasfer ... | |
| why expensive streamers Everyone keeps talking about noise. I guess this is natural. but that isn't the main problem. The problem is dropped bits. If a bit is missing, a streamer has to improvise. guess. fill it in, often with an interpolation. So there is no nois... | |
| why expensive streamers In addition to what others have said, there is a difference between streaming and data transfer via a bit perfect FTP. Banking, nuclear weapons, government records, etc can't tolerate dropped bits. they can't just guess what it should have been ... | |
| Quandary I don’t necessarily agree with all the negativism here. The key, which nobody has mentioned, is his pricing. Does he sell at MSRP? if so, then he should have plenty of margin to do the demo for free. But if he sells at a discount to MSRP, then th... |