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| Quest for an external Dac has resulted in me way down the rabbit hole dbwinters I’ve been to a couple higher end stereo stores and I seem to just get the “party line”. I'm not sure what that means. Did you hear any DAC at the various dealers that you like? | |
| Threshold Stasis 5.0 preamp I was surprised to see that it wasn't listed in the Logitech database. Are you sure that your remote is defective and that the problem is not in the preamp's IR receiver? One way to check might be if you can find a Threshold dealer with a function... | |
| Single vs Dual Power Transformers watchdog005 ... in the rare case where the recording is much louder in one channel or the other a single much more powerful transformer can handle the spike much easier than one smaller of two transformers can. Sorry, but that d... | |
| Single vs Dual Power Transformers watchdog005 ... one negative to dual mono transformers is if there happens to be a time when the recording requires an unbalanced surge of power to the left or right channel in which one of the two smaller transformers might not be able to ... | |
| Best streamer for a returning audio guy arafiq ... @ghdprentice ’s advice was misunderstood. I have never seen him look down on anyone’s equipment. +1. He's one of the good guys here. | |
| Tube Preamp repair near Trenton NJ Steve at VAS Audio. | |
| WiFi streaming — streamer vs. through iPad classdstreamer If I remember correctly, Airplay is limited to 24/48 ... I think 16/44.1 is the limit of Airplay and its emulators. | |
| Best streamer for a returning audio guy twodogs112 Cleeds, I understand your reluctance of owning a “pricey watch”. However you missed the point ... No, I understood exactly what you meant. twodogs112 I can afford whatever I wish to buy, if I so choose. A simple question f... | |
| Qobuz Skipping or Short Pauses edcyn ... I’ve found that Qobuz always inserts an approximately 2 second pause between cuts. Hmmm, that sounds like a hardware or setup problem. I have no problem getting gapless playback with Qobuz. | |
| If my Kenwood KD decks can't be repaired? pindac In English used in the UK, a 'doddle' is a task that is achieved with minimum effort or concern. Thank you! British English is so much more "colourful" than U.S. English, imo. "Two countries divided by a common language." (George B... | |
| WiFi streaming — streamer vs. through iPad sgreg1 Wifi does work but no matter what you do wifi can only carry so much of the 1’s and 0’s. It isn’t clear what you mean here. Properly functioning wifi is bit-perfect, right? To be clear, I use wired ethernet to connect to my stream... | |
| Best streamer for a returning audio guy Atwodogs112 I can afford whatever I wish to buy, if I so choose. A simple question for you, how many Rolex watches do you own? I have 3. In addition to a collection of fine timepieces you probably could only dream of. I wouldn’t put a Rolex on... | |
| Best streamer for a returning audio guy havocman audioTroy, the forums are not the place for you to be pushing and selling your crap, if you want to do that go into the regular audiogon sales area and push your stuff and the moderator should know better than to let peo... | |
| Voltage regulators and input impedance Excess heat will shorten he life of any electronics, including tubes. I easily get 2,000 hours on the 6550 in my Ref 5SE, and the tubes are still working when I replace it out of caution. | |
| Cable curmudgeon wesheadley I really didn’t mean to rile up the MAGA loving or the placebo-denying crowd ... Huh? The only one who seems riled up here is you. I’m just pointing out the obvious ... No, you're engaging in a silly argument. Please don't pre... |