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| The "great" sound of reel to reel explained mijostyn Analog tape under the best circumstance is equivalent to 13 bit digital. Not really. Analog tape can reach 20kHz and beyond - you can't do that with 13 bit digital. That makes your comparison meaningless. What most people de... | |
| Tube Vs. SS Preamps daledeee1 2 ... I worked with Vacuum Tube Audio and have a passive tube buffer playing right now ... Really? The tube buffer has no active circuitry? | |
| Is the Audio Ref-6SE worth 7K more than the BAT VK-80? walkertm Since the Italian’s took it over I am not sure it subscribes to the same standard of craftmanship as it did in the late 90’s ... "The Italians" sold ARC to its US sales director Trent Scruggs, so it is back under ... | |
| Star Grounding and the Home erik_squires In the US you can have as many ground rods as you want. The trick is that they must be electrically bonded together ... If you have a different ground, it’s no longer the zero point, and when a short occurs you are no long... | |
| Quboz/Aurender Issue It's interesting how experiences with products such as Aurender and Bryston streamers can be so different, @mahler123. I suspect the explanation is similar to how users report different experiences with computers; after all, a streamer is just a c... | |
| Quboz/Aurender Issue stewart0722 ... to the guy that dropped Aurender for Bryston.....I had a Bryston BDP3.....the Aurender obliterates Bryston in every single way possible......massive FAIL ... We can only report on our experiences. I've mentioned elsewhere ... | |
| Help Logging in to Qobuz with Teac NT 505 mn2422 I recently changed the wifi system but I’m not thinking that should have any effect on the Teac...is this correct? Would be easier if there was a WiFi login to the Teac... I am not familiar with the Teac, but changing wifi cou... | |
| Dedicated 20 Amp Line for Audio bpoletti Why a "dedicated circuit" when everything gets lumped together upstream of the comnpponent? Dedicated lines can avoid the noise and voltage drop that may result from daisy chained convenience circuits. It’s a difference yo... | |
| McIntosh C12000 Are you judging this just from pictures? Have you actualy seen the unit or - better yet - have you heard it? | |
| If you were looking for a direct drive turntable ... mijostyn @cleeds , can you tell me how a motor turns? Actually, yes. I can tell you how various DD motors work, how belt drive motors work, what a "shadow pole" motor is ... and on and on. And I can tell you that your claim that turn... | |
| If you were looking for a direct drive turntable ... mijostyn Oscillating motors do not belong under phonograph cartridges. Oscillating motors? What turntable can you cite that relies on an oscillating motor?!? | |
| Kyrocera Home Audio You're confused. The electronics company is called Kyocera. Baed in Kyoto, Japan. | |
| The New Synergistic Research Purple Fuses mijostyn Ted, you should be ashamed of yourself. In blinded AB tests none of these people would be able to tell any difference from one fuse to another or even a unit that wires past the fuse. You certainly state that emphatically, ju... | |
| 2 channel Sunfire amps. arcticdeth Outclass? No such word. /ˌoutˈklas/ verb verb: outclass; 3rd person present: outclasses; past tense: outclassed; past participle: outclassed; gerund or present participle: outclassing be far sup... | |
| Purple Quantum Fuses really? georgehifiAnd there it is, the peace, love, dope, wood-stock retort every time you get backed into a corner, especially now it involves getting sued ...Hey, @georgehifi I gotta hand it to you. Is there anyone here you don't hate? |