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| Looking for a vinylesk sounding DAC relaks ... Any stream is worse than a dedicated server ... Streaming is always susceptible to network lag, latency, interferences, and mains noise.It sounds like you have some pretty serious ISP and/or network issues. Most of them should be re... | |
| Looking for a vinylesk sounding DAC relaks... Qobuz stream SQ is just adequate, no more than that.Really? What streaming service do you think offers better SQ?... download a good hi res file from them. It should sound way better compared to the streamed one ...Why? Aren't the two... | |
| Basic technical question about digital source signals headphonedreamsYou can actually see small steps in Stereophile's measurements of many dacs.Which ones? It's a broken DAC if you can see steps on the output. | |
| The value of a good FM tuner?......, now and in the future... I bought a McIntosh MR-80 around 1980 for $2000 - the equivalent of more than $6500 now. I'd never spend that kind of money on a tuner today, but I still have the Mac and it still performs like a champ. It does require periodic service (every 12 y... | |
| Basic technical question about digital source signals berner99 ... if you look at the output from a digital source e.g. on an oscilloscope, would it appear "smooth" i.e. has all the stairstepping that occurs when you convert digital to analog been smoothed out or would the signal appear jagged ... | |
| Best Amp and Pre-amp with silver transformers and silver wiring atmasphere... If the copper is properly treated so that is does not corrode, its a better conductor than silver ...In what way is copper the "better conductor?" Comparing apples to apples, doesn't silver have better conductivity? Wouldn't that b... | |
| Universal Remote for Wadia 27 Harmony 665. | |
| Looking for a vinylesk sounding DAC audio2designWhere you hear MORE elasticity, MORE tonal density, MORE plankton, MORE concentration to the point, MORE light-footedness ...Huh? Elasticity? Plankton? I don't hear those things at all when listening to LP.... I hear MORE wickedly ... | |
| Pioneer FHD-1 If this is a 120VAC appliance, 420 watts equals 3.5A. | |
| Best ultrasonic lp cleaner in 2020 and what surfactant best? One of the best ultrasonic RCMs ever built is the Klaudio, which relies solely on distilled water. It is effective at cleaning just about any LP - although perhaps not a used LP with old encrusted crunchy peanut butter in the grooves. There are ad... | |
| Is 1990's equipment vintage? fuzztoneHow can a Tandberg R2R be classed as vintage? Except (in the unlikely circumstance) if it still functions.Lotsa Tandberg decks are still working, especially 10X and TD20A. Those that can’t be repaired don’t usually get discarded, but are d... | |
| Are cable recommendations worth anything? ahofer... These things happen all the time and are quite legal. The double blind host gets compensated for his time. I pay him if I lose, but I ask that you do so if you can’t tell the difference. There is no DA on earth who would call it a scam. ... | |
| Constant noisy tubes maybe go solid state? facten1... as long you buy from a reputable dealer and he insures that the tube tests unused and measures within industry guidelines it is NOS ...NOS = New Old StockUsed ≠ New | |
| Constant noisy tubes maybe go solid state? factenHelp me understand why you think you need to be wary of NOS in white boxes from reputable tube dealers ...Most likely, if it’s shipped in a white box, it isn’t New Old Stock. Rather, it’s a used tube in a plain white box.Some tubes were shi... | |
| Are cable recommendations worth anything? ahoferSeems that the moderator has taken sides here and spuriously deleted multiple posts that contained no abuse, no profanity, and no personal attacks, unlike some of the responses. They are facilitating the epistemic closure evident among... |