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UPS for Music Server
What are the hazards of a hard reset? The A10 can always be restored from a backup like the other Aurender models, yes? 
Subwoofer insight.
iealesThere's nothing magical about SpeakOn.IMO, they're just a $50 FanBoy addon.Neutrik's Speakon  locking connectors are outstanding, don't claim any magical qualities and don't cost $50 ea. I bought a Neutrik PowerCon connector when I upgraded... 
Adding shielding to existing cables
scroydon... you mention "skin effect" in the following page on Helix structure for speaker wire or ICs.I have read that skin effect is a component of AC current, not DC. How is it a challenge here?An audio signal is AC.  
Bob Dylan - "Murder Most Foul"
orpheus10 Famous rich black people who are in essence "conditional White" people is irrelevant as far as I’m concerned.You keep bringing this up, so you must think it’s relevant, or perhaps you just feel better repeating this canard. They can be ... 
Direct Drive vs. Idler Drive vs. Belt drive
lewm Nearly everyone who replaces a 1kg platter mat on a DD with a 5kg platter mat, sometimes more than doubling the total mass of platter plus mat, says how wonderful it is. To me this says more about listener bias than it does about the ph... 
Bob Dylan - "Murder Most Foul"
orpheus10 JFK did more for African Americans than Abraham Lincoln  ... Unfortunately, those who reach a certain economic status become conditional "white people", who have no interest in the African Americans in the multitudes who have been... 
Direct Drive vs. Idler Drive vs. Belt drive
mikelavigne ... execution is way more significant in ultimate turntable drive satisfaction than dogma... I think this is true of turntables in particular and just about everything in audio in general. The notion that one technology or design a... 
Power Conditioners---old electrics in my house.
danvignau... put in a 30 amp breaker with number 10 wiring.Very bad advice. In many jurisdictions, that would be a code violation unless terminated with a 30A outlet, which then would not accommodate the component's plug. The 10 ga. wire is not ... 
Power Conditioner: Isotek, Audioquest or other?
mglikThe nature and character of the wall power are, by far, the most critical element to the nature and character of the sound.That depends on what's in the rest of your system, and what the quality of your AC power is. While your claim may b... 
10 Audio Cable Myths and Facts
An ambitious first post. shieldedaudio In a sea of audio cable industry snake oil, we’re sure you’re wondering ... Please tell us: Who is "we?" You ... and who else? Please tell us: Why state your opinion as fact? 
Direct Drive vs. Idler Drive vs. Belt drive
There are many threads here that debate this. There is no consensus. As with so many things in audio, it's best to listen and decide for yourself. 
Vault 2i, etc.
williewonka... perhaps what you should invest in is a USB or NAS drive that supports dual drive RAID mirroring. If one drive fails in the unit you simply replace it and the RAID software takes care of copying the data from the other disk in t... 
Help Needed (please) From Aurender N100H User
mlsstlDo you have a cell phone? Many current phones and cell plans offer a "hot spot" using the phone's cellular connection. This was designed to give someone an internet connection on their other wireless devices when they are away from home... 
Do any still use an older high end tuner from the past?....
stereo5 FM HD radio is sounding very good. Really? An FM station using just one HD sub-channel has a maximum of 96 kbps. It’s worse if it uses multiple HD sub-channels. So HD radio is kinda like mp3 files; good s/n, but that’s about it. In other w... 
Do any still use an older high end tuner from the past?....
midareff168 posts04-01-2020 11:01amI have and still use a Sansui TU-9900 ... Even with a Magnum Dynalab Signal Sleuth and 1/2 wave mast I can't get 125+ mile away west coast stations with any degree of Fidelity and consistency ...FM is VHF, so...