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| What to do...What to do? azjake ... when you have two speakers of different strengths with little in the way of fault, do you look at the speaker as a whole? ...I don't understand the question. If you're buying the speaker "as a whole," don't you have to evaluate it as... | |
| Play music from laptop over WiFi to existing audio system: how? lowoverdrive ... I know about the RaspberryPi and HiFiberry Dac. I’m concerned that won’t give me the sound quality I’m seeking. You may be right. But don't underestimate the Raspberry Pi. When configured with the Digi+ S-PDIF HAT and run int... | |
| Do speaker cables need a burn in period? prof But I don’t see how we can get anywhere the way this is going because you just keep asserting claims when I’m asking what justifies your claims.Most users here base their observations on listening. Beyond that, no one is obligated to pro... | |
| Power conditioner or outlet? kalaliThe power conditioner I use is an old 65 lbs. hospital grade transformer-based cube with eight outlets. It puts out a consistent 124 volts whereas the adjacent wall outlet is normally around 113-115 volts. I can’t claim it’s a “good” conditi... | |
| Power conditioner or outlet? n80I’m aware that nothing is completely lightning proof from a direct hit but I suspect if I’d had anything in place between my TV etc and the wall outlet I might have saved my gear. How do you protect super expensive audio gear?Something like th... | |
| Power conditioner or outlet? kalali A good power conditioner will/should have no voltage drop with a high wattage hairdryer running with everything else plugged into it. This is completely mistaken. For one thing, it depends on the rating of the power conditioner. Many good ... | |
| Please help me figure out what I need to do this. My head spins with tech talk.. sbank Also in a few years, CD will probably be entirely dead from new music availability perspective. Some said that about the LP, too, but it didn’t happen. Some said that about reel-to-reel, too, but it didn’t happen. And I hear that some are ma... | |
| Difference in sound using different carts when digitizing vinyl record? sleepwalker65With 44kHz sampling I doubt sound quality will be good enough to appreciate the capability of a true hifi cartridge.In my system, 44.1 sampling is more than sufficient for a digital recording to reveal differences in phono cartridges. | |
| Do speaker cables need a burn in period? glupson ... Those who ask for measurements get attacked for asking for such a ridiculous thing as measurements. Those who suggest blind tests get ridiculed for such a flawed thing as blind tests. ...I don't see that happening here at all. What... | |
| Difference in sound using different carts when digitizing vinyl record? confuse_upgraditis ... if I digitize my vinyl record while the record is played using any cart (cart #1) and then again play and digitize the same record using a different cart (cart #2), am I going to hear any sound difference typically a... | |
| Do speaker cables need a burn in period? tobor007 For me, the real crime in these discussions is the suggestions that the difference in sound with these tweaks make an obvious difference. There’s no crime being committed here. If you don’t care for the tweaks, you’re free to ignore them. | |
| No one actually knows how to lculate what speaker cable they need b4icu All qualities they say they give the cables: Cooper purity, use of silver, cryogenic treatment, Bi Wire, Burn In etc’ - has nothing to do with the spec. of a speaker cable. It’s all snake oil mambo jumbo, to cover their and customers i... | |
| No one actually knows how to lculate what speaker cable they need b4icu It goes back to cable manufaturars, mostly provide no relevant data! to sales and the users. None will answer this! What data do you seek? | |
| Best vintage DD turntables from the 70's and 80's? chaksterHave you seen this AT Safety Raiser ? Brand new device from Audio-Technica for lazy guys: ...Wow, everything old is new again. This looks like the exact same "Safety Raiser" that AT made back in the -70s. It is a spring-loaded device. | |
| Bi-Wire Advice for ProAc Response D2 goethe58 acquired a pair of ProAc Response D2 via an Audiogon member. Am thinking about bi-wire... I wanted to tap into the experience of this forum, even to hear whether you think bi-wiring is necessary Bi-wiring is absolutely not necessary... |