cleeds
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| When to choice XLR over RCA ICs. williewonka The best low mass RCA connector is significantly better at transferring an audio signal than the very best XLR connector is able to achieve ... Hmmm, that's quite a claim. It's not too difficult to buy XLR connectors that are essen... | |
| Do I Need a Dedicated Streamer? o_holter ... I’d like to invest in a streamer if I was sure it actually performed better than my laptop ... Any good audio dealer would be happy to offer you a demo that would include a nice streamer and your laptop. Nothing equals hearing it ... | |
| Happy Holidays and Your Favorite Tips? Look both ways before crossing the street. Never try to catch falling scissors. | |
| Do I Need a Dedicated Streamer? yage ... So given the lack of reliable subjective evidence, the only evidence we can use is objective measurement ... That's just your opinion. I'm not sure I agree with your premise and I certainly don't agree with your conclusion. So you... | |
| Garrard 301 motor and rumble lewm I too am in disagreement with Mijostyn's bald pronouncements ...he fails to include three little words, after delivering a broadside, "in my opinion". That in itself is a bit provocative. However, it is his intention to drop bombs ...... | |
| When to choice XLR over RCA ICs. williewonka ... a very well designed single ended interconnect cable is every bit as good, if not better than an XLR cable due to several factors ... If all else is equal and the cables are being used between truly balanced components, I can’t... | |
| How good is good enough? scottwheel Your mischaracterization of him, his motives and his beliefs are pretty disgusting. If you’re actually disgusted by what you read on this forum, you must have a huge emotional investment in these matters. Or perhaps you use the ... | |
| Have we lost civility and respect on Audio forums? carlsbad2 My goal online is to say exactly what I would say to the person face-to-face. Now I am a very direct person face to face. The problem with that is that in person, communication goes beyond mere words. Eye contact, body language... | |
| Needle resilience I had a friend who did this and the turntable had been spinning for weeks. He was horrified and sent it into Steve at VAS for inspection. Steve pronounced the cartridge as A-OK, and as far as I know my buddy is still using that cart. | |
| USB Audio Player Pro to DAC Some tablets require a special adapter to get digital out. iPads work that way. | |
| Balanced connections to my VPI turntable? tooblue I believe that the side benefit of the 6db in gain also translates to a 6db lower noise floor It all depends how you look at it. Yes, some preamps will yield 6dB more gain. But if you don't use the added gain and keep the level the... | |
| Balanced connections to my VPI turntable? badbruno i believe the XLR is better for noise rejection, your thoughts ? I don't see any particular benefit to using XLRs here. You're balanced ("floating") either way. XLRs do tend to be more robust connectors. | |
| Balanced connections to my VPI turntable? If your pickup arm ground is connected to the grounding post on the JC3+, your phono cartridge floats above ground and your preamp is running balanced. (Assuming, of course, that you're using the balanced outputs of the JC3+ into a preamp balanced... | |
| Balanced connections to my VPI turntable? How are your turntable interconnects wired now? What are you using for a phono preamp? If you're using a balanced phono section with RCA inputs and have kept the pickup arm ground separate from the signal ground, you're probably already enjoying t... | |
| Oppo Blu-Ray Players in 2023 CDs can be bought for pennies on the dollar these days, so I can see the appeal. Given that you already "have both those Oppo players sitting on a shelf," I'd give one of 'em a whirl and see how it sounds. You can also try using its digital out to... |