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| Have we lost civility and respect on Audio forums? nonoise So if you hear a difference with your basic cables compared to others out there, you won't believe your own ears until you find a way to measure it? This guy has extreme confirmation bias, so it's unlikely he'd hear a difference: I k... | |
| When to choice XLR over RCA ICs. @atmasphere we are mostly in agreement and this debate is getting tiresome. The two benefits lost are cable immunity and susceptibility to ground loops, since ground is referenced by the output of the device. This isn’t a matter of opinion or de... | |
| Have we lost civility and respect on Audio forums? scottwheel It’s so much safer to try to discredit someone who challenges your beliefs than to even try to have a real conversation with them ... And that is why it is impossible for you to have a real conversation with me on these issues in ... | |
| When to choice XLR over RCA ICs. atmasphere What is debatable is the use of balanced lines actually being an advantage when the standard isn’t supported ... Sometimes its better, sometimes its not ... I agree completely, and made that point because I disagreed with your prior... | |
| When to choice XLR over RCA ICs. atmasphere ... it means the Sony doesn't support the balanced standard ... When this sort of thing goes on, you lose most of the benefit of going balanced. What is the greatest advantage of using balanced components? There are multiple adv... | |
| phono preamp to power amp Once again, @tokushi scores with his use of AI. Apparently he has no original thoughts. Here is further use of AI: relying solely on AI for forum posts has drawbacks: Lack of authenticity and originality: AI-generated content can often lack t... | |
| Have we lost civility and respect on Audio forums? deep_333 It almost sounds like you’re living with absolute certainty that we know everything there is to know. It is worse than that. He insists that he knows all there is to know: I know, as much as it can be known that basic cables are... | |
| When to choice XLR over RCA ICs. davetheoilguy ... everything in my system except the turntable have balanced connections, and I’d do that, too if I could find a turntable Inlike that was balanced ... Phono cartridges are inherently balanced or, if you want to be strictly... | |
| Streaming through upconverting DAC - can I even improve audio quality? eisen0169 ... here’s the thing: so far, just using free Spotify 44.1 redbook quality ... Free Spotify is no better than 160 kbit/s according to its website. That's lo-res lossy. | |
| When to choice XLR over RCA ICs. Many differentially balanced components will yield 6dB more gain when operated fully balanced - that is, balanced input and output. Another way to look at that is a 6dB improvement in s/n. That can be noticeable. | |
| Question for Ayre EX-8 owners So long as you’re consistent with the input, you could use either channel for left or right. If you use the speaker connector on the right, make sure the right channel input cables are connected directly below. | |
| Have we lost civility and respect on Audio forums? calvinj ... thanks for the suggestion. I wasn’t referring to you in my response ... Oh, understood, I figured that out! After a while, it's easy to follow the players here. I mentioned audioaficionado.org not only because it really is t... | |
| Have we lost civility and respect on Audio forums? uberk Would love to engage with fellow McIntosh and Nordost users ... without all the BS. Still looking for a forum like that Audioaficionado.org "The Friendly Forum For High-End Audio." It has many experienced users and none of the nonsense t... | |
| Have we lost civility and respect on Audio forums? calvinj There is also in some cases where with some people you have to accept that they will always want to so called win an argument. Exactly, and they will work to create argument where none exists. For example, if someone claims, "... | |
| Where does music come from that streams? carlsbad2 Lots of BS in this thread. They often come from CDs, they picture the CD art usually. According to David Solomon of Qobuz, its files are delivered directly from the record companies. Who is your source? |