davetheoilguy
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| Which turntable? Pro-Ject or VPI? VPI. My uncle Moshe told me when choosing between the best house in the cheap neighborhood and the cheapest house in the best neighborhood, pick the house in the best neighborhood, the cheapest house in the best neighborhood is always the bett... | |
| Neat "Tweaks" to improve the SQ of your streamed music!!! @skads_187 It’s a surge protector. So it needs to be between the LAN and the streamer that might get damaged by a surge. | |
| Neat "Tweaks" to improve the SQ of your streamed music!!! The iFi LAN silencer is merely an Ethernet cable surge protector. My wife is a cardiologist and uses similar equipment all the time. They cost about $16 on Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/Ethernet-Gigabit-Protector-Jumper-Supports/dp/B09LFC5HV... | |
| How does bi-wiring work? @curiousjim you are correct in the positive poles. Neutral (“ground”) is common. | |
| Yes, cables do make a difference -- regardless of price... @chocaholic I think we are talking the same point, or close. I'm certainly not going to spend thousands on a main. But $40 (probably was $20, but Washington DC has been printing money for some time now) on a shielded power code is good insuran... | |
| Yes, cables do make a difference -- regardless of price... @chocaholic Re: mains connection Poorly designed components (or components that didn’t look at this issue) can have leads that act as TRANSMITTING antennas of noise. Given the rats nests of interconnects and power leads in the back, I wouldn... | |
| Value of a preamp? @ddgtt I agree. A good preamp is the conductor of the symphony. | |
| One DAC to Rule it All From my medium technical understanding, the main concern with digital replay is jitter, which is largely a function of timing, followed distantly by sample rates. A large culprit in jitter is a mismatch or misfit in the clock or something effecti... | |
| How does bi-wiring work? The main advantage I have found of bi-wiring is the maid occasionally deep cleans the house and somehow manages to unplug very secure connections. She pulled one of the negative cables to my B&W 800 out and I didn’t notice for a week. Ran fi... | |
| Started with $1k speakers … what now? Have you run REW software on your room? It’s free (although you need to buy a microphone off Amazon for cheap). It will tell you a lot about your room and where you can spend money the most effectively. hardest part is looking at the curve and ... | |
| New TT : Balanced vs. Unbalanced Connection? @baylinor VPI actually sells a ready made balanced connection in its accessories. $500 with cardis wiring and connections. It’s on the website. Two screws and five wires. Plug in. | |
| ifi LAN iSilencer @augwest see my post above. It’s a low rent surge protector. specifially an LAN galvanic isolator. There about $13 on Amazon. My wife (and all doctors that hook up patients to anything computerized) use them to prevent patient shock in th... | |
| New TT : Balanced vs. Unbalanced Connection? I have a balanced connection from my VPI Titan to my Van den Hul Grail SE. In fact, my entire system is true balanced and connected with XLR. I’ll never go back voluntarily. An MC cartridge /tone arm set up wired balanced (technically called “f... | |
| Need a big favor picking a preamp Guys, he's made a decision and bought one. Read the existing posts once in a while before you post! @thecarpathian iI figured they were trying to give me buyer’s remorse. The Gryphon looks pretty amazing and is one I didn’t try. although... | |
| Earth (isolated) ground vs. wall outlet ground. @gs5556 ”No. It’s almost certain to violate your local electrical code. It is to ensure that circuit breakers trips when they have to. Grounding your electrical system to more than one location can cause breakers not to trip during a fault.” Th... |