devinplombier
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| Apollon Hypex NCx500 ST NCOREx Stereo Amp - First Listen and Impressions @kevemaher I was kidding about the $1,000+ power cord, though some people are dead serious about it. I'm not sure if you're saying that you require your power cord be US-made? Because if you don't, plentiful 15A plug 12AWG options are available... | |
| Apollon Hypex NCx500 ST NCOREx Stereo Amp - First Listen and Impressions Doesn't the Apollon have a standard IEC receptacle on the rear panel? If so, any Audiophile power cord costing over $1,000 can be used. | |
| Are there any recording artists you just can’t listen too? vague or meaningless unless you can enlighten us with some reasoning behind it @mylogic Maybe you can do the same and shine some light for us on your bizarre hatred of Edith Piaf. Today, it is 99.9% impossible to accidentally hear Edith Piaf... | |
| Im going to regret my cable question @steakster I'm at a loss as to why discussing cables in a cable thread might derail it, but you may have a point in the sense that perhaps folks in the digital forum are better informed about digital. Maybe. The signal transferred on digital c... | |
| Are there any recording artists you just can’t listen too? May He smite the imbeciles | |
| Im going to regret my cable question The 1’s and 0’s are on an analog carrier which can be tweaked to affect the SQ. @steakster By that do you mean that a digital cable, being made of copper after all, can pick up and transmit noise that could affect sound quality in an improper... | |
| Are there any recording artists you just can’t listen too? All the animosity for Springsteen is a condition that was generated by envy . . . many many many years ago it was known as BDS, but Bruce, being the extremely talented and gracious gentleman that he always was and is, put an end to that saying, a... | |
| Looking for a new DAC I do know the ASR folks would vehemently disagree vthokie What ASR folk say is often uninteresting and tedious, though ASR is a huge forum so you're bound to run into very bright people too. More saliently, many experts disagree as well, incl... | |
| Are there any recording artists you just can’t listen too? Interestingly I agree with everyone so far - with exceptions for rap and shoegaze, which I both like. I'm totally baffled about the Piaf / racist juxtaposition in the original post though. The woman was whiter than Casper the ghost. | |
| Six DAC Comparison This anecdotal evidence based on my individual and unique streaming setup. I continue to not make any universal claims @sns These are wise words anyone can and should respect. If more folks took a page from your book, there would be a lot le... | |
| Six DAC Comparison Posts like @fuzzbutt17 's latest add a lot of value to this forum imo. Thank you for taking the time. | |
| The Audio Science Review (ASR) approach to reviewing wines. In fairness, when Amir got to sit in Mike's listening chair he changed his tune and said he liked the system. This suggests those speakers are quite directional. | |
| The Audio Science Review (ASR) approach to reviewing wines. First, here is this recent Audiogon thread about uber-Audiophile Mike Lavigne’s lavish audio barn Then, here is audio infidel Amir’s scandalous visit to Mike’s barn. Six-figure-system man visits seven-figure-system man! Mild snark aside, it went... | |
| Im going to regret my cable question Have not heard the term "proper jazz" before. Did not detect irony, either. | |
| Did I just cook my preamp? @obarrett Reverse polarity OR bootleg ground alone won't manifest until something else goes wrong. It's the combination of the two that is potentially lethal, because any grounded (3-prong cord) piece of equipment you plug into such an outlet se... |