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| How good is the crossover in your loudspeakers? Even if you are skeptical---ESPECIALLY if you are---why not give the video a viewing? Like the loudspeaker evaluation, it's free. Ah, the best things in life are free! Or, they're free because they're worthless. Guess which one a Danny Richie i... | |
| What is your scariest moment in High End audio? I turned my system on as usual and heard a deafening, window-rattling thump in the speakers, upon which both amps went into protection. Turns out one channel had died in my pre's outboard power supply. Getting only half the normal differential vo... | |
| What type of speaker would sound better? @gdaddy1 Grey Goose is French. What do the French know about vodka? Vodka is serious business, you can't leave it to the French! I won't buy Grey Goose. I won't buy Polish champagne either. Belvedere is my go-to. Who owns Belvedere you ask? A ... | |
| What is the most overlooked consideration? And, you know, always put the cart before the ox. | |
| Flatscreen between speakers +1 projection screen, you beat me to it :) That said, 2-channel and HT should not share a system, or a room if possible. I do realize folks living in NYC apartments will have to share space, but when that's the case it’s definitely best to segreg... | |
| Fed Ex makes good Is FedEx falling apart? They seem to take longer than other carriers to transport stuff. I just ordered a lot of stuff from digikey and my package has apparently been sitting in Maple Grove, MN for a whole day and a half. Day and a half? Don’t the... | |
| Buyer Beware Although it’s usually best to be sensitive to not put down another’s system, naysayers system lacking transparency likely near 100% true. Also, there’s commonly a stubborn emotional resentment of unaffordability You’re right, @kennyc it’s best ... | |
| We Need To Talk About Ones And Zeroes Hope this clears any confusion! @lalitk It does! Thank you! It is indeed good to know that the "M12 [switch] in [your] system contributed to a smoother and more refined sound and further improved tonal density and micro-dynamics"! Otherwise,... | |
| What is the most overlooked consideration? imho, people underestimate importance of clean power. I put in a new dedicated 20amp service for my "rig". I also spent 500 on a high end Furutech plug in the wall. These two actions made a Huge difference in sound. That's two separate actions.... | |
| We Need To Talk About Ones And Zeroes The Telegärtner M12 switch doesn't use RJ-45 connectors. Instead, it is equipped with proprietary connectors, requiring the use of proprietary patch cables. An interesting approach for sure. | |
| We Need To Talk About Ones And Zeroes I found audiophile switches redundant or have very minimal impact as long as we have addressed galvanic isolation between network devices, effectively breaking ground loops and blocking electrical noise from traveling through Ethernet cables. T... | |
| I replaced the volume pot on my tube preamplifier. Maybe we need to pressure manufacturers to use better pots. Too many audiophiles are incurious what is inside their components and never take the covers off, and some manufacturers take advantage. Meanwhile, the 2P65CS is superb. The stepper m... | |
| We Need To Talk About Ones And Zeroes There are further steps possible via the Dejitter It Switch X if you believe eliminating needless network traffic improves streaming sound quality. @sns I do not believe it does, unless overall network capacity is being strained as @jeffbij ... | |
| SACD v Streaming @milpai HQ Player costs 299,00 €. Wish it were free Oh also if you upsample everything to DSD on the fly, or use some of the more complex HQP filters, you’ll need a PC with serious horsepower. | |
| We Need To Talk About Ones And Zeroes @mswale +1 Still, one can benefit from a ’clean’ home network. @sns By "clean network" I assume you mean an audio-only subnetwork walled off by VPN and various and sundry firewall tools. If one has unusual network security concerns or wishe... |