dgarretson
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| Most Important, Unloved Cable... (Sigh) For this thread it would be nice to confine the "great cable debate" to Ethernet-- which is at least a fresh context for cable discussions. To paraphrase The Kinks, other Kable Kontroveries are sufficiently covered in the archives. | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Matt, I think you over-estimate the depth of the DIY "rabbit-hole." In the past year, the approach of using a single-software package like Roon on top of an i5 or i7 NAS, together with a EN renderer, has become almost plug & play with performa... | |
| Should high-end shops be "OBLIGATED" to advise about component matching for best sound? @stringreen If it was an Accord then you're not as old as you think. The brand was introduced in '76. | |
| How often do you clean cables? And which types do you clean most often? Doug, discolored oxidation on unplated silver and unplated copper is often visible, but contaminants on gold plate that appear transparent on the connector(or hidden inside RCA and XLR panel plugs) become obvious with transfer to a swab. Whatever ... | |
| How often do you clean cables? And which types do you clean most often? @perfectpathtech Where did you read that? I find no literature suggesting that silver oxide or silver sulfide are better electrical conductors than silver metal. My own experience is that removing tarnish from silver spades improves sound quality. | |
| How often do you clean cables? And which types do you clean most often? Doug, I suggest that you also clean the amp & speaker binding posts as part of your comparison. I will be amazed if you don’t hear an meaningful improvement. Then work through the entire chain of ICs, fuses, tube pins and sockets, AC prongs an... | |
| How often do you clean cables? And which types do you clean most often? Hello Doug, The efficacy of contact cleaners is proved quite simply: by the evidence of crud and oxidation on the Q-tip after cleaning. This is one area of the hobby that doesn't require blind testing. I only wish that reviewers of cables would e... | |
| Most Important, Unloved Cable... Au contraire, the difference that I’m hearing between EN "looms" <$50 is remarkable and refreshingly cost-effective. I hope that Doug’s forthcoming review of extravagantly priced EN cables includes comparisons to some of the cost-effective shie... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD I haven’t tried MinimServer, but have been using Roon on a QNAP NAS with a i5 motherboard and 16GB RAM. It sounds great and is fast enough to run Roon’s DSP engine that outputs DSD128. Together with a Sonore microRendu Ethernet-to-USB streamer at ... | |
| Most Important, Unloved Cable... I just received from Amazon a 50' Theo & Cleo CAT7 and a five pack of 3' PiperCables TM Pro Series CAT7. The Pipers were advertised as tested on a Fluke meter, which at least implies better than no-name quality. These replaced generic CAT5 be... | |
| Best produced rock albums......... Pretty much anything Glyn Johns touched-- partly because of his talent, and partly because the bands were at their peak during his tenure. From Sound Man by Glyn Johns, from Blue Rider Press/Penguin Random House.1964, Georgie Fame, “Rhythm and Blu... | |
| Most Important, Unloved Cable... Doug, thanks for the missionary work in this area. It may the missing link in CPU audio. Puns intended, of course. Best, Dave | |
| Most Important, Unloved Cable... @almarg After following those links I just ordered a few CAT7 cables to compare to the CAT5 I’ve been using between NAS, Ethernet hub, and microRendu. I suspect some of the variations observed between Ethernet cables are system dependent. Moreover... | |
| Roon vs. Squeezebox Server (Logitech) I have lived several weeks with Roon 1.3 and have the Unix version of its core on an SSD in a QNAP NAS/RAID server with a i5 processor. A Roon-ready Sonore microRendu Unix-based streamer does the conversion from Ethernet to USB into an Esoteric K... | |
| Are you using DH Labs? @thiefoflight 17pf/ft. (measured silver conductor to silver conductor) and 27pf/ft.(measured silver conductor to aluminum foil shield.) |