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| Suggest one obsure album we all should hear Hans Nielsen and Zhao Cong, Sounds of China https://open.spotify.com/album/24Zpe3GYIKHvQ2GLKNL7RL?si=LSelxuqVTUaPF_MccCwy1Q | |
| Audiophile Fuses: Helpful or "Snake Oil"? I tried some SR blues and found they made a difference. Also moved up to orange and liked them better you often see them on 3 for 2 offers. You can get these on 30 day return.Some folks try them and hear no difference, other folks just rubbish th... | |
| Best Ethernet Setup for Streaming Audio More bandwidth isnt necessarily a good thing, you don't need high bandwidth for the parts of your network that are only dealing with audio streaming.both the Melco and uptone audio high end switches say 100mz rj45 is better quality than gigabit as... | |
| Looking for a ‘’No braine’r Integrated amplifier under 7500 or so If you are thinking mini monitors and subwoofer or pair of subs then Lyngdorf TDAI3400 , loads of power on tap and the best room correction out there. Allows you to have a normal looking room with flow no need to shell out on room treatment flawl... | |
| “Black background” — What really contributes to this phenomenon? Mains noise you can hear sounds like a hum at 50 or 60 hz but there is more to it than that , cheap switch mode power supplies, powerline ethernet adapters LEDs especially ones you can dim in your home all introduce additional noise (most of which... | |
| Reducing my digital noise floor. Check out uptone audio Etherregen, I use one and recommend it, although it does take about a week to burn in.Lots of threads over on computer audiophile , you can try it on a 30 day return. | |
| If you stream music from the internet, I can't recommend this more highly @anzaanimalclinic please report back with your findings.I use a cisco 2960 8 port fanless switch in front of an Etherregen feeding my DAC and I noticed an improvement in SQ by making this link optical where I previously had copper I put this down... | |
| Audio Lessons Learned - post your best advice for the newer members! Excellent thread and lots of great advice so far.I'm pretty new to this , I've had music systems for years but to actually get into getting great sound and being an audiophile it's only been the last 2 to 3 years, but forums like this (If you can ... | |
| Bulk power cables suggestions Have you actually tried any aftermarket power cables @cakyol ? | |
| Bulk power cables suggestions I replaced a mixture of old generation Isotek, and some other well regarded manufacturers power cables with DIY. Oyaide black mamba v2 with furutech plugs and oyaide IECs (c-004). Very surprising uplift in SQ on my digital sources and Lyngdorf TDA... | |
| High Frequency Oscillation hurt resistors in Magico A5 crossovers Do you live near area 51 ? | |
| Mistakes I’ve made I clicked a link to ASR thread once, insane. | |
| Do pure copper banana plugs make a difference in the quality of the speaker sound. Low mass gold plated Z plugs.Very tight fitting for maximum contact area. You can stack them into each other for jumper cables. They are not expensive. Contact enhancers worth doing get a graphene one if you can it does make a difference. Dampen w... | |
| Hi-res streaming on Qobuz I can confirm what richtruss says, I have the same TDAI3400 and I could only hear very marginal differences between spotify and some qobuz tracks when using ipad and Mconnect HD.using bubbleupnp and a samsung phone there is more microdetails and i... | |
| Power Conditioners Clean power is very important for good sound quality. How important depends on how noisy your electrical environment is. If you get this right then room correction/control, vibration and rfi/emf control being the other battles you need to fight. I... |