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SVS Subwoofer Isolation feet. Will I lose bass?
I'm using townshend speaker bars on my standmount speakers, on an oak floor on concrete. The stands are weighted with atacama atabites for a total mass including speakers of about 27kg each.There is another set of 4 decoupling durometer pads on th... 
Tweaks - An Honest Discussion
https://youtu.be/3z-egjDoR1Q This is Peter Lyngdorf he's going on about a hifi system that is pitched at the very high end of the market but 17:45 he rambles on about exactly how sensitive our hearing is and he makes some powerful analogies. 
Tweaks - An Honest Discussion
Mahgister, you are diffinately in the eccentric bucket in approach to your system design.  However I think your philoshopy is an effective one and it opens up better hifi to more people.  
Tweaks - An Honest Discussion
I've tried a fair few tweaks, I include the free stuff like speaker positioning in there too and I'm also in the camp that everything matters to some degree. How much difference is going to be tweak and system dependant.Some tweaks can deliver hug... 
Can I go wrong with Stillpoint Ultra Mini anti-vibration isolation feet?
I use townshend speaker bars under my speaker stands and they make a big difference to imaging.I have stillpoint ultra ss under my down firing sub, makes a big difference to the sub performance.I also have black ravioli mk 2 big pads under my isot... 
Uptone EtherRegen
Jitter and clock phase noise are different ways of quantifying the same phenomenon. Jitter is measurement in time, phase noise is in frequency. Mathematically the relationship is quantified so engineers designing digital components, DACs, ADCs can... 
Equipment Rack - How important in the grand scheme of things?
@millercarbon what is TC ? Total contact  ? 
A cable question, sort of...
I would also reccomend upgrading the standard rel connector cable. I used to own the rel  baseline blue which was a significant upgrade , I sold it on as my amp supplier reccomended using rca/balanced connection. I suspect that  solid core connect... 
Network Transport vs. CD Transport
+1 For Etherregen,  total game changer in my system streaming from apple TV 4th gen and Spotify premium direct to Lyngdorf TDAI3400.I am constantly amazed by the SQ of some of the material on you tube. 
Shielded or unshielded power cables for class-D monoblocks?
You can get some of the NCF performance if you use fo.q damping material from Japan. There are 3 different thicknesses it is piezoelectric and is readily available on eBay. You can treat wayyyy more than your power cords and wall sockets (,Althoug... 
Only using Spotify connect, am I loco??!!
I only use Spotify and you tube and get fantastic SQ from my system. My Lyngdorf TDAI3400 does resample everything to 24/96. I have tried a decent CD transport and I really struggle to hear any differences between CD and Spotify. I bought an ether... 
Recommendation for an audiophile speaker cord that is not "bright"?
Elsdon Wonfor audio LS25.  These are a proprietary alloy  they are utterly transparent with no phase distortions. If you have a well balanced high end system that you like,  these will give you what you have in spades. Pinpoint stereo imaging , WI... 
Network Switches
There is a long EtherRegen thread running at that site for months. Way before its release. If you had read that thread you would know 100% what the inevitable review was going to say.This, at least 90% of the regular member contributors to that th... 
Uptone EtherRegen
Ive had one 2 days in my Lyngdorf TDAI3400 all in one streaming power DAC system. Wow wow wow massive difference , every track I stream is like listening for the first time. I think I've squeezed the last drop of noise out of my system with this u... 
Network Switches
Hello everyoneI got my Uptone audio Etherregen on Friday and put it into the system late in the evening.As someone else already said, this is a major system upgrade, I thought my system sounded good before but its so much better with the Etherrege...