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| Informative books about Audio Sound Reproduction: The Acoustics and Psychoacoustics of Loudspeakers and RoomsFloyd Toole | |
| Warm/Forgiving AES/EBU digital cable less then $1000 https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/GoldAES03--mogami-gold-aes-03?mrkgadid=3336040148&mrkgcl... | |
| Bi-Wire Jumpers My speakers have Cardas binding posts I use the silver jumpers that came with the speakers. | |
| Dedicated 20 amp circuit - Electrician laughed! Here you go @dtximages try this.http://www.ppowerus.com/audio/products/pp1500/What does your system consist of? For example mine in the living room consists of an integrated amp and a raspberry pi4 roon endpoint. My server is in a different part o... | |
| Are manufacturer AC cables good enough? Misconception #3 is nonsense audio components don't have perspectives but anyway why 6 feet? Suppose your magic cable is 12 feet does the amps perspective change? Lets make the cable 30 feet and connect to the panel box what's the perspective of t... | |
| Are manufacturer AC cables good enough? the power cable presents a high impedance to these signals they will be reflected back into the power supplyThat's easy enough to figure out just measure the $$$ aftermarket power cable and the stock cable that came with the amp and see if there i... | |
| Anyone Remember This One? Is there a musician that didn't play on a Monkees album? I still liked them. | |
| Will Quantum computing change the DAC game (in our lifetimes)? Depends on your age. Quantum computing isn't going to be a factor in music streaming and storage in my lifetime. | |
| Non Analytical Sounding DAC Upgrade- Budget $1,500 or less @ruleof72 You said " I’m definitely open to other suggestions." so I’m going out on a limb here with another suggestion. I am not disparaging anyone’s choice on a DAC this is addressed to the OP. You mention non analytical DAC then describe your s... | |
| Really need help choosing audio streamer !!! Unless you're sold on the speakers and amp you've already mentioned you could get a streamer with volume control and active speakers. I think Wharfdale has a few active. | |
| Question re: DAC with network/streaming capability After thinking about it the Cocktail X45 Pro does everything you mentioned I don’t think the Luxman is a streamer. | |
| Question re: DAC with network/streaming capability If the dCS Bartok can be a Roon endpoint you don't need the Zenith. RIP your CDs to a NAS or a harddrive and connect to it. | |
| Question re: DAC with network/streaming capability 1. Yes 2. I don’t think you understand codec, the Zenith will have the software to decode FLAC/ACC sending PCM to the DAC. Unless you use the Bartok as a streamer through the ethernet connection where it takes the FLAC/ACC from a storage device or... | |
| Are manufacturer AC cables good enough? Roger Roger | |
| Dedicated 20 amp circuit - Electrician laughed! I've lived in houses where I was able to have a dedicated circuit and ones where I didn't. I now live in my retirement house, a detached patio home, and to install a dedicated circuit would be very costly, entailing a new panel box and more it's w... |