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| Snake River Audio Signature and Signature AMps series power cords. I really like my Boomslang digital cable. I'm normally not keen on fancy power cords, but the Boomslang is such a pleasure to listen to that I'm tempted. I'd also like to try his interconnects. | |
| Options to improve digital sound I agree with the consensus. Keep the Mac Mini, it's a very handy thing to have in the system, but get a streamer or renderer. I'd recommend one with an I2S output for the Holo. Any quality renderer will have options for running Roon or Audirvan... | |
| Help please! Something amiss with my digital chain If you decide to try a preamp, you might consider the LTA Velo. It would mate nicely with the DAC. Even though the ZMA has a volume control, without a preamp you can suffer a lack of dynamics that makes the music sound flat and fatiguing. Anoth... | |
| the gateway product that turned you into an audiophile WVhen I was in college in 70’s, the campus radio station replaced much of their equipment. I salvaged some of what had been relagted to the dump, including a pair of two-way horn monitor speakers on the Altec model, two Marantz mono preamps and a... | |
| Sound right before song begins on vinyl, what is it? It’s called print-through and it’s a devilish problem when remastering older recordings. The master tape is stored in less than ideal conditions (like metal shelving!) and the magnetic signal bleeds through from one layer to another. Any LP that... | |
| Battle of the affordables None. My lord, SO many good speakers, ProAc, Living Voice, Spendor, Joseph, Acora, etc. | |
| Jazz for aficionados If jazz fans don't know, I highly recommend jazzwax.com | |
| Speakers for Mc240 Spendor!! | |
| Tube preamplifier lifespan What??? Paul McGowan said tube preamps only last 20 years? Where? When? He surely knows better than that. ANY component--tube or solid state--will need refreshing after 20+ years. But there's nothing special about tube preamps that would caus... | |
| Financial Limits of Tube and Op Amp Rolling With a device as simple as the Gremlin, you’re pretty much relying on the quality of the tubes to deliver the best sound. You certainly won’t get that with bottom-dollar, poorly-matched, poorly-constructed, noisy, microphonic 12AU7s. In fact, I’... | |
| KT88 Tubes @guscreek Yes, that's a risk, but often you can catch red-plating tube before it's damaged. At least then you know not to keep trying new tubes until you can get the amp serviced. | |
| KT88 Tubes Since you are new to to tubes, I'll make some suggestions: 1) If you hear a pop or hum or change in volume. or anything strange, the amp should not be used until you have determined what the problem is. 2) When purchasing a used tube amp, you wa... | |
| ??? My First Classical Concert,What Can I Expect ??? From an audiophile standpoint, you will be amazed at how NOT BRIGHT a live orchestra is. ;-) I think unamplified symphony concerts are very good for training your ears toward a more natural sound. On a musical level, you'll be thrilled by the so... | |
| Does your DAC sound better through the S/PDIF or I2S inputs than through USB? FWIW, a friend of mine has a tricked-out custom-built server with JCAT USB card, and a Chord Dave. He says his Berkeley Alpha USB in between is a huge improvement over straight USB, even from the high-end card. Personally I've found that while U... | |
| Are streamers digitally enhanced? @mashif No, respectable and well-engineered streamers do not use DSP to "enhance" the sound, any more than a respectable speaker designer would seek to "enhance" the sound beyond producing something that reflects how he or she thinks a good spea... |