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| Is McIntosh really Hi-Fi, finally MC452 How is the SA-103 short lived? I have seen very old variants of the 102 and 100 still pumping to this day. | |
| Choosing a Solid State Class A/B integrated amp Can tube amps be fast?Try a Conrad Johnson ART power amp.It was more dynamic and more detailed than a lot of solid state amps I have heard. But the tubes add a certain lushness and improvement to the soundstage. | |
| Choosing a Solid State Class A/B integrated amp Have a listen to Plinius SA-103/Reference. Very very cool. | |
| Best ht speaker systems Dunno anything about Boston but the best HT system I have ever heard was one set up at the HK AV Show a couple of years back. The room was GIGANTIC and the system was an all McIntosh electronics (using souped up Denon flagship A1HDC/UDC based syst... | |
| HDMI cable length...how long is too long ? internetmin said it best.Run MANY cablesEach HDMI cable should be one long cable not going through intermediate wall plates. Two or more.Run 2 or more Cat6E with wall panelsRun run through wires that allow you to pull new wires through the walls s... | |
| Fake Audioquest Sky Cables A friend of mine bought some of the fake XLR for his car system and he said that the fakes ones don't solder the shielding cable. So even if they were made in the same factory, it may not have passed QC. He ended up buying long reels to and do his... | |
| HDMI cable length...how long is too long ? But even with those cables, I don't recommend using HDMI cable from AVR to wall panel -> HDMI to second wall panel -> HDMI cable to projector | |
| Fake Audioquest Sky Cables I saw a number of AQ Sky Interconnects and CV8 speaker cables in Shenzhen when I was there about two years ago. It was selling for about $100 bucks for a 1.5m pair and 2.5m pair respectively. I thought they seemed pricey for a counterfeit. How muc... | |
| Purepower APS a reliable product? I bought 2 PurePower 1050s from the local dealer a while back. Both are still running so fingers crossed. | |
| HDMI cable length...how long is too long ? If you are going to use wall plates, I recommend using those which convert HDMI to Cat5/6E. HDMI cables aren't the most robust for traversing distances and IMHO having more male/female adaptor connectors in between is likely to cause even more thi... | |
| Why my DAC will not work with the Mus. Fid. V-Link Glad I could help. | |
| Why my DAC will not work with the Mus. Fid. V-Link Are you using any custom player like Audirvana or Amarra or Pure Music?If you are using iTunes:Look for Applications/Utilities/Audio MIDI SetupIt should look like the screenshot below, except you should have the VLink in the list. Click on the VLi... | |
| Why my DAC will not work with the Mus. Fid. V-Link The OS or music player probably set the VLink to run at its highest spec which is usually 24/192 or 24/96.The DAC spec says it only read 16 or 20 bits. So try using the OS/player to set the output to 16/44 | |
| Why my DAC will not work with the Mus. Fid. V-Link See if it locks at 16 bit 44.1kHz. I suspect it's a NOS DAC. | |
| Higher End USB Cables Ditto. I still have the Nucleus (Mk I as well) |