erik_squires
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| Anyone Had Experience with USB Ground Isolators? I take it back. It's ridiculous that all DAC's don't have galvanic isolation on all metal conductors. Obviously, optical cables don't need it, but it's so cheap, no so-called audiophile DAC should avoid it. | |
| The next step to a better system I know Oppo has Tidal and Pandora clients on their blu ray players, controllable via the Oppio Media Control app. An inexpensive upgrade might be the Parasound Z DAC v. 2, really an easy to love DAC for the price. Another option might be the Fiio... | |
| Opinion on best hand held Remote?? Universal or After the Marantz, the Home Theater Master line was my favorite. The issue was really the programming took a little while to learn, but once set up was great. They may be outdated in their firmware now as well.I tried a Logitech with USB programm... | |
| How about Monitor Audio Silver 8 speakers ? pair with a Mcintosh MC2105 I like Monitor Audio about 10 times more than B&W. Musical and smooth, without being shy. They are also in my opinion, much better values than the Focal's at almost any price range. They do have some boost in the bass and treble, but it's m... | |
| $16K new/used speaker question? Listen to the Magico S1 Mk II. The top end is much better than most Wilson's, though bright for me. You should evaluate it and see if it's for you. It _may_ be too hard to drive though. What about the Zu's? | |
| What centre channel are you using? LM-1C DIY Speaker. Extremely clear, matches my much more expensive side speakers superbly. Very flat response. Tweeter is very highly thought of, woofer or it’s variants is being used in several boutique speakers. Listener needs to be between twee... | |
| Magico S1 Mk II - The First Review Thick wall of ego.... took the words right out of my mouth. Erik | |
| Anyone Had Experience with USB Ground Isolators? it is kind of ridiculous to me that all usb dacs do not include galvanic isolation and that stereophile tests only on battery power. all dacs need to have this built in and tesed for it.besterik | |
| Moving to Paris Need: Equipment & 230V @ 50Hz Advice from experts +1. I think you will end up regretting taking any thing. Plus you'll get to go to the real High End show in Munich!!! Get yourself a nice portable unit like a Fiio F7 and K5 headphone amp to tide you over until you can do some shopping. You won... | |
| Acoustic panels - how high? Hi Rocky,One thing I have found is that acoustic panels improve imaging in the dimension you lay them out. That is, if you don't find very deep imaging, put more behind the speakers. If you find the image is in a line between your speakers, put m... | |
| best bookshelf speakers for < $2000? Unfortunately there’s just too much that happens between the master tapes and the disc or file you play to be able to draw any direct conclusions about analog vs. digital. Besides vendors deliberately sweetening mixes to prove the superiority of D... | |
| subwoofer crossover- lowest is best almost always? Sounds like you have a good ear. :) Your approach is pretty sound, but only some one with pretty good ear training would normally approach it empirically. You could be running into a couple of issues. First is "room gain" The phenomenon that the ... | |
| Sounds gets a little fuzzy with high vocals Reduction is your friend :) First, is it both speakers, or one? If just one, switch cables. Does the problem move with the connection? If so it's electronics. If it's in both speakers, try a different pair of speakers. Same problem? Electronic... | |
| Berkeley Dac 2 or PS audio DSD or Schiit Yggs? Audio Research recommends 400 hours of break in time per input on the DAC 8, so I'm not sure if that's true. Do they QA their products after this? Heck no. | |
| Sopra No.2 Overpriced? So, lots of off topic points I want to contribute to.The quality of products made in China is directly proportional to the parent company’s willingness to control that quality and partner with the manufacturer. Very high quality and crap comes out... |