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| USB or Bluetooth from Mac laptop to Wyred 4 Sound Dac? Advice Make sure you use an actual repeater, as opposed to just an extender. Also make sure we’re talking USB 2.0 for that length. Here is an example:http://amzn.to/2cBEoKlThe repeater uses the USB power to increase the distance the signals can travel. A... | |
| How important is Impedance matching between solid state preamp and tube power amp It's not zero. Depends on the size of the output caps on your preamp and the impedance of the SS amp. This is one area where Stereophile's measurements are pretty useful. If you can find your pre, they have a chart showing how it's response chang... | |
| MQA - Music Discussion So over at Darko’s site, I got a tip that the Mozart Violin concerto’s were also not very good. << sigh >> I really resent having to buy an album I would not, to see if something is marginally better, so I'm not going to get the Buena ... | |
| Outboard crossover? Why not? @timlub Thanks for the vote of confidence, I’m sure you can do a better job than I could. I still see it as trading off. For instance, if I go all DSP happy, I need to find multiple DAC’s as good as I’m listening to right now and multiple amps wit... | |
| Ayre now has a new QX-5 all in one I havenot heard the codex. the 9 and pono. | |
| Outboard crossover? Why not? @tatyana69 You may have better luck on the DIYAudio forums. Also, there you can post pics of your external crossover, which makes this discussion a lot easier. Best,Erik | |
| Single ended vs xlr balanced @cleeds Sorry, and thanks for contributing that. :) I'm afraid it's still too early for me and I got into a silly semantic argument. :) The point was more that you can assume every XLR cable you buy will lock, but it's a specialty thing for RCA co... | |
| MQA - Music Discussion @dbtom2 Hahaha, it sounds like you and I had the same problems with the 2L recordings. :) "Distracting" is exactly the word I would have used. I'm honestly not thrilled at the idea of giving 2L or HighRes Music $50 or $100 for tracks. It feels li... | |
| Single ended vs xlr balanced @cleeds RCA's don't lock in place, they more "squeeze in place" vs. EVERY XLR locks. I think Parasound is the exception, and they had to go seriously out of their way to find jacks that don't lock. Maybe not in the JC line, but in the lower end Ha... | |
| Rare and non-heavy advertised Ribbon \ Foil cables? Analysis Plus is not exactly like that, but they have very wide construction stacked on top of one another.You know, one way to get foil cables is to take apart a foil inductor and built it yourself. There may be DIY instructiosn online. Best,Erik | |
| Ayre now has a new QX-5 all in one I really love Ayre, by the way! I love their sound, and modern Audio Research.My experience with the Ayre DAC's however was mixed. From a highly modded Mac, Bleah. From thier own CD player it was superb. After reading your thoughts, I think I w... | |
| MQA - Music Discussion I should have posted my experience so far. I compared the 96/24 and MQA tracks for the two songs uner this listing at www.2L.no/hiresVivaldi: Recitative and Aria from Cantata RV 679, "Che giova il sospirar, povero core" Tone Wik & Barokkanern... | |
| Parasound 5125 replacement power cord Heh, if you were nearby I'd give you one just to have one less stupid power cord around. :) | |
| Outboard crossover? Why not? @sevs great looking pics! | |
| Outboard crossover? Why not? Active vs. passive is not as easy as saying one is better. There's always trade offs. Passive crossovers have no power supply noise to add, and no new op amps or transistors to put in series with your high end gear. DSP solutions require more DAC ... |