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| PS Audio Lanrover Looks Great! Any opinions? For that price, build your own music server and be done with it. :) Best,Erik | |
| PS Audio Lanrover Looks Great! Any opinions? I think it will work better with some DAC's than others. :) In your case, it's probably a good solution, but so would any streamer really. Some of the problems it claims to be solving are probably non issues for a lot of setups. In other words, i... | |
| Peachtree Grand Integrated X1 vs Parasound Halo Integrated @jl35 True, but again, I go back to the sound quality. I'm sure the amplifier section in the HINT is excellent, but does the end user like it? One thing about both the Parasound and B&O amps, is they are very neutral. They don't really add a... | |
| Vandersteen Treo vs 3A Sig as upgrade You can halve an impedance by putting a resistor in parallel with it. :) So if you have 100k but need 50k, put a 100k resistor across the inputs. But really, this should only be for passive line level crossovers. Any active crossover should deal w... | |
| Vandersteen Treo vs 3A Sig as upgrade I'm very late, but a cheap meter is a phone with a calibrated mic ($25) and app. On android I use sound tools. It's very nice, and has much better extension than most SPL meters. Dayton imm6Also works with Room EQ Wizard if you get fancy.Best,Erik | |
| We recap, why not re-sist? I should also say, going back to your original question, unless the resistors are thermally stressed, they will probably last thousands of years. :) They are incredibly stable over time, while electrolytics go bad just sitting on a shelf. That's ... | |
| We recap, why not re-sist? You might want to check out this video. There's even a parts list at the end.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9vtk4CONiUI'm not sure when the Panasonic FC and FM caps were introduced, but they are very nice upgrades. It seems all the caps replace... | |
| We recap, why not re-sist? Hi Parabolic,Aging and quality are the two reasons why you may recap. Electrolitics have a life span measured in decades, while for filmcaps it's in hundreds of years. Almost all electronics have electrolytics in the power supply. I'd leave them a... | |
| Tidal on Oppo 105 Mahler, Two questions. How did you hook up the Mytek to the Oppo? And.... are you playing DSD over that connection? | |
| Glass Master Toslink by DH Labs, Inc. Very cool.l :) I have friends who swear by good toslink! I'm a fan of DH Labs anyway.Best,Erik | |
| We recap, why not re-sist? Hi Parabolic,I re-resist. :) But depends. For resistors there are in fact many boutique or highly sought after brands for electronics as well as speakers.The big issue in tube gear though is the caps. They are complicated to manufacture, sound qui... | |
| Peachtree Grand Integrated X1 vs Parasound Halo Integrated @stereo5 Yeah, you have to be a little careful with that. They say on the Parasound website:"Power amp circuit topology designed by legendary John Curl" Which is easy to want to read it as "integrated amplifier designed by...." or "amplifier modu... | |
| Is DEQX a game changer? @cerrot I'm sorry but what exactly do you mean by "linear" bass? I'm afraid I could interpret that about a half dozen ways and not be sure I got your intention. Best,Erik | |
| Peachtree Grand Integrated X1 vs Parasound Halo Integrated @stereo5 Are you sure JC designed the integrated? They often say they derived the amps from his work elsewhere, I haven’t seen him credited directly with it’s design. I could be wrong, I am not an expert in all things Parasound. I know it’s weird,... | |
| will using rca connector degrade sound quality? There's nothing wrong with RCA, but it's for signal, not speaker level. Signal level is very small and can't move air becaues it's so weak. |