erik_squires
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| 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 ... | |
| Good Quality Music on Tidal Chet Baker, and Mel Torme have several albums on Tidal as well. :) | |
| Pilliod Audio mono amplifiers with Hypex UCD400 HxR By the way, I think you can get Kiwame discounted if you look for KOA at Mouser. Last I looked the oddly speced resistors were identical. Best,Erik | |
| Pilliod Audio mono amplifiers with Hypex UCD400 HxR Very pretty case, and layout. Looks like they are NOT going with the Hypex PS but bulding their own linear supply. Also interesting they went with the UCD instead of the latest nCore power amp. I’ve not heard either, but really want to listen to t... | |
| Ayre now has a new QX-5 all in one It's possible to make a piece of equipment, especially speakers, "discriminating" without being better. Make the input receivers more sensitive, reduce the buffer sizes, increase the output impedance, etc. and you have a piece of equipment that i... | |
| Ayre now has a new QX-5 all in one @ctsooner I think we have different expectations. Personally, if I am paying for an excellent DAC it needs to be more or less immune to source quality. I've found some DAC's do this much better than others. Schiit and Mytek for instance to me se... | |
| Ayre now has a new QX-5 all in one @ctsooner My experience with Ayre DAC's is that they CAN sound awesome but only with great sources. Your friends who traded in the BADA, what is the source?Best,Erik | |
| Is a Sub required for HT I really have great experience with Hsu, similar pricing to SVS, but better looking cabinets I think.Best,Erik |