erik_squires
Responses from erik_squires
| Summer Power Issues You want a Furman with AR (voltage regulation) | |
| Deqx pre8 Welp, I'm going to throw out what I know may be a terrible idea. Sorry. What about taking a cue from ground-plane measurements? Often used for subwoofers. The idea is to put the subwoofer up against the floor so there is no reflection point. ... | |
| USB DAC cable over 15ft - Solutions? What you want is an active USB cable like this one. You may also need an isolator at the far end if the target DAC is not galvanically isolated. The issue is a combination of that, noisy PC power supplies and that you’ll probably be on 2 different... | |
| When did you last update your Wifi firmware? @curiousjim Not having an update isn't necessarily a bad thing. They usually come out after a security vulnerability has been discovered, so with luck, a router gets more secure over time. Not sure how that affects any "apps" running on them ho... | |
| Surge protector @ejr1953 - There are two related recommendations for WHSPs - Keep any leads short while avoiding sharp curves AND place the WHSP as close to the inlets as possible. The thinking here is that shunt-mode surge protectors (which all WHSP I know of a... | |
| When did you last update your Wifi firmware? @bipod72 Thanks for using the same name and password in your Fidelity account. I needed extra funds ... 😂 | |
| When did you last update your Wifi firmware? I wish either of mine auto updated | |
| Repeater/extenders are evil! @curiousjim It is not your ears but it may be your neighborhood!! :) A good Wifi signal can do justice to any music, but wifi signals do go bad. I’m lucky enough to live in a detached home with excellent wall to wall signal coverage and no channe... | |
| Schiit input selector switch - speaker "pops" The preamp could pop if you are switching between signals with different DC offsets if there's no inter-switch muting delay. Ideally, there's a relay which turns off the output, switches inputs and then enables the output. It takes some logic an... | |
| Why do Wav and Flac Files Sound Different? I can believe that. I've owned both JRiver and Media Monkey. Honestly not a huge fan of either's UI, even less Qobuz, but I do think Media Monkey has a better overall handling of metadata. Do I think it affects the sound quality? Absolutely not. | |
| Schiit input selector switch - speaker "pops" Depens on your source. Is one of them a tube source? | |
| New wireless hub/router They want you to rent a wireless hub. Buy your own. Otherwise, what @carlsbad2 said. Truth is however that wifi signal quality varies by your neighborhood. If you are in an isolated home in an area that’s not densely populated you’ll have a bette... | |
| Wired connection from Iphone to processor Wirelessly it seems like you are limited to Airplay, but it looks like it will play music from a network DLNA server, and worth trying with a USB cable. It also supports Roon and Tidal. | |
| Why do Wav and Flac Files Sound Different? Do you all understand that the metadata and music data are not in the same places in the file or is that ... not relevant to this discussion? The metadata, if read at all, is not interwoven with the music stream. It's a completely separate part ... | |
| Repeater/extenders are evil! @carlsbad2 Yes but it's a continuum: Ethernet cable > Good Wifi > Bad Wifi > No Music |