erik_squires
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| Repeater/extenders are evil! They are not at all evil... but getting Wifi working well from point A to point B is sometimes a challenge. I always recommend the use of a free Wifi analyzer to make sure your router is on uncongested channels and your signal strength is good. O... | |
| CAL alpha dac resistor values This is what a multimeter is for... :D | |
| Why do Wav and Flac Files Sound Different? AFAIK, WAV always had metadata, just not cover art, but if you find a player that plays music differently because of the cover art, you should report it as a bug! | |
| dbx 10/20 cap issue? Hey, So glue on large caps is normal. You can’t tell it’s glue cause it’s pretty solid or rubbery. Even if it’s started to get flakey and brittle, it’s fine unless you are taking your gear on the road. If it is viscous it’s probably the electrol... | |
| MQA....again. MQA is a solution to a 1980's problem. What might have been useful then is snake-oil now. | |
| Ideal lengths for specific Ethernet (RJ-45) cables Ethernet cables are not like coaxial. They are specifically designed for very long and short runs. If you can take advantage of a 1' long Ethernet cable go ahead. | |
| Watts! How many do we need? Current uber alles. Looking at my own meters, it’s movies that are going to push the amps. For the record, every meter I’ve seen is really a voltage meter in disguise. A low impedance speaker won’t push the needle further up. Perhaps someone has... | |
| Borresen X1 & X2 Don't forget that with bi-wiring it's super easy to accidentally swap 1 of the 4 wires. | |
| Whats the difference ... First, if you find something you like the sound of, stick with it! The all-in-one machines provide convenience above all else, but there’s a big difference in the user interface, that is, the software as well as possibly the sound quality. They c... | |
| Sonus Faber Electa Amator III vs. the Bowers and Wilkins 805 D4? Make sure you listen at the right volume for your habits. Listening very loud or too softly may prejudice you one way or another. The B&W’s prefer to be listened below the tweeter axis so this can also impact what you’ve heard. A very persona... | |
| Help with high end bookshelf speakers Fritz makes excellent high end sounding speakers that are super easy to drive. | |
| Borresen X1 & X2 Oh, and let us not forget the possibility the speakers were wired out of phase at the amp or internally. That's another curious coincidence I've run into at dealers. | |
| Borresen X1 & X2 OP: Could be, could also be they had tweaked the player via DSP and ended up with some weird EQ curve. Whenever a store won’t let me play a CD directly I always suspect this, or it could be odd room reflections / interactions. Research on Head R... | |
| Borresen X1 & X2 Hi OP: I’ve had weird surround-sound like effects from speakers, it was related to brand new film capacitors I was trying out. Took a couple of days to break in and then it was done. I’ve never heard anything like it but it was related to Mundorf... | |
| Modem speed, how important for streaming? 400 mbps is more than enough for multiple video streams, but if your modem is a bottleneck why not upgrade it? |