firstonetallguy
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| What cable companies make the best cables and sell them directly? Hi Everyone, I have gone over all of the responses to this date, 07/04/22, and have spreadsheeted the results that you see below. These are the company names with the quantities of mentions. I thought this might be helpful to others who are fol... | |
| What cable companies make the best cables and sell them directly? Thank you to all who have responded. I had no idea there were so many cable companies that could fulfill my needs. I will follow up on every suggestion and make up my mind based on the information contained on the cable company's website and you... | |
| Another person going digital and full of questions @ gdnrbob I moved to Aurender, which had a slightly improved sound, but very limited (Tidal and Qobuz only) apps, and no means of playing on a second system. (I like to stream to both my office and the Main system). I now use a Innuos Zen ... | |
| Does Anyone Buy Schiit for the Sake of Schiit? I have owned the Schiit Modi and Magni for headphones. I listened to the work computer CDs and Spotify. It was much better than the add-on computer audio card and quite listenable. Was it audiophile quality? No. But who has the time or need f... | |
| Suggestions for a streamer only (I have a great DAC) duckworp Thank you for your excellent article. I have been considering all 3 of the streamers you mentioned and your comparisons and comments are very helpful. | |
| Funny how streaming/digital still chases that analog benchmark. Using digital, I can use DSP to pervert what the musician intended and produce a frequency response like you get from vinyl. I can set up a number of different DSP profiles for each track to replicate the way the sound worsens as the needle head... | |
| The Weekend I had never heard, or heard of, Mr. Weekend before the Super Bowl ads. I was looking forward to something new and entertaining. I saw something new but not entertaining for me, nor for the other viewers in the room. I did not like the show. I d... | |
| Does Age Matter? I have 12 feet of shelved Vinyl Albums from the 60's thru the 80's. I have not listened to them for over 30 years. As a senior citizen, I prefer Digital for quiet, convenience, and ease of use. I could not stand the Vinyl ticks and pops now, n... | |
| Point of higher priced streamer? mgrif104Thank you for your streamer journey. Many of us do not have the ability to compare audio products in the real world because of a lack of available local sources. Hearing from someone such as yourself, and not a professional reviewer, c... | |
| Power strips- too many choices erik_squires10,138 poshttps://inatinear.blogspot.com/2019/04/power-management-for-frugal-audiophiles.html I bookmarked this page for future reference. Thanks for the information. | |
| Manufacturers This is a very interesting thread. It made me think of all the attempts I had in the past to get in contact with the owner or manufacture or supplier about an item that, for whatever reason, I needed to discuss. I remember all of those that hand... | |
| Best WiFi Music Streamer Does it exist? rego HQPlayer, Audirvana, and Sigma Streamer are all new to me and I will do some serious research into their capabilities.My Denafrips Terminator is not MQA compatible. " Even if your DAC isn’t MQA compatible, you can still read the files ... | |
| Best WiFi Music Streamer Does it exist? antigrunge"Sorry, typo: use an airport express to link wifi to the dac"I believe this is an Apple product and does not work with android or Windows 10. If this is correct, it will not work for me.Thanks for the suggestion. | |
| Best WiFi Music Streamer Does it exist? antigrunge2 "Just use an old apple airport snd it solves yout problem via its ethernet out "I am sorry, what is "old apple airport snd"? | |
| Best WiFi Music Streamer Does it exist? rego"HqPlayer may be over the top for you ... however the way you want to set up-FIFO (wireless) Network Audio Adapter you could consider HqPlayer as well. "Are you using the HQPlayer Desktop? If so, how?What does it do for you that makes it wor... |