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| Ethernet cable question Cat 5 is 100m, Cat 5e is NOT rated at 1000m but supports it.As far as speed it depends on; Your incoming bandwidth, what your using your internal network for. If your 5e you are Gigabit and should be good, if you had more than 1 Gigabit coming in ... | |
| Music from ripped CDs (server) Berner,I assume you mean you modded your Oppo with a linear power supply? Did you upgrade the fuse? Are you using DLNA?I would imagine that you would be using DLNA for both the Oppo and music server, unless you used a hdmi. At any rate if you ripp... | |
| How do you all manage mild hearing loss? Dougey,I have mild loss in one and moderate in the other and tinnitus, to many years working around jets. ( With hearing protection )As far as listening to music its not horrible yet, I am sure there are some details I miss. I can compensate by tu... | |
| If you had to pick a laptop or mini-PC, which one? PjrAlmost sound like your in IT... we have a common phrase; backup, backup, backup and; Did you backup today? Did you?All my media is on a second drive then I backup to a second pc then to a external via bat file, bada bing bada boom. People may s... | |
| If you had to pick a laptop or mini-PC, which one? Yikes, a castrated CPU...With a ssd and 16G of memory? Maybe? I wouldn't personally just not enough horse power for my preference and with the cost of CPUs not really worth it.I would keep all your music on an internal drive or at least a NAS that... | |
| If you had to pick a laptop or mini-PC, which one? I also have a Intel Nuc.2 ssd hard drives it runs Plex for just my music right now but also does movies.Connected to my pre by Hdmi. I was recently told about a linear power supply I can get for it that would further improve sound quality, I am co... | |
| Media Choice? Jordan,There are people more knowledgeable that can address this but for one I would say you have the equipment, do a comparison.Take a few Hi-Res songs via streaming that you also have on CD. Rip from those CDs and then compare.When I want to com... | |
| Favorite song to demo or test drive speakers? Curly beat me to it; Eagles - Hotel CaliforniaJay Ferguson - Thunder IslandWouldn't be a good test without some FrankWill | |
| You know you are an Audiophile when: You know you are an Audiophile when: You have a 3-4 bedroom house and will not allow family members with kids to live with you.Family members with no kids are considered on a case by case basis and vetted only after a long process of investigat... | |
| DIY "HiFi" cables - and why I don't trust BJC and the likes I am not 100% on the side of DIY or commercial cables I am currently using both, I have Kimber on my front speakers, BJC on the surrounds, and home made on the Atmos.I've read a lot about commercial cables, some of the science behind cables, how... | |
| Enigma I'm an Enigma fan as well, love their music. Immersive is right.I have;Le Roi Est Mort, Vive Le RoiMCMXC A.DThe Cross of ChangesOne of my favorite songs; Return to Innocence | |
| I'm here for the enthusiasts, not the snobbery I would hope there are no prerequisites for being a audiophile... and would hate to think that my appreciation and love of music, stereo equipment, and everything involved was not recognized because I did not fit someone's definition of an audi... | |
| Cables for B&W 685 I am getting so much controversy on the Audioquest, do you have a specific model? Is Rocket 33 and 88 another brand?Thanks. | |
| Cables for B&W 685 PdnI happened across this post and also have B&Ws and was also looking at Audioquest. There is a Soundadvice in town that sells it. Would you recommend it for some CDM7 SEs?Thanks,Will | |
| Longish speaker cable I am in that same situation, I will have to look at the Belden. Any specific model or type? What do you think of Audioquest and Straight Wire sold at Sound Advice? ( If that matters ) |