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| Oppo Vs Esoteric The Oppo UDP-205 is an **absolutely essential** piece of gear in any serious A/V system, regardless of how much better the Esoteric is.My suggestion, buy both, a UDP-205 and whatever else. | |
| Need suggestions please! Electrical noise in my system and it's driving me crazy! +1 on the drop isolator recommended by @jea48 I don’t have the Jensen, but I do have an Extreme. When I traced a hum to my cable line, the cable company (Cablevision, Long Island) installed an Extreme drop isolator http://www.extreme-broadband.com... | |
| Best rig for "live" music (bootlegs) @bobdg2000 You're welcome, and thank you. And yes, I do agree that certain soundboards are problematic and less ideal (compared to a good audience) from an overall quality perspective. Usually, in the case of the Grateful Dead, shows that are dist... | |
| Best rig for "live" music (bootlegs) Nothing different in selecting a rig for audience recordings than for any well recorded music be it studio or live.+1And I only listen to (recorded) live music (SBD, AUD, MTX).http://halr.x10.mx/shows.htmlI've always enjoyed a sweet front-of-board... | |
| 2017 ‘Keeper’ speakers under - $25K How can a cheap $15,000 speaker like the Vandy Quatro Wood CT be #1 ???Something that ...ahem... "inexpensive" do better than speakers which cost 3x or 5x as much?I have a pair of Golden Ear Triton Reference (MSRP $8500/pair). I'm of the opinion... | |
| Need suggestions please! Electrical noise in my system and it's driving me crazy! The only one that I found to help the DC situation without killing system dynamics is the Emotiva CMX-2 DC Blocker and Line Filter. +1 | |
| Is Spiking Necesarry? @hifiman5 Thank you. | |
| Is Spiking Necesarry? @hifiman5 Thanks for the follow up. Both placement and my overall assessment have worked out extremely well.http://halr.x10.mx/TritonReference.htmAs it turns out I'm not in any immediate need for the Herbie's Gliders. However, this is still on the... | |
| New discrete R2R Multibit 2 box from CEC Side note, their web site is horrible. And I mean absolutely horrendous. And I do draw an inference to the product from a web site. And I'm not just speaking of the main link to their home page, I'm speaking of the product page itself http://www.c... | |
| Unequal Speaker Cable Lengths - a solution from Cerious Technologies Graphene technology in audio cables is also BSAny manufacturer selling audio cables at those prices is BS. | |
| power Soundstage readily admits that many speakers deviate from linearity at 90 dB and most will deviate significantly at 95 dB. Few if any audiophile speakers that Soundstage have tested can handle 100 dB.Assuming the opportunity presents itself, I loo... | |
| Correct way to attach speaker wires... Wait, what!!! I use bare wire when connecting to the speaker binding post. For those who mention oxidation, while true, it occurs ever so slightly and over such a long period of time that it is of no practical concern. Even so, every 18 months or so I'm incline... | |
| speaker wire recommendations needed As any recommendation is appreciated, what would be wrong with using *new* Belden 5T00UP?http://www.bluejeanscable.com/store/speaker/index.htm | |
| Benchmark Dac3 @shadorne Your advice to audition is an excellent one. Unfortunately, in my case, it is somewhat impractical. While manufacturers such as Schiit and Benchmark who sell direct may offer a return policy, that isn't the same type of audition as going... | |
| Benchmark Dac3 @mapman To your point, I'm told that the end resulting sound is much more than the DAC itself. Case in point, I mentioned to the Benchmark sales rep that the DAC3 has a "Sabre ES9028PRO" DAC while my Oppo UDP-205 has the more advanced "Sabre ES903... |