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| Re: streaming recommendations for newbie Bluesound is a great starting point. A lot depends upon your system resolving point, with regard to upgrading. B | |
| Incredible Audioquest Firebird Source Power Cables & Thunderbird Interconnects!!! Good to hear. I have found all the products Garth has introduced to AQ have been amazing. Now that the Firebird outperforms the Hurricanes, prices for the latter should come down.😉 Bob | |
| Desk speakers above monitors angled down at listening position I have a pair of Vandy VLR's at the corners by the ceiling in my office.-Mostly because there is no space elsewhere. I originally had them canted downward to my chair, but Mr. V. said to point them straight ahead, as the dispersion pattern is quit... | |
| Noob question about streaming . . . A lot depends upon your current system, I can't tell if you are still using the 901's. If so, there are many speakers that will out perform them these days, and their tech is pretty much in dinosaur land.(Though I did enjoy their sound, back in t... | |
| Should Amps be plugged into a power conditioner? I wouldn't put a conditioner in front of my amps. Though I do have dedicated lines, as well as a whole house surge protector at the box, and I own my house, so YMMV. Bob  | |
| Stereophile review of the $30,000 tekton speakers You can call it product development, but the fact remains that in order to get the most from each type of driver you must do a great deal of modification to the crossover. This is not a one size fits all scenario. I remain skeptical but then agai... | |
| Wall wart removal...why no products that can handle multiple devices? I bought an HD Plex unit precisely because I wanted to have the ability to power more than one device. The hard part is getting the proper cable terminations, as each wall wart has differing sizes- Which HD can provide, but measuring them is a bi... | |
| Active versus Passive Crossover - Magnepan 1.7i & dspNexus My limited knowledge in DSP seems to show possible timing errors with it's use. Maggies are time/phase coherent speakers, so YMMV. B | |
| Shipping To Canada? I had the opposite shipping problem. It came from Canada to the US. And it was nearly $10K. In any case, it worked out fine for all involved. I think you can get additional insurance from USPS, but if you say $700, I believe you. FWIW, if you d... | |
| What the Best Dac have you heard or owned. How could you tell it was that good. I owned many Ayre products -Codex, QB 9 Twenty, as well as much of the Schiit line. I got very lucky and scored a Brinkmann Nyquist II used. The QB9 is plenty good, but the Brinkmann is just has that little bit of clear sparkle. I honestly didn'... | |
| Looking for 50-100 watts of Tube Power (give or take) for my JBL 4349s Hmm, no Atmasphere's? Bob | |
| Qobuz vs. Tidal Qobuz user here. I liked it better than Tidal as I can get a year membership and not have to deal with monthly charges. No issues with searches, and I like much of the music it will pick out after my album ends. B | |
| Ethernet cables As others have chimed in, Yes. As to why, I have no idea, but they do. Bob | |
| Speaker isolation - spikes on puck, springs, sorbothane This is a pretty sticky topic. One likes to decouple, the other to ground the speaker. In my case, I use Vandersteen's. Mr. V. believes that grounding the speaker to the floor is the best method.-See his newest speakers- they have a 3 inch granit... | |
| Audioquest Pegasus XLR Interconnects The new AQ cables from Garth at AQ are, in general, very good. I would suggest that new buyers consider how they interact with each other. Johnny Rutan made this suggestion, and I have to believe him, as he knows these cables better than most. ... |