ghdprentice
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| Best Digital Interface @mahler123. “I thought the issue was that usb delivers info in packets, and that t.....”.I think you are thinking of ethernet. Network connections are packetized. On the other side of the music server comes either USB or traditional digital stream... | |
| Keeping backup equipment? I think I usually tried to keep a small number of backup components which could work their way into an office system... a break in system. It’s a question of balance. But using for trade in is a great way of giving your dealer a way of discounting... | |
| Where are the young audiophiles? @jundaku. “The biggest issue is that it’s a rich mans hobby and not to many of us young people can afford it.....”I can assure you that when I was young in college and the years afterwards... it was a rich man’s hobby. I saw old guys go in and buy... | |
| Hi end audio equip sounds better today than in decades past due to tech - T/F I have actively pursued high end audio for fifty years. Each decade has been market by a sizable improvement in sound. At first it was basic design using available components, then carefully chosen components, then advances in materials, then desi... | |
| Why dont more standalone DACs come with ethernet??? Well a stand alone DAC with an Ethernet connection is called a music streamer with a DAC.The streamer converts packetized internet signal to digital bit stream. This process if done correctly requires a high level of sophistication and a box.... i... | |
| Pure analog system with high power ARC has been making preamps for 50 years. I bought my first as a pretty old used one so it fit in my budget. It sounded magnificent. Then I upgraded over the decades. Used mainstream audiophile stuff always sounds good and is a great way to go. | |
| Is carpet on wall behind speakers counter productive? Probably not. See my system. A deflector behind the speakers is a very common acoustical treatment. It improved my system sound quite a bit. | |
| Where are the young audiophiles? In a way high-end audio to seniors is what shortwave radio was to our parents. For the technical minded and interesting it was a passion. So to some extent I would expect the high-end audio becomes a much smaller segment of people. Kids grew up in... | |
| Stand alone DAC connectivity is a bitch I use separate DAC and Streamers on all my systems. But not all streamers are noisy. Built from the ground up as audiophile equipment is not. Having said that, Aurender is aware of that and my main system streamer is separate and actually runs on ... | |
| Best Digital Interface Whether a USB or traditional digital output sounds better are completely dependent on the Streamer / DAC components you have. It’s basically a question of which component is better (simplified answer). I have used both. On my headphone system I ha... | |
| Lessons of youth I used to know a guy with 3,000 albums and a cheap $100 turntable and was really happy. He is probably a member of a different form. There are many ways to appreciate music, | |
| Stand alone DAC connectivity is a bitch Streamers perform the function of converting a WiFi (packeted data stream) signal into a digital stream. The streamer cleans up the noise and times the bits. If you connect to a DAC via USB then the DAC retimes the bitstream, if you use SP/DIF or ... | |
| Streamer upgrade +1 Qubuz | |
| Pure analog system with high power @dhites “To continue on rfnoise's promotion of Audio Research....”Me too. Too long a list for me as I first got an inexpensive ARC preamp... then phonostage... and now all ARC gear. The span of time from first component to all was 40 years. I coul... | |
| Why is science just a starting point and not an end point? @perkri. “Which is why I added Nelson Pass. You don't think he listens to his amps for the final tuning?From Stereophile in 2017:https://www.stereophile.com/content/nelson-pass-circuit-topology-and-end-science... “Exactly. I have heard this from ... |