hickamore
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| What other hobby... All of the above. 1500 bottle wine cellar, frequent tastings, bottle variation even with the world's finest crus of same producer and vintage, many more vagaries in viticulture than audio engineering. And let's please not even mention any aspect o... | |
| Cambridge Audio Azur 851N Agree with masterumc. Feed the 851N with USB (have not tried AES/EBU or coax) and out with good balanced XLR. This is true whether using 851N only as a DAC out to a line preamp (as I do) or straight to power amp using digital preamp mode (as I di... | |
| Soundstage gone OP feared the outboard phono pre would require "putting two phono stages together." This is exactly what it would AVOID. As sgreg1 points out, outboard phono pre should enter AUX or whatever else is available, NOT the amp's own phono stage. If thi... | |
| USB sucks If there were a definitive answer, all would adopt it and quit debating.But because there isn't, the process is the product, the medium is the message, and the reading is the resonance. Closer to fine, every bit. | |
| Power Conditioner Cables Never heard of it but will have a look.Might be cool having some Norwegian gear in one's system ;-) | |
| Power Conditioner Cables lowrider, sounds like a great bargain if it does all that for such a reasonable price. Like you, I run high current amps straight into the wall. This would be for source devices. Thanks for tip! | |
| Power Conditioner Cables Appreciate the advice from all and will play around until I find the most pleasing setup. Makes sense that if system is sufficiently resolving, which I believe it to be, upgrading to AM cords on all amenable components/conditioners would be the op... | |
| Power Conditioner Cables Miller, thanks, that makes sense and I will now try the cord intended for DAC on the conditioner itself.Steakster, thanks for the link, hadn't come across it before & will have a read.lowrider, sorry, as twoleftears says, it is Pangea. I had f... | |
| Power Conditioner Cables lowrider57, using a Quattro Premier with replaceable PC for digital preamp, phono preamp, DAC, and CD. (Tube line stage and power amp plug straight into PS Audio wall outlets, while TT, laptop, FM tuner, cassette player and record cleaner, all wit... | |
| Do Audiophile Cables Matter? Here's PROOF! One collects noise, the other filters it. Proof enough for me. | |
| Wired vs. Wireless kijanki, appreciate your explanations and advice. I suppose few if any audiophiles enjoy a theoretically ideal setup. Just trying to make the best of my own circumstances, thanks for sharing. | |
| Wired vs. Wireless kijanki, what would cause a wired connection to inject noise into the system? I mean assuming a correct setup and assuming that all components are functioning as designed. Thanks. | |
| Wired vs. Wireless latik, thanks. That was my suspicion, but thought I should seek out community experience before dropping a pile of $$$ on Aurender or such. | |
| Who, do you think, designs the best looking tube-based devices? Like some Art Deco, Electronluv is designed for museums.And worthy of them! I will never learn how they sound & wonderif anyone even cares. | |
| Finding the bad tube Guess I can switch out one by one and when the magic returns to my test tracks, I'll know which one (or more) was at fault. Thanks! |