j_andrews
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| Is the XA25 a realistic option for LRS’s? Thanks @russ69 From what I understand the nominal watts rating is less important than the amps ability to deliver current without sagging. The XA25 is 25wpc into 8 Ohms but 50wpc into 4 Ohms and 100wpc into 2 Ohms. It’s reportedly stable into ... | |
| Thinking of Magnepan ... finally! Forgot to mention I’m using an unconventional diagonal placement where everything including the listening position is oriented into the corner. my room is about 12.5’x17.5’x8’ but because of they way two of the walls are big openings to other r... | |
| Thinking of Magnepan ... finally! +1@soix I have Herbie Gliders on my Skylan stands that hold up my Fritz Carbon 7's. It makes moving them around the wood floor so easy and allows my to swap out for my LRS's really without much trouble at all. I agree with what others have sai... | |
| Linkup CAT8 compared to the best? I’m thinking of getting a longish (30 feet) run of this cable to use between my router and Uptone Etherregen After the Etherregen there is a 1/2 meter Triode Wire Labs Ethernet cable into my streamer. | |
| My experience with the First Watt F7 @jdillla interesting…. Do you attribute those issues to the F7 or the Ojas speakers? I know Ojas offers a compression driver add-on to the coax kit. Have you tried that pre/power amp combo with different speakers? Are you satisfied with the F7 ... | |
| Fiber to my Etherregen… Sonore OM or generic? The receiving end is the Etherregen itself powered by a relatively inexpensive 12V LHY linear supply. Are you suggesting a higher quality SFP in the Etherregen than in the upstream FMC. I do have an extra 5V Ifi power x supply I was considering u... | |
| What speakers work with low wattage class A amps I spent all day yesterday listening to my Fritz Carbon 7 SE speakers powered by a 3.2 watt Sayes 2a3 SET and that amp drove the Fritz’s beautifully | |
| Apple Classical Music launching Current Qobuz user and I just pre-ordered Apple Music for this. I think a lot of the appeal of a dedicated Classical music service is discovery or context when listening/searching. For instance, if I want to listen to and investigate a Shostakov... | |
| Decware and “The List” I’ve been on the list for a tube buffer stage (Zbox) for almost 10 months. I don’t really think about it. When it’s ready it’ll be a surprise. Not totally sure I’ll still need or want a tube buffer by then but that’s another story. | |
| Denafrips FPGA Firmware Update Ok 5 hours later … working from home today and listened to quite a few records (streaming only) and it’s definitely an improvement in sound quality. There’s definitely something going on with the stereo image. It seems bigger and more extended si... | |
| Denafrips FPGA Firmware Update @mceljo Received the reply when I got up this morning and just completed the update via Mac OSX. Was a fine process. *Note Mac users, the visual guide Vinshine sends uses screenshots from Monterey OS 12.0.1. If you’re using newer OS like I am (... | |
| Denafrips FPGA Firmware Update How long before they emailed you back with the correct file after you sent in the photo ? I just sent in the details on my area ii | |
| FAVORITE POWER CABLE under $100 (1M) I’ve purchased a handful of Signal Cables used...all the Magic Power Cable in various sizes. They come up occasionally preowned at good prices. But even new they are a great deal. I can’t compare them to higher end cables but I can compare them t... | |
| Speaker Cables for FRITZ Carbon 7 SE mk2 Great advice @mesch guess I need to do a little research on speaker cables that may interject a touch of brightness . Silver plated perhaps. I’m dying to hear the XA25 with these Fritz speakers. Bet that’s a lovely combo. | |
| Speaker Cables for FRITZ Carbon 7 SE mk2 @jeffseight I agree , the economics of $1000 of speaker cable on $3000 monitors doesn't really make sense. I'd much prefer to spend half of that. But I do want to allow the speakers to be the best they can be....and as mentioned, my system lea... |