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| WHICH POWER CONDITIONER IS BETTER PASSIVE OR ACTIVE WITH ISOLATION TRANSFORMERS Tried the PS Audio Regenerator, an Audioquest active Conditioner and a Shunyata Gemini 8 passive conditioner. They all reduce noise and offer a black background In my experience amplifiers always sounded more open and transparent plugged in... | |
| Qobuz and Chandos @tomcy6 Just search for those Albums again. They should show up now. Don’t use the link you have. Research the album. | |
| Qobuz and Chandos Chandos has miraculously reappeared this evening. Don’t know what happened but all listings are back | |
| Qobuz and Chandos @baylinor Thanks. Sent an email to Qobuz support. Odd thing is that it happened in one day. Many Chandos recordings disappeared. Some can still be found but a lot gone today that were there last night. | |
| The Audio Science Review (ASR) approach to reviewing wines. Here’s my issue with ASR Several years ago when building a stereo system I discovered ASR who strongly recommended the Benchmark line. I purchased their DAC, Pre and Amp. While I found I was mostly satisfied with the result. Then after a few year... | |
| Streamer, no DAC please? Any Aurender Great sound, service and App. Also build quality is top notch. | |
| Has this ever happened to you? I completely turned over my system last year over a 6 month period. Everything sounded really nice and I appreciated the upgrade. Then one day a few months after my last upgrade I noticed the system seemed to open up even more. More liquid, natura... | |
| Dumb question......why do you need a preamp? My MSB Discrete DAC has a volume control and plenty of output. Almost 4v at 300 Ohms and close to 2v at 150 Ohms. I use predicted 150 Ohm 2v setting and without a preamp. I owned a Benchmark HP4 preamp and I found that the sound was better without... | |
| A not sarcastic question for the power conditioner/upgraded power cord folks My experience Amps sound best into the wall Digital components (DACs and Streamers) benefit from plugging into a Power Conditioner and also from upgraded power cords. So far not the case with my Amp. Passive Power conditioners clean up the so... | |
| R2R next? Don't like ESS Switched from the Benchmark DAC3 with ESS to the MSB Discrete DAC R2R. Difference is night and day. Smooth, liquid analog like. No Digital characteristics. | |
| An Audio Conversation with ChatGPT @bipod72 Yes it’s amazing how important it is to get the right match between amplifier gain and pre output voltage. And to understand why a high powered amp running at its lowest gain and limited watts can actually sound the best in certain circ... | |
| Power Cord for Accuphase Amplifier @lorde73 Maybe I will continue my search for a power cord for my Accuphase P4600 some day. But right now it sounds wonderful. Any upgraded cords in the $500-1000 range including a Furutech have reduced soundstage transparency, slightly darkened... | |
| No response from Aurender customer support There’s a support phone number in your manual. Call that. In my experience they always respond by phone within 24 hours 888-367-0840 | |
| Can we make major musical discoveries at age 50, 65, or 80? Absolutely. Thanks to Qobuz I am continually finding new artists, music and composers. It’s endless. In fact 90% of the time I’m listening to something new and I’m 77. | |
| Let's talk about Silver... In my experience with my components I found all silver cables lighten the bass and brighten the treble. Presentation is still smooth but brightened. Soundstage slightly more open but overall there is a lessening of warmth. All copper has the exact... |