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| Differences in YouTube, Spotify, etc. Qobuz. Tidal doesn't interest me, and I want nothing to do with Apple. In the car I listen to the free AccuRadio app. | |
| How does a preamp die from sitting unused for a few months? I'm guessing the power switch or the rectifier. If there is a big capacitive element in the power supply there can be a pretty severe shock to the system when first turned on. | |
| Audioholics Gene knows his stuff and is unafraid to call a spade a shovel. Ted, on the other hand, has a line of highly questionable, nonsense products for which he charges obscene amounts. His interactions with forum members that question his products get ... | |
| When feeding a DAC Hi-Res files, DSD128, 256, 512, PCM 32/768, etc are NOS DACs prefered? Most DACs turn off oversampling when playing DSD files. They even use different filters. And unless your DAC oversamples with a factor of the original file (44.1k oversampling to 176.4k and 48k oversampling to 192k, etc.), straight oversampling ... | |
| SVS Subwoofer Connection You have to check to see if there isn't a high-pass filter on the speaker outputs of the subwoofer. Sometimes they put a capacitor in series with the output to the speakers to limit bass to them. This may be detrimental to sound quality if they ... | |
| Burn your power cables in PROPERLY with Haglabs Frycorder @corelli At this point, after all the shysters, con men, grifters, and thieves have made just about every ridiculous claim about their do-nothing products, we should be pretty wise to the lines. We shouldn't have to point out that wires and fuse... | |
| PURON RESOLVE creates new options for better sound Good grief...yet another sleezeball product that depends on the gullibility of the avid high-end audiophile. Break out your tin hats, everyone! | |
| Burn your power cables in PROPERLY with Haglabs Frycorder @corelli So the speaker wire re-distributors (I won't say manufacturers because they manufacture nothing) tell you that such a product should not be used on their wire, and yet you believe some hokey pseudo-scientific word salad slinger that says ... | |
| Records and CDs The other day I visited a store named Newbury Comics in the Danbury Mall in Connecticut. I was astounding by the number of jazz artists, old and new, that were available on vinyl. The problem? The prices...$25, $30, $45, and higher - for record... | |
| Burn your power cables in PROPERLY with Haglabs Frycorder US or Australian dollars, it's money better spent elsewhere. | |
| Crackle and hiss on some albums I love it when a newbie vinyl user gets hit in the face with the reality of the medium. New, used or otherwise, any vinyl is very often noisy. There are pops, clicks, lead-in groove swooshing, warp wow, off-center pressings, etc. But occasional... | |
| Suggested Power Cable for Streamer @anotherbob Sorry, mate, but I do not believe there was ANY objective change in the sound. Subjectively...well, the brain can be a trickster, can't it. | |
| Suggested Power Cable for Streamer @bluethinker Even if you are well-off, $360 does not sound like an "economy oriented" cable. Take that money and buy music, subscribe to Qobuz for a year, anything but waste it on junk. The cable that comes with your streamer is more than good e... | |
| Suggested Power Cable for Streamer Well we all know that any manufacturer of high fidelity equipment will purposely include a super low-quality power cord so as to show their product in the worst light possible. But seriously folks! An expensive 3rd party power cord for a low-cur... | |
| The Best Bass Ever? A Subwoofer Discovery For home bookshelf speakers two of my favorite tweaks are stuffing the ports and turning the speakers upside down. Some pretty dramatic changes occur with these two tweaks - whether they are an improvement or not is up to you. |