jjss49
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| What the Best Dac have you heard or owned. How could you tell it was that good. @calvinj i trust you have seen my past thread on dacs i have tried/owned... it is by no means exhaustive but given your query it should be of some help | |
| Ethernet cables @tonywinga I try not to think about it. Typing this isn't helping. lol -- to worry about such issues is indeed indicative of our having first world problems in this forum !!! | |
| Ethernet cables for a good primer on why digital signal transfer can be subject to sonic differences, the first 3 minutes of this video serves up a simple and well stated explanation -- hans has more detailed and lengthy videos discussing this topic but this one ... | |
| Importance of a DAC's elements I have a decent handle on the relative merits of various engines (e.g., single-chip ESS devices, FPGAs, R2R ladders, ring, etc.) so I don't need feed back on that topic. However, let's take the "streamer/renderer". Is there any benefit from that ... | |
| Ethernet cables @ghasley all cables sound the same man! btw, all speakers sound the same, and all food wine coffee tastes the same, and all cars drive the same later dude... 🤣 | |
| MSB for (very) long term? i don’t see msb stranding owners of the analog dac.... in fact i know they won’t, from the horse’s mouth.... 😁 it is one of favorite dacs, transparent and beautiful sounding at the same time! in my unit i have the latest ethernet module as well ... | |
| The Psychology of Constant (Equipment) Change i’m with @geof3 toys are fun... we have worked all our lives to be able to have what we want, to spend our time doing what we wish... so have fun!!! the armchair amateur psycho-babble is lame and tired | |
| Suggestions on Ethernet cables for Accuphase digital separates.. I didn’t think that Purist made an Ethernet cable they sure do sweet sounding one too https://www.puristaudiodesign.com/Data/products/misc/cat7.html | |
| Suggestions on Ethernet cables for Accuphase digital separates.. I don’t pick cables based on equipment, I base the decision on what cable provides the sound characteristics I’m looking for. ^^^^ this ^^^^ try cables from supra or dhlabs... well made with quality materials and reasonably priced | |
| The Psychology of Constant (Equipment) Change it is about having fun, enjoyment, fulfillment big part of being happy in life is figuring out what makes oneself happy | |
| Ethernet cables it is never worth spending a 'huge' amount of money on any cable, lan cables included - relative to the rest of your system, your major components but it IS absolutely worth spending a decent/reasonable amount of money to make sure you have good ... | |
| Magnepan LRS+ which amps do you use ? * 100 watts or less ** Will tube amps work with LRS like Black Ice F22? in general, no | |
| Streamer/DAC combinations Improved soundstage. I feel my streaming setup may be lacking in that area. a few thoughts 1) make sure your networking front end is clean and well filtered (ether regen, lhy switch with nice clock, and/or network acoustics filters and the li... | |
| Thoughts on an older REL sub? q201 getting pretty old check the woofer surrounds make sure they are not disintegrating, and also the plate amp to make sure it is quiet (they go bad with aging caps etc) older smaller rel subs are much slower than modern ones, i would consider... | |
| Speaker's amplifer minimum power recommedation there is no standard for this always assume worst case if you want to make sure you supply enough amp power, the amp being spec’d by the speaker maker should and will obviously be delivering its power into the actual speaker load, not some nomina... |