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The New Audio Research Reference 6
It's amazing how AR brings more detail and musicality on each upgrade every 3 years. Can you imagine 20 years from now you will be able to hear a fart out of silence. 
Synergistic Research Atmosphere Power Cords.
This will interesting to see if they do the same things as their fuses. 
Synergistic Red Fuse ...
My neighborhood friend Charles just stopped by with only One SR Red 3 Amp Fuse. I wanted him to hear a new dac that I put into my system. The sound was good, but not that engaging. We tried different filter settings on the dac and different digita... 
Elrog 300B vs Takatsuki 300B tubes
Strange every ones CSL takes a different value fuse.  
A push-pull tube design and Single-ended class A designs
eddy1 never buy an amp first and then try to find a speaker to fit it. Go to Axpona or Colorado show and see what speaker you love then match the amp push pull or single ended to go with it. 
FLAC vs WAV
Why not use flac 0 as this is less compressed than 5 or 6? 
Synergistic Red Fuse ...
oregonpapa, thx  Lem sounds great. 
Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD
I use to own the Chord Dac that retailed for 6,000.00. I wasn't crazy about it. The modded Modright Oppo I had at the time was better. 
FLAC vs WAV
My Wireworld Platinum Starlight USB cable is way better than the Curious cable. The Curious is too foward and bright in the mids. The Wireworld is much more relaxed and open with a much bigger soundstage. 
FLAC vs WAV
DTC waiting for your answer. Thanks 
FLAC vs WAV
EZ CD Audio Converter has 0-Fastest, 5-Default, and 8-SmallestdB Poweramp has Lossless Uncompressed, Lossless Level 0-Fast, and 8-Highest. Which one do I use? 
Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD
Every time I add a new component to my system I have to change something to get rid of the ground loop hum.  
Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD
Steve I did not and I also did not go to the Mirage, Hard Rock or any other hotel that was not part of CES. 
Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD
For all of you who did not go to CES this year, I will let you know my feelings. Oh, boy do they disagree with Valin, Harley, and Fremer. Best sound in order are 1) Gamut Zodiac speakers (139,000.00), Four M250i amps, and Pear Audio Table with Ort... 
FLAC vs WAV
dtc how do you set up for zero flac compression?