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| Surge protector Whole house protection is necessary, since almost everything these days contains electronics (even light bulbs). I replaced myself, in my Siemens style panel, double circuit breaker with whole house surge protected circuit breaker https://www.ho... | |
| I went from Class D to Luxman A/AB - And most of what you think is wrong Eric, very interesting. I had similar situation switching from Rowland 102, an early Icepower (200ASC) class D amp, to Benchmark AHB2 class A/B. Rowland was a little bit darkish sounding while Benchmark is vivid and airy with better treble exten... | |
| Apple iTunes or What Else I use Itunes with Airport Express on 5GHz with no dropouts (Mac Mini). What is being sent to Airport Express is compressed data in packets (not in the real time). Programs, or anything else, don’t make any difference (since it is just a "bit perfe... | |
| What should I use to convert FLAC files to AIFF? XLD - Free | |
| It is balanced or not? joser9616, you're welcome. OPA2134 has also high current drive ability making it a good choice for an output amp (combined function of I/V converter and output driver). | |
| It is balanced or not? AD1955 has differential current output (two current output pins). In order to make differential voltage output (balanced output) it needs two current to voltage converters. OPA2134, being very low bias current dual amp, is good candidate for that. | |
| Europe / USA Benchmark AHB2Benchmark DAC3 HGC | |
| Lost all hearing in one ear, is it worth upgrading speakers? Viridian, many reasons. My wife (and friends) still enjoy stereo, like the rest of people, selling brand new amp and DAC (that I love), bought at full price at loss is not what I'm looking for, not to mention that speakers (Hyperion HPS-938) are ... | |
| Better sound with ethernet cable? Claims that Ethernet has to sound better than WiFi have as much sense as claiming that HDTV connected by Ethernet has better picture than one connected by WiFi. In both cases it is just compressed and buffered data. WiFi can be a real blessing p... | |
| Lost all hearing in one ear, is it worth upgrading speakers? Why not go with a Mono system?My wife likes good sound too. | |
| Lost all hearing in one ear, is it worth upgrading speakers? Tooth, same problem here. I suddenly lost hearing in the right ear almost a year ago. I still appreciate quality of the gear I have, but lost interest in upgrading. Doctor says that cochlea is damaged, most likely by the (chicken pox / shingles)... | |
| Better sound with ethernet cable? It shouldn’t matter. In either case, wireless or Ethernet, you’re sending just data (no real D/A timing involved). Both can produce electrical noise, radiated or coupled, that might affect the sound but it’s hard to tell which one will sound bette... | |
| The music’s the thing but.... The fact is most people dont know what is a minimally natural or minimally musical sound, they are perpetually unsatisfied.Audiophiles often have GAS (Gear Acquire Syndrome) and/or Gardener's Syndrome (constant need to repot and trim). | |
| The music’s the thing but.... My relative, fan of classical music, had bad mid-fi system with very limited clarity and frequency range. He was OK with it. Perhaps he did not realize (or didn't care) what is possible, since he could afford much better one. It is a shame, tha... | |
| To twist or keep separate Twisting positive and negative lowers inductance (important) and increases capacitance (not important). It also makes cable immune to electromagnetic and capacitive noise pickup (and radiation). Twisting two already twisted cables is different and... |