kijanki
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| Two Type of sound and listener preference are there more? Senheis1, I've never heard Vidar amp, but I bet you never heard AHB2 otherwise you wouldn't post this opinion. Stating that AHB2 lacks microdynamics, texture, layering or has poor soundstage sounds like a joke. Please notice that all profession... | |
| Two Type of sound and listener preference are there more? Some folks love the Benchmark gear and some folks like it at first, but then ultimately find it fatiguing. I find Benchmark amps and DACs to be colored towards the detailed/analytical side...harmonics seem missing to me.Here is part of the review ... | |
| Two Type of sound and listener preference are there more? seanheis1, you assume that people who like exact (analytical) sound don't seek emotions. Read below, especially response 2:OP:I don't pretend to be a professional reviewer (in fact this is the first time I've been moved to review any equipment), ... | |
| re capping My experience has been, that when caps sit without a charge, that is when the tend to dry out. They dry out more when amp is powered because they get hotter. I replaced supply caps in Cambridge amp and bass definition improved greatly. | |
| What's your investment threshold? I spent $650 on used Acoustic Zen Absolute ICs and another $650 on used Acoustic Zen Satori Shotgun speaker cables. It sounds crazy but they are non-perishable items. Many years from now electronics might fail and speakers will get worn out, bu... | |
| What's your investment threshold? jsm71, You call it an "investment" ???? Perhaps wife is reading :) | |
| re capping Electrolyte is simply drying out. Each 10degC temperature increase shortens the life of capacitor by factor of two. Capacitor rated 60,000 hours at 25degC wil only last 30,000 hours at 35degC, 15,000 hours at 45degC etc. This can be found on ... | |
| Everything else being equal, should I expect better Spotify quality through wifi or USB? What you deliver, by Ethernet, USB, Wi-Fi is just data. The question is how this data gets to DAC. My Wi-Fi receiver has analog and digital (Toslink) outputs. Digital could be better (280ps jitter), but fortunately my DAC has good jitter suppressi... | |
| re capping It depends what do you mean by "much better". Do you mean lower inductance, like slit foil caps, that are very expensive, or lower ESR caps that might cause rectifier damage? When you recap 30 years later original capacitors don't exist anymore,... | |
| Everything else being equal, should I expect better Spotify quality through wifi or USB? I use dual band router and dual band receiver (Airport Express). My router has different IDs for different bands. On my computer I select one corresponding to 5GHz (can be checked in router setup). It also depends what do you use as receiver. ... | |
| Everything else being equal, should I expect better Spotify quality through wifi or USB? It depends on location of Wi-Fi receiver. If it is inside of the DAC then USB and Wi-Fi should be equal since you’re not transferring music but data. USB might inject computer noise into your DAC while Wi-Fi can have dropouts. I had to change my W... | |
| Digital streaming/library AIFF is as good as FLAC but files take roughly twice more space. ITunes doesn't play FLAC. | |
| Digital streaming/library Perhaps the best program you can use with Windows is free EAC (Exact Audio Copy). This program will try to go over same unreadable sector more times than ITunes, that eventually will start interpolating or even dropping out samples - big advantag... | |
| re capping Not really. Replacing worn out electrolytic caps per manufacturer specification is very different than improving by finding "better" caps. These "better" caps can, if not chosen carefully, not only make sound worse but also damage gear. | |
| Digital streaming/library I rip data out of my CDs using (free) XLD for MAC. I store ripped data in ALAC format, that is lossless compressed file. |