kijanki
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| why do people feel the need to buy expensive cable Al, I agree on all points. Very good summary. | |
| Lo-Fi, Mid-Fi or Hi-Fi- What's your system and why? Hi-Fiish sounding means to me artificial sounding. Natural sounding is High End. One can find plenty of Hi-Fi gear in Best Buy. Atrocious sounding SS amps, sold in 70s, were also called Hi-Fi since they met German DIN 45500 standard. I cannot ca... | |
| Does anyone know about putting marker on CDs? You can remove Permanent marker by applying Dry Erase marker on the top and wiping it off. | |
| DAC's Which Convert PCM to DSD Mikey8811, Every DAC that uses Delta-Sigma (1-bit) converter converts PCM to DSD, then DSD to analog. | |
| Do you like Mexican music?? Saying Mexican Music is a little bit like saying British Music. What kind? - traditional (many different types), Pop, Rock, Latin alternative, Mexican Ska, Electronic, Bolero, Cumbia, Opera, Classical, Jazz, Modern etc.I went to Mexican club in C... | |
| why do people feel the need to buy expensive cable Maplegrovemusic, no I was not referring to you. You presented strawman argument, since people are only sharing their experiences not telling others how much money they have to spend. If anything I found people telling others, that spending money... | |
| why do people feel the need to buy expensive cable "Who's to say some spool wire at Home Depot will not float someones boat"I agree, for many reasons - poor, non-resolving gear, poor hearing and perception affected by strong belief that all wires sound alike. | |
| Suggest affordable cable options Choose Satori with termination you want. Re-terminating might not be straight forward. It has whole bunch (around 11) of individual solid insulated strands plus one insulated stranded wire, consisting of many very thin strands. My Satori Shotgu... | |
| What's needed with my Macbook Pro to stream music like they do at HI-FI shows? Unless you want your program to alter/process music (like upsampling) playback program should not matter with asynchronous USB since there is no timing in this scheme (data sent in packets).Computer noise is always important since it affect DAC's ... | |
| Suggest affordable cable options +1 on Acoustic Zen Satori. | |
| To Power Condition or Not to Power Condition? Power conditioners often, being filters, limit maximum current reducing dynamics. Most of power supplies consisting of transformer, rectifier and capacitors draw current in short peaks of high amplitude. Any filters' impedance will affect it. ... | |
| Do I really need Desoldering for replacing resistors/caps? Older solder oxidizes and stops wetting leads/pads. In order to obtain good solder joint you need flux. Flux serves two purposes - it cleans surface and prevents oxidation. Flux can be delivered with new solder containing flux or flux syringe. ... | |
| Do I really need Desoldering for replacing resistors/caps? You could get manual desoldering pump for $4.50 or solder wick http://www.parts-express.com/Search.aspx?keyword=solder%20wick&sitesearch=trueKester #66/285 is a proper solder - eutectic Sn63/Pb37 is the best for small electronic parts while 28... | |
| Frequency band of sibilance I had a lot of sibilance with metal dome tweeter. I bought speakers with soft dome tweeter and sibilance disappeared. Sound is still open and midrange is fantastic but all "s" sounds are natural and clean. | |
| Replacing the speakers link with silver wire I use Audioquest "Biwire Jumpers". They come as high purity copper (PSC) gold or silver plated.http://www.amazon.com/SET-4-SILVER-BIWIRE-JUMPERS/dp/B0057FK8RS/ref=sr_1_36?ie=UTF8&qid=14568582... |