kijanki
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| Would you be more likely to buy new gear out of state if there was no sales tax AFAIK charging tax on goods bought in another state is against federal law. States charge instead the same tax naming it differently. For instance my state, Illinois, charges "Use Tax" which is tax for using goods bought out of state. Since I d... | |
| USB Cable Testing Grounded shield is more effective against EMI (skin effect). At higher frequencies it is better to ground shield at both ends. USB power is dirty to start with, with or without a shield, and should not be used. EMI induced current in the shield ha... | |
| Should we use ridiculously priced cables to listen to Rap? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSZfUnCK5qk | |
| Should we use ridiculously priced cables to listen to Rap? Let me approach this problem from the technical side. Good electrons in your cable, that you paid for, don't really move with AC current but rather vibrate in place (drift velocity). With Rap music these electrons can get bad vibes and stay that... | |
| Who are the most underground high-end companies I've bought wonderful speakers HPS-938 from Hyperion Sound. This company participated in one show, had no advertising at all and very small dealer base. They are deep below the radar today, since they went bankrupt. | |
| Toslink/optical cable recommendations Al, I bought two of these cables many years ago and still use them today. I've never tried a plastic Toslink but I suspect it would work exactly the same, especially with my jitter supressing DAC. Yes, decisions are often based on anecdotal evide... | |
| Toslink/optical cable recommendations http://www.uniqueproductsonline.com/3ftgltodiauc.html | |
| Best DAC With asynchronous USB DAC computer speed should have zero effect on the sound - since computer is sending data without timing. Faster computer might even have negative effect by creating more of ambient electrical noise. | |
| Should we use ridiculously priced cables to listen to Rap? I use old cheaper cables everytime I play Rap and reinstall good cables when I listen to anything else. | |
| streamer for PWD DAC mkII - tired of a computer and complicated connectivity! arafiq,1. you're right, but all my music is 16/44.1 - good enough for me. Most of music comes as 16/44.1 while a lot of higher rate music is the same upsampled 16/44.1 - not sounding any better (My DAC upsamples anyway)2. I have no experience wit... | |
| streamer for PWD DAC mkII - tired of a computer and complicated connectivity! I use MacMini - Itunes/ALAC - WiFi -Airport Express - Benchmark DAC1 - Power amp. WiFi makes playback program, computer speed, amount of memory etc. irrelevant. I use ALAC since it is format used to send the data over WiFi (one conversion less).... | |
| Going to rip 2000 cds. Which software? Data loss due to scratches up to about 4mm along the track is automatically corrected by Cross-interleaved Reed-Solomon error correcting code. Between 4-8mm player that operates in real time interpolates samples while scratches longer than 8mm re... | |
| Toslink/optical cable recommendations I use http://www.uniqueproductsonline.com/gltodiopca.htmlLow price, high quality - 280 strands of glass. | |
| Going to rip 2000 cds. Which software? I second XLD on the Mac (used MAX before). Set highest possible amount of retries - otherwise it will interpolate missing samples. Rip while listening - it won't be a huge chore that way. Make backups (I use SuperDuper). I have two backups an... | |
| The one piece of gear you will never sell french_fries LOL |