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| Speaker Jumper Cables Revisited @soix that is really surprising! I never would have thought to do that with fully bi-wired speaker set-ups. I am cross connecting the speaker cables on the back of the Wharfedales - positive lead to the positive tweeter terminal - and the negati... | |
| USB Cable Thanks for the reply @tvrgeek. In addition to testing with a spectrum analyzer, have you done blind listening tests to different digital cables? | |
| Experience with iFi SPDIF iPurifier2 Follow up on the Bluesound Node/iFi iPurifier 2 (iFi iPower X)/Chord QuteHD DAC set up. I eventually purchased a used Chord Signature Super ARAY coax cable to connect the Node with my DAC. Super happy with that choice made after carefully comparin... | |
| USB Cable @tvrgeek interesting discussion of how the USB interface could become noisy and why. Seems from your discussion that you lay more blame for any differences in performance on deficiencies in equipment design rather than the cables. I am wondering... | |
| Speaker Jumper Cables Revisited Thread update. based on the success using the $11.00 jumpers, I took a deeper dive into off brand jumpers and found a pair of twisted, thick format supposedly silver plated OCC jumpers with supposedly rhodium plated copper spades. These were lik... | |
| USB Cable I have tried a number of modestly-priced USB cables - including Transparent - and the one I kept is the DH Labs Mirage. It is1.5m and I am currently using it in my modest computer-based system at my office for near field listening. For a 15’ run... | |
| Real or Surreal. Do you throw accuracy out the window for "better" sound? “Down with flat”. | |
| Question: What are some of your best pieces of advise to someone new to the hobby? Trust your ears. | |
| Bad news for home theater enthusiasts I was engaged in a similar discussion in 2009 with Macdadtexas where he claimed Blu-Ray was already toast because streaming was so convenient and good enough for most people including him. Fourteen years later we are lamenting the pending loss of... | |
| Arcam AVR20 vs. Denon AVR-a110 anniversary edition... @nooshinjohn how would you compare the sound of the AVR20 to the 30 in to two channels? Curious, because will need to replace my AVR400 someday. @soix we will just have to disagree on Arcam versus Yamaha AVRs for two channel listening. I listen... | |
| Xangsane XS-1001Ag silver coax SPDIF cable I am not surprised by the OP’s experience with a Xangsane product. I bought a Xangsane power cable a few years ago and its performance matched or exceeded some significantly more expensive cables from DH Labs and Furutech. | |
| Help this old rookie with speakers Do I have it right that you intend to place these speaker 30’ apart in opposite corners? | |
| Atoll ST300 streamer DAC. @medialies agreed. | |
| Connectivity Issues/Arcam ST60 Streamer!! Is it me, or does cindyneely’s answer read like it was AI generated? | |
| Arcam AVR20 vs. Denon AVR-a110 anniversary edition... Curious, which Arcam model was giving you trouble? |