lalitk

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Do audiophiles creat the high prices we complain about.
Fortunately, there are plenty of bargains in high end audio. Buy what you can afford comfortably. There is always going to be gear built for ‘cost no object’ standards and bragging rights!  
First phono stage upgrade
@hleeid You’re welcome! I’m looking forward to your feedback.   
ARC REF 3 vs Modwright 36.5 DM
@gareents I highly recommend looking into Backert Labs Rhumba Extreme 1.3 or Rhythm 1.3. They both are extremely well made preamps and highly praised among end users. you are very to get either of these for in-home auditions. PS: I used to own ... 
Whats playing on your system today?
If You are but a Dream - Scott Hamilton  
Whats playing on your system today?
Feeling of Jazz - Wynton Marsalis Quartet featuring Dianne Reeves  
Whats playing on your system today?
Too Darn Hot - Claire Martin  
Whats playing on your system today?
Don’t Take Your Love From Me - Johnny Hodges & His Orchestra   
What are you streaming tonight?
Don’t Take Your Love From Me - Johnny Hodges & His Orchestra   
Room correction room system vs ears….
“So, I splashed out and spent more than I wanted” @thomasintrouble If there are no acoustic treatments in your listening space then definitely try room correction software to fine tune the sound.  
What are you streaming tonight?
Tricotism - Tony Overwater Trio   
432 EVO
@firstgrowth I agree with you. We are here to share our experiences. My post to @tjassoc above was in direct response to his post where he has reported loosing considerable amount of money over a gear that quite didn’t pan out to his expectation... 
432 EVO
“Anyone with Innuos Statement experience - please share” @tjassoc  Have you contacted a Innuos dealer for a demo? Any reputed dealer should have the Statement readily available for demo.   
Aurender N200
“When I play a MQA track into my non MQA DAC it identifies the sample rate as 96k on the DAC but the Aurender says “44.1k MQA” @oddiofyl With MQA license, the Aurender MQA Core decoder in N200 can only unfold first layer of MQA files, thus the ... 
Cabling Recommendations
@mrrobot  I would steer clear of Nordost or Transparent Cables. My recommendation would be to speak with Albert Porter. He owns Focal and his advice would be spot on the cabling. I have spoken to him few times, very knowledgeable and great guy! h... 
USB cables conducor - help
“Step #1: ditch using a general purpose computer as a streamer  Step #2: experiment with USB cables. Slowly ” +1, @thyname  @ortodox  If you are not in a position to take step #1, then use a USB isolator to eliminate noise from your PC. You ca...