lanx0003
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| Yes, cables do make a difference -- regardless of price... @kennyc @dave_b Other than the qualitative description of removing undesirable capacitance, resistance, etc., Masterbuilt and/or Transparent cable manufactures seem not being transparent about the technical specifications. While it is not uncommon... | |
| Bananas rule, spades drool. End of discussion. Yes, spades do have more surface area than banana plugs in general, but if one does not make good contact you are still going to have more contact resistance. | |
| Yes, cables do make a difference -- regardless of price... Thank you for going through the process and reporting the results, which did not surprise me. The rule of thumb is to judge by their capacitance specs between conductors (see below). Mogami 2549 (standard dual conductors) has substantially lower c... | |
| Old phones as streaming sources Thank you for checking it out, OP. May reach out to Archimago and/or Miller AR for a possible answer. | |
| Looking for recommendations for integrated with a more “organic” sound. @chenry and many other Many recommendations here for Sugden A21 get me interested mainly because of its value proposition. I am always craving for Class A sound. There are several version here: A21 (23 wpc to 8 ohms), A21ai (25 wpc to 8 ohms), A2... | |
| Looking for recommendations for integrated with a more “organic” sound. Cambridge Azur 851A. Class XD (bet. class A & B). No phono but Stereophile referenced it with Class A traits. It throws a ’sweet’ sounding and ’bouncing’ bass at low volume level in my room compared to my other Class AB Parasound PA. I experie... | |
| Old phones as streaming sources Jitter in audio or video streams is indeed measured in milliseconds (ms), representing the variation in the time it takes for data to travel from the source to the destination. The acceptable level of jitter before causing distortion can vary depe... | |
| Old phones as streaming sources Yeah, we get it. Bits are bits, but why do we hear differences in sound from different devices? It can't all be fictitious, right? | |
| Old phones as streaming sources It's strange. While it is understandable that the perception of sound quality is subjective, it cannot deviate too much. I wonder if this has something to do with the settings? https://www.makeuseof.com/how-to-improve-sound-quality-on-iphone/ | |
| Old phones as streaming sources I have started using iphone (13) as a streamer a long while ago before purchasing Ifi ZS as a dedicated streamer. When playing music through an iphone and an external DAC, its SQ is better than the following different setups: iphone > window l... | |
| Started with $1k speakers … what now? Acoustic Reality http://web.archive.org/web/20110902214134/http:/arhifi.dk/store/product.php?id_product=22 | |
| Started with $1k speakers … what now? @balooo2 Fritz discloses the crossover design because it is a well-known public domain property of AR, which has received various good and mixed reviews. These issues are known to DIYers, who either appreciate them or modify them to enhance the s... | |
| Best Audiophile desktop for under $2500? @jhnnrrs First, I have close to three times of the collection. Yes, the initial index is long because it only have 1GB ram but you just leave it doing its own thing. Each time when you incrementally add in songs on top of the existing like mine, t... | |
| Best Audiophile desktop for under $2500? @jhnnrrs I play hi-rez music directly from a local SSD as well. The significant change I made was shifting from using a laptop/PC/Mac to the ifi Zen Streamer. One of the primary reasons for this switch was to eliminate the audible fan noise that... | |
| Started with $1k speakers … what now? @hilde45 @balooo2 Thank you for sharing your review on Fritz. It’s a great review, and kudos to Dave. I carefully examined the AR series crossover used in the Carbon 7 SE Mk2. Now, I can better understand what Nemo means by ’less bass quantity,’ a... |