ljgerens
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| Need helpful recommendations for next two purchases You have a lot of good recommendations and it can be confusing for someone just getting into streaming. For simplicity I would recommend the Bluesound Node2i. It has a built-in DAC that is ok but most stand alone DACs will outperform it. The Node2... | |
| Need helpful recommendations for next two purchases The volume control on the Emotiva XDA-1 is not loseless. In other words you degrade sound quality below maximum volume. So it is not a good choice as a preamp. Better to just use it as a DAC.The Emotiva XDA-2 does have loseless volume control and ... | |
| Best SQ Boost for Budget?... A stand alone DAC will give you the biggest SQ boost. The two that you mention are both reasonable choices. There are many others at a similar price point. | |
| Integrated amplifier sound The Acurus amps are really underrated. I have two Acurus A200 amps and in my systems, they have outperformed amps coasting 2 to 3 times their price. They were the best amps I have used to drive my KEF 104/2s or KEF Reference Model Ones. They run c... | |
| Kef Reference Tweeters-Ferrofluid Replacement Lou,Thanks for the info. Was there any adhesive holding the voice coil diaphragm to the magnet. On the T33 tweeters in my KEF 104/2s they had a thick double sided tape holding them together and it was reusable. | |
| Kef Reference Tweeters-Ferrofluid Replacement A timely post for me. I have KEF Reference Model Ones and will shortly be replacing the ferrofluid in them. I did the ferrofluid in my KEF 104/2s previously and it was a very simple job. Took about 30 minutes for each tweeter. The Reference Model ... | |
| New to digital audio You don’t have to replace the iPod. Bluetooth is ok but you can improve the sound quality with WiFi or a direct connection. How does your current setup sound to you? If it sounds ok, than keep using Bluetooth. Some people are perfectly fine with i... | |
| New to digital audio I have several comments for you.WiFi or a direct connection would provide better sound quality than Bluetooth.The Emotiva XDA-1 should not be used as a preamp. It’s volume control is lossy so you loose sound quality as you lower the volume. The Em... | |
| Nicotine reidue on drivers George, I was not disputing what you observed. In fact what you observed is what would happen if the Beryllium was vapor deposited onto an untreated or poorly treated polypropylene surface. I was just commenting on the need to introduce reactive b... | |
| REF reference model 3 $700 to $1000 is a reasonable price for the Reference Model 3. They are a fantastic speaker, one of the best made by KEF with the old school KEF sound. They never had a lot of press, so people are not aware of how good they are. I currently have t... | |
| Nicotine reidue on drivers I forgot to add, vapor deposited Beryllium would never adhere to polypropylene without a surface treatment. Typically we would use an oxygen plasma treatment of the polypropylene before vapor deposition of a metal such as Beryllium. | |
| Nicotine reidue on drivers An individual on Audiokarma had a pair that were very nasty looking and cleaned them up with dish soap, water and a soft cloth.https://audiokarma.org/forums/index.php?threads/yamaha-ns-1000m-drivers-cleaning-and-rufurbishment.6...I was under the i... | |
| Giving up on Itunes! Alternatives? I want to run my hardrive with a dedicated tablet. I have been using iTunes for over 10 years and never had anything get scrambled, changed, or modified unless I did it myself. I have hundreds of CDs that I ripped 10 years ago and they are still the same as the day I ripped them. I never have to d... | |
| Giving up on Itunes! Alternatives? I want to run my hardrive with a dedicated tablet. I have looked at the iTunes music file at the finder level many times and my files are all well organized. My album structure is not scrambled but is in alphabetical order under the artist name. If you have an album with multiple artists, than the... | |
| Giving up on Itunes! Alternatives? I want to run my hardrive with a dedicated tablet. Are you running iTunes on an iPad or a computer? Which OS are you using and which version of iTunes?Exactly what is happening to your music files?How are they getting disorganized?I ripped my CDs (about 400 CDs) lossless over 10 years ago to my Ma... |