lordmelton
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| Sad to hear the good people at Timbernation had a fire (and no insurance). Every business, every residence should carry fire insurance when available. But who would expect a pile of timber to go up in flames? Guess they're uninsurable now. Like a Christmas turkey looking for life insurance....... | |
| DSD Remastering Software Experience The most obvious reason we should not re-master is that the higher-end your system the less is the need for oversampling and upsampling. Interfering with the original recording is injecting algos and reshaping the original. It's akin to eating a... | |
| Reterminating Audioquest Hurricane HC I was going to buy a used Audioquest Dragon power cord with a EU Schuko plug and AQ quoted me $250 to change to US. This was only a few weeks ago. I would recommend you either do this or go with the Voodoo option. I use the Voodoo adaptors regula... | |
| Has the ASR review/hatchet job on the Musetec MH-DA005 Changed Anyone's Mind? @yakbob Unless you're playing in MSB / dCS territory, resale value on most brands of DACs is a losing proposition. With all due respect this is nonsense. The DACs you mention are only worth buying ex-demo or used because they shed huge re-sal... | |
| rca or usb digital There is no apparent advantage in using USB because it's a PCM only DAC. You will be able to play DSD as DOP using the N20s settings but not native DSD. Upsampling via the N20 is available for AES/EBU and COAX outputs. I use a Musetec 005 stand... | |
| Streamer/CD ripper Personally I'd buy a separate streamer and ripper. You can always rip your CDs on your computer using DBpoweramp or maybe borrow one. You will find that there aren't any differences between CDs played through a CD player, ripped CDs and streamed ... | |
| Has the ASR review/hatchet job on the Musetec MH-DA005 Changed Anyone's Mind? The Musetec 005 is a fantastic DAC and tremendous value for it's price, $3k. I have been an extremely satisfied owner of the 005 for almost one year now and have been very pleased with the huge soundstage, realistic and uncoloured presentation th... | |
| Is it worth to get 2 m Nodorst vs 1m @bossa There's a few things about this that get my antennae twitching. 1. I never buy cables when a 2m is only slightly more expensive than a 1m. This means that (providing the maker isn't scamming) the plugs cost, in your case $2k each end???? ... | |
| Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC @sirnui Good luck on your journey, it makes sense to start with power supply and power cables. I would suggest you also experiment with Audioquest PCs and the Niagara Power Conditioners. I am embarking on that journey now. Start with your power ... | |
| Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC @americanspirit It is not necessary to cut and solder USB cables, just use electrical tape to cover the contacts. You can do this on even very expensive cables. | |
| Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC Yes, I am no longer using the LKS 100 although I expect to revisit it later. I used it to great effect for many months but I decided to re-try the USB with some different cables. Some were much more expensive than a solid silver cable, but that's ... | |
| Streamers and their Fuses @brandonhifi The Aurender only has one clock input and the Jay's has an input and output. You need two 75 Ohm clock cables to connect to the Aurender and Jay's clock input terminals. If everything is correct the Aurender will show clock connecte... | |
| Streamers and their Fuses @brandonhifi Yes you need a 10Mhz 75 Ohm master clock for your Aurender and CD player. Just get a Chinese one to start with but buy specific 75 Ohm clock cables, not BNC digital cables. The cables must be the same manufacturer and same length fo... | |
| Power cords: Anticable vs Mad Scientist Higher end Audioquest Cables can be semi-reasonable if you can use one meter lengths. Hurricane for example. | |
| $30K for 3 meters speaker! I'd love a pair of Audioquest Dragons but I'd settle for a pair of silver William Tell's if I could get a massive discount. |