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| Home network Fibre optic vs Ethernet Fiber is a pain. You need Fluke cleaners, I think they run about $100, and we usually hit a fiber end with it 3 times, so 33 cleanings and it's done, not to mention that you won't even have the equipment to test it to see how compromised it is. Wi... | |
| Speaker and Cable Suggestions Please @diminishedchord With high frequency hearing loss, I think that the Dynaudio 40 is a great recommendation based upon what I have heard about Dynaudio having the best tweeters. GR Research has an upgrade for it that will take it to a much impr... | |
| Why on earth? @tonywinga RCA did that! They over saturated the colors, loved the irony of those commercials! That's what comes from not teaching people how to, and the merits of thinking critically. Well, that and totalitarianism. 😉 | |
| The most natural sound in the world. Who needs all that? Sounds awesome on my phone! 😉 I never really understood the concept of trying to hear a system on my system though. | |
| Best way to clean glossy finish on speakers? @macg19 @mijostyn is 100% dead on, though I didn't see him mention that not all foam is alike. An inexpensive rotary buffer with a soft foam pad and Menzerna 3500 or a similar fine polish will remove swirls, and return you to a brilliant shine Tha... | |
| What DAC to buy? For 1K, this may be well worth the money. I hate to go by reviews, but.... https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vniWmD-HAoU | |
| Is low cost DAC worth it? I have found that you save a bundle of money, depending upon how serious you are about audio, to spend more, and buy less. This is a diminishing returns hobby. The more you spend, the less you get. There are a lot of items that you would have to s... | |
| Who has the Sickness, the Phile or the Non-phile? It's a hobby. Different folks have different objectives. That some like to Barry details used to drive me crazy, but the fact is that we don't universally like a particular genre, are those who listen to classical snobs, those who listen to heavy ... | |
| Any Advice for those Listening to Youtube Reviewers? Caveat emptor, let the buyer be ware. One guy I saw is partnering with manufacturers. No bias here folks, move along. It runs the gambit. Some have decades of experience, Guttenberg for instance, but he likes just about everything. Vandersteen 2's... | |
| First Tube amp suggestions Don Sachs' amp, he's no longer making them, would cost at least $10K if not more. You can find them used for about $2500 I think, and it will smoke most amps under 20K. I use SS, with his DS2 preamp, but were I going to run tubes, it would be his ... | |
| Lampizator Amber 3 Not sure if you still have the DAC, but the 12AU7 and the Jupiter coupling caps are the big limitations. They dumb down the sound in the analog system because the DAC is a slightly tweaked version, if not identical to the more expensive DACs. I fo... | |
| Buying Used Equipment on the Internet Venmo and F&F PayPal are red flags, I just keep looking. Unless, as some have said, known acquaintances may be exception to this otherwise followed rule. | |
| Don Sachs Owners Thread There have been different configurations, but I believe that the buffers are on the right. | |
| Don Sachs Owners Thread There have been different configurations, but I believe that the buffers are on the right. | |
| Don Sachs Owners Thread Hi Andy, left right. Disagreements on tubes are to be expected. Two Ken Rads, Raytheons, etc. from the same batch may sound different as most were largely man made. Worse, Mr. X has amp A, while Mr. Z has amp B. Hot tubes offset crap coupling caps... |