lowrider57
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| Non-Compressed Alternative of CDs Kitjv, CDs are still big in Japan and friends from the UK tell me CDs are still popular.Discogs is great since they list all issues of vinyl and CD. For rock I buy the original releases from the 80s and 90s. They have the lowest compression, of co... | |
| Interconnect Suggestions? Blue Jean's Cables or Signal Cables. Both very good and very affordable.https://www.bluejeanscable.com/store/audio/indexmob.htmhttp://www.signalcable.com/analog_interconnects.htmlThese cables won't do well for digital. For Node2i to DAC you'll nee... | |
| Is is wise to set Power Conditioner on its front rather than on it's bottom. I own an EquiCore 1800 and I've had the top off. That transformer isn't going anywhere. unless it was loose to begin with.Yes.+1 @nonoise , that is too funny!! | |
| Dedicated circuit I think you should run the audio from the main panel. The subpanel has the compressor and power tools which can add noise and affect current draw.On the main panel use a 20A breaker wired to the opposite leg of appliances and the subpanel (even th... | |
| Ayre Codex and Output Transformer https://www.jensen-transformers.com/product/pc-2xr/Is this what you're considering? It will take a balanced input and will output a single-ended signal. The issue is that it will reduce the gain of the balanced signal to that of an unbalanced RCA.... | |
| Burn-In with Preowned Transparent Speaker Cables? IME, used cables require a short run-in period (depending on how long ago they were in use). Consider that they were coiled, boxed, then maybe sat for awhile. They’ll need to physically settle into your setup. Cables present changes in sound durin... | |
| The anachronistic CD Transport? And do I really need one. @jbhiller Good choice (from what I can see). | |
| Non-Compressed Alternative of CDs Tidal and Qobuz do not use compression when digitizing/uploading tracks. But you are at their mercy as to which version of an album release is in their library.I joined Qobuz a year ago and there were many original issue Redbook available. Over ti... | |
| New Hobby Ultrasonic Record Cleaning How about a link? | |
| The anachronistic CD Transport? And do I really need one. Since you have a great DAC, buy a transport. And since you don’t play CDs often you probably don’t want to spend a lot.The Cambridge Audio CXC v2 is very popular around here. I use a PS Audio transport so I can’t speak to the performance of the un... | |
| Anyone Tried Unmatched Power Tubes? Also, I would assume that, in a four power tube amp, only pairs of tubes needs to be matched. I agree with this. I was using KT77’s when one of them red plated. I bought a matched pair as a replacement for the right channel, biased them and everyt... | |
| Tidal vs Quobuz The SQ of Qobuz is very good. I noticed it when I had free trials to both Qobuz and Tidal (was not using MQA). Hirez releases sound excellent, but I usually prefer CD quality to upsampled 16/44.1 tracks.And btw, Tool Fear Inoculum was released on ... | |
| A question to the Sound Engineers out there In addition to the high quality studio monitors, many mixing studios in the analogue to early digital era also used Auratone speakers for near field mixing. Small box-shaped speakers that were perfect for how the mix would sound on the radio, typi... | |
| Footers Under Power Conditioners? @ozzy From what I've read, the Niagara is the new gold standard in PCs. I'm committed to my Core Power stack financially and for the DC blocker which I need in my system. I should add I'm happy with the results.I'm going to give the Isoacoustic or... | |
| Cary 300 integrated, Devore speakers With my 30W class A amp and the benign load of the Super 8's, it feels like I have a lot of reserve power. Your amp is Class A, probably with high current, you really need to find the recommended minimum power.I've heard it's tough to reach John D... |