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| Ready, set, comment! Speaker cables don’t make a difference? Speaker cables, or any audio cables for that matter are not supposed to "make a difference." Point A to Point B. Shorter cables are best if you can.My brand of choice is Furutech because all of their products are subject to excellent quality contr... | |
| One Cord To Rule Them All I know you said "power cord" but I’d rather just give you a lot of great info about cables and how to get the best possible sound. Read my entire message to learn...Firstly, buy a "hospital-grade" power cable cord. Better than standard, cheap, or ... | |
| Why would anyone want class AB amp when class A always sounds better ? Lower power consumption with most A/B amplifier designs. They tend to be popular in devices like DACs. Due to the nature of the Class A topology, they are very inefficient with electricity and typically generate a lot of heat. My Class A systems c... | |
| Help with choice on Audionics preamp The Audionics RS-2 is better. | |
| Preamp passive output vs a ht feature - signal degradation What amp in particular are you using?If you can use balanced or SE, not SE pass, that is a step in the right direction. | |
| For who own AURALIC ALTAIR G1: It's Sound Quality. The ALTAIR G1 is a truly versatile device with many functions. However, performance is impressive. The headphone out in particular is what I heard using a pair of Beyerdynamic headphones.Overall the sound signature is neat and well-defined. Bass f... | |
| Abyss AB 1266 Phi vs Focal Utopia The Abyss are a little more "speaker like" in presentation. The Utopia has a smaller sound stage, but imaging is still very good. The Abyss is a little more accurate at resolving midrange...while the Utopia has outstanding treble resolution. Altho... | |
| what tubes to relace inmy fosgate phono section website posted by jbhul is golden | |
| What interesting or unusual gear has passed though your system during your audio life? When you say "unusual" that would be a vintage Fisher audio solid state amp. I don’t remember the model number. Grandparents gave it to me as a gift. (had it sitting in the basement for a long time).The amp was large and held some big capacitors; ... | |
| Future of this hobby? OP, Your insight into the "audio hobby" is absolutely brilliant.I'm also 28 years old. Unfortunately, people these days can't be bothered about achieving objectively better performance from audio gear. They don't want to learn or hear about techni... | |
| DAPS - Reviews & The Future The Pioneer XDP-300 sounds really good for the money. If you want to save some money, their lower-end DAPs are also quite good. | |
| Interesting Video from Upscale Audio This is quite interesting....Look up "Greek Audiophile" on YouTube. Great documentary about audiophiles and their hobby. | |
| yamaha cr-620 and cr-420 There is most likely 4 fuses. Use a small flashlight or the one on your smartphone to take a closer look.Fuses in audio equipment can fail overtime; but not because they burned out! inrush current or corrosion probably caused 1 or more fuses to fa... | |
| KRELL 707, HDMI input and output (including audio and video) does not respond! Wow, KRELL! Great brand with impressive performance.If the unit is still under warranty, you should be able to get it serviced by KRELL. My advice - be careful and use a hair dryer - COOL setting on the HDMI port. Buy a new HDMI cable or use a spa... | |
| Which one? Nice set up. Based on your gear, I'd go for the Turnberry and skip the Definition DC10A |