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| Relationship between Ethernet Switch and SQ @lalitk It is an anclient Linksys EA 4200, but I have an ifi iPower supply on it and another one on the modem. LMK is you think there are measurable gains to make in that department. I had considered a new more powerful router for sake of non-au... | |
| Recommendation Tube Integrated Cool, everyone agrees, so out with the checkbook! 😀 But seriously, a lot of great information here and this has expanded my research. Thanks everyone. One of the fun parts of this hobby is cruising for decent deals on used stuff, and this threa... | |
| Recommendation Tube Integrated Thanks everyone. To cfarrow’s questions, current system is Harbeth 40.2 fed by LFD HR-ii integrated, Lampizator Pacific DAC (I just listen to digital). For years, I ran ARC separates, but wanted to be free of the bulk and all the tubes, and the LF... | |
| Power conditioners and power regeneration Hi. Not directly responsive, but jumping on an existing thread as I just got my first AC regenerator (PS Audio P12) and I wanted to add my voice to the "not snake oil" camp. I have tinnitis and my ears are very sensitive to any graniness or roug... | |
| Help with Audio Jigsaw Puzzle Please @ghdprentice, dammit, you are going to make me be thoughtful about this, and formalize some philosophy?? :-) Thanks for the prodding, I will do better. Is the place to post main system pictures "Virtual Systems?" The rest if the group seems to... | |
| Thumbs Up on LFD! Valinar, what is your opinion on the cabling? It seems that Gene Rubin (maybe others...I don't clearly recall) are particuarly vocal that cabling matters with these devices. I am a quasi-cable skeptic - I detect minor variations maybe so I just ... | |
| Thumbs Up on LFD! Oh, and also getting better bass out of the 40.2's than I have experienced! | |
| How Do Amps Affect Soundstage? Thanks all. Mike Lathat vigne's response is most interesting. The recent comparison that brought this to light for me was swapping my ARC Ref75se for a First Watt F7, running into Harbeth 40.2. (To be sure, I am talking about a decrease in the ... | |
| "But it sounds better at night...." Thanks everyone. Think I can distill it all down: 1. Try a power regenerator after recovering from today's material financial outlay (new ARC preamp). 2. Listen to music at night, with beer and darkened room, and enjoy. Part 2 can start immedi... | |
| Recommended Integrated and Bookshelf Combo for Secondary System Just reporting out that I ended up going with Elac Navis ARB51 powered bookshelves and a Topping Pre90 preamp. (A single DAC can feed both systems so I think of the "secondary system" as being everything after the DAC). For around $2500, I am hap... | |
| Anyone with tinnitus or hearing loss who is into "high-end" audio? I've just started looking at various forum comments about tinitus, and I am surprised at how little content I see on a topic for which I expected to see tons of attention: What sources and equipment do the most to irritate vs sooth the situation. ... | |
| Okay, How Important Is Speaker Break In? (Dynaudio Contour 60i) Coming back to this thread with my conclusions a couple months on if this is helpful for anyone. The Contour 60i’s have been sold and replaced with Harbeth 40.2, and the Bryston amps are still here but I also have an ARC Ref 150 in the house for a... | |
| Okay, How Important Is Speaker Break In? (Dynaudio Contour 60i) Coming back to this thread with my conclusions a couple months on if this is helpful for anyone. The Contour 60i’s have been sold and replaced with Harbeth 40.2, and the Bryston amps are still here but I also have an ARC Ref 150 in the house for a... | |
| Recommendation Temporary DAC Yes clearly i am a newbie as I use XLR for that...incorrectly! | |
| Recommendation Temporary DAC DAC problem resolved! So don't mean to inconvenience anyone more on this, unless they want to jump in. Lalitk, sorry, I meant I use an XLR from Bryston BDP2 INTO the DAC. The Bryston does not have RCA out for some reason. XLR out of a DAC seems... |