mike_in_nc
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| Best vibration isolation for speakers on carpet? @mitch2 -- Great post. In my view, "best" is one of the least helpful words in audiophilia. | |
| Reviews - Your Pet Peaves My pet peeve with reviews has been overlooking flaws that matter to real users. An example is the multiple streamers reviewed that don't do gapless playback flawlessly, and little or no mention in many reviews. Also, reviewers if they buy get som... | |
| Audio Rack Opinions +1 @dodgealum . I use Butcher Block platforms for my monoblocks and power conditioner, which otherwise would be on the floor. Nicely made and won't break the bank. If the vacuum cleaner hits something, it will be the Butcher Block, not the electr... | |
| Best vibration isolation for speakers on carpet? @kingbr - Whatever you try, it would be good if it’s returnable after, say, a two-week trial. It’s been my experience that things that seem a big improvement aren’t always so after one has listened for a while. It can be helpful to remove the adde... | |
| DS Audio: Auto Android/Apple Play Stream from NAS @vonhelmholtz - The DS1522+ replaced a DS414 in my setup. The earlier one is still working but after 8 years, the new one is much, much faster. As you say, the Synology stuff works smoothly and one doesn’t have to have a ton of tech expertise to r... | |
| Best vibration isolation for speakers on carpet? I tend to agree with your dealer. Or you could use Herbie’s glides. I use them for speakers on carpet over uneven floor, and find them sounding as good as spikes and much easier to deal with. P.S. I previously had Revel Ultima Studios and used th... | |
| DS Audio: Auto Android/Apple Play Stream from NAS It’s a handy thing to do. I have a slightly different setup to do something similar. I run a DLNA server (MinimServer) and BubbleUPnP Server on my DS1522+. The latter makes the DLNA server available over the Web to certain DLNA control points (in... | |
| Transients hurting my ears on hifi solid state amps I'm in agreement with @tuberist. What are the room acoustics like? Early reflections and slap echo will cause fatigue from high frequencies. My advice would be, do not spend money on equipment, cables, or tweaks until you have addressed room aco... | |
| Anyone else feel like it’s the Wild Wild West? My setup gives excellent sound with the following: Synology NAS for file storage, Qobuz for more Roon running on a Nucleus-like NUC ASUS RT-AX86U router, TP-Link managed switch, wired Ethernet Auralic Aries G1 streamer to a good DAC and syst... | |
| Best interconnects from preamp to amps, within budget Mogami makes great wire. It's what many of the pros use. Either get the "gold" series premade or have some cables made for you. | |
| Placement of Components +1 @blisshifi Basically, my concern is that using a pair of cheapish long run XLRs in order to have my components placed on a side wall is creating a bottle neck in my system. Doubtful. It will put a bottleneck, instead, in the cash flow from... | |
| Any experience with Mini DSP SHD Studio in 2 ch system? We have a miniDSP SHD (not Studio) in our TV system. I also have an Anthem STR Preamp in my main system. Both have DSP: The miniDSP has Dirac, and the Anthem has ARC. I prefer the interface of the Anthem, but both provide effective DSP, and the mi... | |
| What the ship just happened? It was improperly packed. Dunnage always should be added to keep contents from moving around. As others have said, a flimsy box is substandard, and gear is best shipped in the original box. Lacking the original box, or if the original is old,... | |
| Sound quality of Roon In my system (high resolution, with electrostatic speakers), I've compared Roon to a simple DLNA setup, both running through an Auralic Aries G1. I get excellent sound either way. Years ago, Auralic made firmware improvements that put Roon on par... | |
| Streamer creates a Wow experience @soix - Great to hear it worked out so well for you! |