mikem
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| Question on Streamer/Dac and Roon I would Stay with your current Mac mini.. Don’t under estimate how good a music server it is. try to split up ports by using thunderbolt and USB. Have you tried an LPS for the PS ? I’m not advocating that as I have not tried it myself on the Mac.... | |
| Speakers to hang on to for LIFE I owned and lived with my Vonschweikert VR-7’s for 19 years..Then I downsized and gave up my dedicated audio room.. I had to let the VR7’s go ... They were just too big for my new room..I went for a mid tower that is efficient so I could play wit... | |
| Who else is using old cables/interconnects, and is happy? @pops Good point about the power distribution/conditioning. Money better spent than on cables, IME. I still play around with cables, I have plenty still to play with. I recently bought some shunyata cables just to try something different and more... | |
| Who else is using old cables/interconnects, and is happy? Still using some old cables from 20+ years ago. I was a “part time” dealer for acoustic zen, harmonic tech back then.. Mainly so I could buy my cables at a reasonable price. I have added some Canare 4S11 for speaker wire as I needed a shorter leng... | |
| Harley quote Wow.. what a thread.. everything from rocks to the ice age.. somehow this relates to audio cables? Or just more ways to insult others who disagree ?Maybe in biblical days the rocks and stones themselves would start to sing, as described in Jesus... | |
| Has anybody bought or heard a Chinese knock off amplifier? I love it when the amp claims to have 200wpc and it has a wall wart power supply putting out 12v @ 1.5 amps | |
| What 50wpc or higher amps have a totally different sound from Pass Labs, in a good way? @jaybe “Well, there's a "sound" to Pass. I know, it's what I have. And wouldn't call it dead neutral. There are many ways to retain top sounding SS without it being only Pass”I agree.. The Pass house sound is to the right of neutral, leaning towar... | |
| Pass XP22 demo vs my XP12 The XP22 arrives this Tuesday.. will be interesting to compare and looking forward to it.. | |
| Best tube preamplifier for under $15k @smodtactical , no problem.. I am enjoying the XP12 very much, to the Point of asking what the XP 22 would bring me. you know how it goes, lol.The preamp is very good as it delivers a very detailed presentation with good accuracy and imaging. It i... | |
| Pass XP22 demo vs my XP12 I’m in this situation right now.. do I go for from the XP12 to the 22.. sigh.. it sounds good now. | |
| Looking for a SS Amp to power Spatial Audio X-5's @charles1dad some observations about the SIT3 with preamp and gain issues.I am using about 10db more gain from the preamp to get the same level of volume I was getting with the XA25. My preamp works in 1db increment, 0-99. 89db is unity gain, all ... | |
| Tune of the Day “I only want to be with you” Shelby Lynne | |
| Looking for a SS Amp to power Spatial Audio X-5's @charles1dad sounds like some good memories! I love how music can take you down memory lane.. sounding good so far. A good match for my speakers. I am using more volume to play at previous levels, but plenty of headroom volume wise... | |
| Looking for a SS Amp to power Spatial Audio X-5's @charles1dad that was the SIT3 playing.. 5 days into breakin. Sounding pretty good as it opens up... | |
| Looking for a SS Amp to power Spatial Audio X-5's @charles1dad https://youtu.be/yB12zq-UKHI |