mikhailark
Responses from mikhailark
| MusicDirect,, Yes. Sits on my kitchen table, accidentally left open at Audioquest Ethernet and US cables page. My daughter, an engineer, asked - "Dad, who is buying these for $1500 a pop and why"? | |
| How many of us are truly satisfied with their systems? I am fully satisfied with what I own | |
| What is the science behind audiophile fuses? Hey, hey, but they can prevent NOISE from LEAKING into your GEAR! ;-) Dude, there are $1500 Ethernet cables that are apparently "reduce jitter"... Right in the new Music Direct catalog. | |
| ifi LAN iSilencer @audphile1 - where did I say NP was against aftermarket? Don’t invent things. He said certified cables, supplied with the unit. Which is a regular good $50 cable. As is cable that came with $$$ Accuphase. If you don’t have engineering explanation... | |
| ifi LAN iSilencer @zlone - they go to great lengths not necessarily for tech reasons but to be able to sell the product so audiophile community. I love reading Nelson Pass. One of the best engineers making great gear. He obviously does not try and alienate potenti... | |
| Question about high current amps versus "not high current amps" Those are formulas for static case, i.e. single wave. But is amp capable of delivering a lot of current on high transients QUICKLY? It may be high current capable when single is stable, but what about transitions (which is what music is)? Is it ab... | |
| Cardas Clear XLR interconnects Although it is better to use equal lengths and as short as possible, I would recommend first simply try what you have. Connect them and check the sound. Then swap channels and see if you hear any difference. | |
| ifi LAN iSilencer @zlone - good. Ah, but manufacturer claims improvements in transfer :-) so it is already subject to truth in advertisement. Next, here is quote from the iFi site - "The LAN iSilencer removes the electrical noise that distorts the audio signal fro... | |
| ifi LAN iSilencer @audphile1 - trolling like asking how exactly it works? Let’s see. Manufacturer Web site claims actually a) galvanic isolation and b) EMI noise reduction. That’s it. No "soundstage improvements" or anything specifically audio. Good for them. Now,... | |
| Stereo Times 2024 MOST WANTED COMPONENTS List @mitch2 - but of course. Surge protection is important and should be installed. Preferably professional solution, like Siemens. Not Monster crap. And Siemens filters cost only few hundred dollars, protect the entire house AND come with up to $100K... | |
| Ethernet @antigrunge2 - please explain what is exactly "noise travels with packets" and how exactly does it affect the DAC. Packets are reassembled into bit sequence upon receive in the network card. There is no analog noise there. There is no noise in the... | |
| Ethernet @mswale - exactly. Decent shielded and properly soldered cable, that's all. I am familiar with switching network protocols :-) | |
| Stereo Times 2024 MOST WANTED COMPONENTS List @mitch2 - I will get one when I see one in use at Google data center :-) For some reason I am pretty sure they don’t use "isolators" in their net connections while handling your FLAC files and streams... | |
| HAVE CABLES EVER TAKEN YOUR SYSTEM FROM SOUNDING JUST OK TO SOUNDING GREAT? Experiences ? Nope. Minor improvements with simple-designed tube amps that naturally have poor input and output impedances and are obviously affected by cable capacitance and inductance. With properly designed gear audio recording studio type XLR is sufficient. | |
| Surge protectors--how many $ make sense? You may want to consider entire house surge protection instead. There are commercial/industrial solutions like from Siemens with $75K insurance for 10 years. These are REAL things that WILL protect (Monster never protected mine, it is all lies). A... |