mitch2
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| Used audio market appears to be collapsing Using PayPal friends and family waives protections that PayPal provides for buyers. Sellers should buck-up and accept payments for what they actually are - goods and services. I sold a bunch of stuff last year and received a 1099 from PayPal. I... | |
| Used audio market appears to be collapsing @elliottbnewcombjr - Keep in mind that with digital gear, the longer you wait, the less it is usually worth. Other gear generally holds value better until a newer/upgraded model is introduced. With tweaks, they mostly fall off a cliff every six ... | |
| Xhadow XLR Connectors Any Substitutes? BTW, Sonic Craft is a Neotech dealer and they are sold in sets of four with either gold ($240) or rhodium ($320) plating on the conductors (link). Must be soldered. For something even more exotic, you might look at Bocchino, that also uses pur... | |
| Should I buy another flat screen now while they are still relatively cheap? 65-inch Panasonic plasma from 2011 is still going strong here. I added a 4K television to our workout room a few years ago but still have not seen anything that compels me to replace the plasmas in our living and recreation rooms. The newer tele... | |
| DAC 'Scam' Vid "Level match a properly working $1k DAC and A/B that with a $20k DAC in the same audio circuit and I'd bet anybody they will NEVER EVER be able to tell which is which." @wesheadley - Have you ever actually made that comparison yourself, or are ... | |
| Xhadow XLR Connectors Any Substitutes? The Xhadow connectors were Vampire’s boutique brand, and they were well thought-out and well constructed using top materials. Before those came out, I used Furutech 601/602 for years in the cables I made. I then used DH Labs for a while because ... | |
| Used audio market appears to be collapsing Not at all. This spring I have purchased about 6 or 7 items, two off of wanted ads I placed, and also sold a few things, all of which went within about a week. In the 25 years I have been here, it has not been unusual to see ebbs and flows in... | |
| Recommend a good router/modem combo please @kingbr - my modem and router system are separate. | |
| Recommend a good router/modem combo please I quit using Xfinity gear ages ago and typically purchase one of the lesser expensive modems from their current list (be sure to buy something on their list) with the caveats that it not be too old that it will be knocked off the list soon, and th... | |
| Sound quality differences in streamers @sns - I don’t have any noise issues I am aware of and the fiber to the streamer in my main system probably helps mitigate any noise but your post gave me an idea. Since the two auxillary systems source 99% streaming, and I do not need my stored ... | |
| Harman To Acquire B&W, Denon, Polk And Marantz From Masimo In $350 Million Deal Sounds like Harman is doing fine, which is good since I continue to enjoy my early-adopted lifetime subscription to Roon! Since Harman is a subsidiary of Samsung Electronics, then S. Korea must also be doing well. | |
| Sound quality differences in streamers @sns - I am curious how I might configure a clean/dirty side network. My music server is hard-wired to the mesh router base unit and runs Roon Server (core) for three systems. The streamer (Roon endpoint) in the main music system is hard wired f... | |
| Sound quality differences in streamers Within the context of using Roon, I have clearly heard sonic differences between different streamers, but not between competent servers. Some of the devices discussed in these threads are actually server/streamers as they perform both functions... | |
| reliable DDC @lordmelton I am not using the DDC currently. Both my current DACs, Mojo Audio Mystique X SE with Lundahl nano-crystalline chokes and AD-1862Z chips, and an Aries Cerat Helene, sound best through their USB input so that I what I am using. The ... | |
| reliable DDC Here is a USB to S/PDIF converter for sale that was made in USA. The Sonicweld Diverter (link) was well-regarded for sonics. Here (link2) is some general info and if you do a web search, you will find several reviews. |