mitch2
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| Network Switches Thanks for the advice but looking at the Ethernet cable offerings reminds me of the early days of USB cables. Some reviewers report "significant improvements" while others say the differences are small. HiFi Wigwam states that simply switching t... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Gregg Allman - Recorded Live: 12/11/1981 - Capitol Theatre (Passaic, NJ) Beautiful, soulful performance - reminds me of how much we lost when Gregg passed. | |
| What just happened to accepting Paypal?? looks like they are trying to drive us away I found that I had a "merchant id" on my PayPal account that I didn’t ask for and never knew that I had. This had nothing to do with Audiogon, but rather was a PayPal thing. I used the merchant id to post a recent listing here and have since sold ... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Will the Circle be Unbroken | |
| Network Switches Ok, I gave this stuff a try so here is my digital set-up running Tidal and stored files (I plan to give Qobuz a try in January after I receive my new amps). Adding the switch and the optical isolation seems to have resulted in a slightly smoother... | |
| Buying on Audiogon Don't let it get you down, but vigilant is to oblivious as prepared is to prey.You can be at risk walking to your car in a parking lot.Wishing it weren't so doesn't change the fact.... | |
| Buying on Audiogon Not so much depressing as perceptive, prudent, and vigilant. | |
| What’s the most badass $2k amp I can get? Last year I purchased a pair of Cary CAD 500MB monoblocks for just a touch over your limit - 500 wpc into 8 ohms and 1000 wpc into 4 ohms. Very nice sound too....read the 10Audio review. | |
| Sound Anchors Floor Bases Used cradle bases on B&W M803s and on Aerial Model 9s. Currently using signature stands for Aerial LR5s and also have their amplifier stands and an equipment stand. Great product and great people to deal with. The cradle bases will definite... | |
| Network Switches So, in the spirit of trying new things, in a couple of days I will have the same optical isolation set-up that Michael Lavorgna discussed in his article titled, "Electrically Isolate Your Networked Audio"A little more expensive than at the time of... | |
| The Truth About Power Cords and there "Real" Price to Performance "it is almost like OFC, single crystal, OCC, silver, etc. does not matter"Do those really matter....for a power cord? The factors I listed were wire gauge, noise-cancelling geometry, shielding, and adequate plugs/iec. I would amend that and add a ... | |
| The Truth About Power Cords and there "Real" Price to Performance The reasons power cords are not made from solid core wire are safety and ease of use. Have you ever tried to bend a 12 awg wire....10 awg? I believe the safety thing is the concern that frequent bending of a single solid core wire could lead to fa... | |
| Network Switches I suspect (like many things audio) the relative benefit of things like switches may be dependent on the downstream connections and processing. | |
| Network Switches Ok, so I optimized the Bonn N8 switch by positioning it very close to my Antipodes DX3 server, using the short Ethernet cable that came with the N8 to connect with the server, using my HD Plex LPS to power the N8, and plugging the LPS into my Is... | |
| Network Switches @david_ten Thanks for the help. I will try the switch close to the server. To be clear on the PS issue, the HD Plex LPS was a spare I had around so I connected it to power my router rather than the wall wort that came with the router.My server ha... |