mitch2
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| Belden 8402, 8412, and 8428 @sfoclt - I agree with your impressions. However, in my case, the cables are all balanced with the shield connected to pin 1 at both ends, the same as most commercially manufactured balanced cables. I have the 8408 in route and will report on ho... | |
| Which company manufactures this Ethernet switch for the other? Interesting discussion but FWIW, to clarify the photos shown in the first response to this thread: The picture labeled "SA Bonn" is actually the Silent Angel Bonn N8 Pro model, and not the Silent Angel Bonn N8, which is the direct comparison ... | |
| Streamer Comparison and Suggestions Thank you Dave and Troy but I am totally happy with my sonicTransporter i9 (Gen4) as a server (runs Roon core and stored music files on SSD), and Sonore Signature Rendu SE Deluxe (optical) as the streamer/endpoint/renderer. I like how the sonicTr... | |
| Belden 8402, 8412, and 8428 For any still interested in the tinned copper ICs, I finished all of the 8428 cables, cooked them for almost two days, and started listening yesterday. I decided to go with a full set of whichever type of cable I was trying, so I replaced the th... | |
| Streamer Comparison and Suggestions Thank you @marco1 I ended up with a Sonore Signature Rendu SE Deluxe (optical) - with latest upgrades, and it elevated the sound of my system. I can output USB directly to my DAC or use Sonore’s ultraDigital to convert USB to S/PDIF or I2S. I ... | |
| Townshend Audio Seismic Podiums Review Actually, by using available on-line tools, matching springs to a single situation is not all that hard, but does require consideration of the weight to be supported, acceptable dimensional limits, desired range of compression, and a few other fac... | |
| Townshend Audio Seismic Podiums Review Agree with the benefits of springs under speakers, regardless of the flooring support, but especially with suspended wood floors. Having very solid and wider-than-the-speaker Sound Anchors stands made it much easier for me to size, damp, and posi... | |
| What Speaker Cables Taught Me About Audiophiles I have been playing around with cables lately, and they do sound different from each other, IME and IMO. I have about 6 or 7 different variants here, about half are manufactured cable and the rest DIY. None sound particularly bad to me but I do en... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Fleetwood Mac - Bare Trees (and earlier) | |
| Duelund conversion to DIY Helix Geometry Cabling I am glad to hear he is ok. Thank you for sharing the information. I never tried the design/construction he recommended but he was certainly passionate about it and those who did make the cables seemed to like them. | |
| Belden 8402, 8412, and 8428 The Belden 8402 ICs are sounding pretty good with the Cardas Golden Cross speaker cables. The Belden 8428 wire arrived yesterday and that stuff is like 8402 on steroids. It is basically the same thing as 8402, except bigger (41 strands of 34awg... | |
| Belden 8402, 8412, and 8428 Finished the third set of Belden 8402 ICs yesterday, cooked them on my Cable Cooker for almost a day, and then connected all three sets to my system: 2M from DAC to passive volume control .5 M from VC to unity gain buffer 1.5 M from buffer to... | |
| Duelund conversion to DIY Helix Geometry Cabling Hopefully, everything is ok with him. The last post of his I found was from September. Maybe he is just finding a new hosting site. The build instructions, commentary, and pictures he had posted on his site were quite detailed and so were very ... | |
| Analog invites you to turn up the volume Your point is technically correct since dynamic range is the ratio between the loudest and quietest sounds, yet I have had components that made me want to "chase the volume control" and it always seemed to be related to one component sounding more... | |
| Analog invites you to turn up the volume Maybe this has something to do with it... "The dynamic range of an audio system is a measure of the difference between the smallest and largest amplitude values that can be represented in a medium. Digital and analog differ in both the methods o... |