mitch2
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| Review on Linear Tube Audio Aero DAC Found this to be interesting. Made me wonder if their choice of AD1865 vs. others like AD1862 was related to finding a chip they could stockpile in sufficient quantity. Also interesting comments on power cords relative to power supply. They cle... | |
| Impact of a DDC using SPDIF (not I2S) My first DDC was the Hermes. I tried it on a whim, did not perceive a sonic improvement, and eventually sold it. After going a year without using a DDC, I changed some things in my system, added a Sonore Signature Rendu SE optical streamer which o... | |
| Review on Linear Tube Audio Aero DAC Nice review. I would like to hear the DAC. I always appreciate seeing pictures of the insides of gear. This thread shares the best picture of the insides of the Aero that I could find, and this article shares another. | |
| Review on Linear Tube Audio Aero DAC @teajay Based on your comments here, and the Audiophiliac (Steve Guttenberg) review, the Linear Tube Audio Aero DAC sounds like a really great deal on a very musical DAC for $4K. Since the LTA Aero is an R2R DAC using the AD-1865 DAC chip, I am ... | |
| Has a Power Conditioner Improved Your Sound? No. | |
| Burn your power cables in PROPERLY with Haglabs Frycorder @jea48 I like this mission statement: ... By providing a mission statement that outlines rules of engagement, accountability in the form of active moderation, and a separate location for arguments between naysayers and true believers, A'gon co... | |
| Happy Friday gents Nice post - it’s wonderful when everything clicks and you can sit back and enjoy what you have. | |
| Is it possible for a high end manufacturer to overprice their goods? Who is to judge? With most products and services, if at least some people don't complain about the price then it is probably not high enough. If it priced too high, then it won't sell. The purpose of most businesses it to make money so the goo... | |
| Do No Harm ... well the least harm anyway @koestner Ha - Thanks for the reminder since I had forgotten that I listed the filter - no replies yet. The Marchand passive filter (XM446XLR-A) worked as advertised but it simply didn't lead to an audible improvement in the sound of my system.... | |
| Do No Harm ... well the least harm anyway IME, the potential benefit of using a high pass filter relates to the quality of the low bass reproduced by the main speakers, the ability of the main speakers to handle power in the low frequencies, the ability of the amplifier to supply sufficie... | |
| Isolation devices- to use 3 or 4 footers? Anyone here use the brass cones from Live Vibe Audio? Yes, I read their stuff years ago and tried them under my speakers and components but did not discern any sonic difference between those and other spikes/cones such as edenSound or even the ... | |
| Isolation devices- to use 3 or 4 footers? Four, primarily for stability. When changing out cables or fiddling around with your system, having four footers reduces the chances of a component tipping. You can position them a little asymmetrical, as needed, to account for unbalanced loading... | |
| speakers and cables @immatthewj Your Klipsch link is the most applicable to what the OP is doing. The person on that link who suggested running the line level connectors to the subs first and then a second line level connection from the subs to the amps, was using t... | |
| Do your ears deceive you? @knotscott It’s kinda funny....I’ve wanted every single set of cables I’ve ever installed in my system to sound like "The Ones", yet several sets hang on the wall of my basement shop, got passed on my boys, or got resold, because once all the ex... | |
| speakers and cables I have the same feeling about Y splitters, not very audiophile-ish. I will not argue the impressions of audiophiles but I don’t believe there is any electrical difference between preamps with two rca outputs and what is accomplished by the spli... |