mitch2
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| Whats playing on your system today? Traffic - On the Road (1973) Before that, a little Fleetwood Mac - RIP Christine | |
| Network Acoustics Eno Streaming System vs SGC Optical Isolation System I run the fiber from my router to my system (45 feet), then a switch, then Network Acoustic’s ENO (earlier model of Muon). You can use both, it is not an either/or proposition. The fiber is much, less expensive as posted by @jerryg123 and @oddio... | |
| Advice? Less than $4k, solid state preamp, neutral to gentle Hatter Audio, Passive/Active Preamp - The Big Choose Amtrans AMRG carbon film resistors and the active NewClassD opamp output stage for a total price of $2500. Passive or Active operation Selectable 3/6/9 dB gain Balanced and single-ended i... | |
| One dedicated circuit for each mono block? So maybe a dedicated circuit can be used to plug amps directly into and then have Power isolator connected to a separate Circuit for everything else. Yes. One dedicated 20A circuit for the two amps and one dedicated 20A circuit for your front e... | |
| Banana plug recommendations Before you buy new plugs, you could try inserting a nail setter or similar to spread the Klee banana wider. | |
| Do Costly XLR Cables Make A Difference? “…for dedicated audiophiles who sometimes change their equipment, it is good to treat a selection of cables as tools in a tool kit for final tuning.” @jjss49 I agree, and with the rest of your post too. The cables need not be expensive but ... | |
| Isolated ground versus self ground outlet So, if you use plastic outlet boxes and dedicated lines with hot/neutral/ground wires, you have in effect isolated your ground regardless of the outlet used, correct? | |
| Whats playing on your system today? I traveled yesterday and was able to hear the full Alice's Restaurant Massacre twice on Sirius, a Thanksgiving staple and real blast from the past. Starting Black Friday with one of my favorites, A Rainy Night in Georgia, off of Shelby Lynne's Su... | |
| Qobuz or Tidal? "better to have both IMO" I agree with @thieliste and play music using both of those services, plus my ripped/stored CD files (flac) through Mojo Audio's DejaVu streamer/server. Roon controls whatever I play and I find the sound quality betwee... | |
| Is it worth to get 2 m Nodorst vs 1m Sound quality will be the same - as far as you will be able to tell. The convenience of having 2M cords could be worth it over time if there is any chance at all that your system configuration might change. 1M cords are good for monoblocks sitti... | |
| Do Costly XLR Cables Make A Difference? You already own "costly XLR cables." Try and obtain loaners of the cables you want to purchase through a dealer, friend, or The Cable Company, and then listen to them and compare directly with your current cables in your own system. If you really... | |
| Remote Subwoofer Controls "I’m compelled to adjust the sub settings not infrequently, depending upon the nature of the source material and my chosen volume." You are not missing anything. I appreciate the ability to remotely adjust the output on my two Aerial subs, for... | |
| Digital is far better than vinyl During my first 15 years with an audio system, vinyl was my main source. My first "audiophile" turntable was a mid-1970’s Phillips GA-212, and it sounded just fine for the time. Eventually moved up to Thorens with a Shure cartridge, which sounded ... | |
| Digital is far better than vinyl In my world, “Digital is far better than vinyl” because I don’t have physical vinyl records that need to be stored, found, cleaned, and placed/removed from a turntable. | |
| What do you like and dislike about vintage Western Electric cables? It appears Western Electric recently updated their website, which includes a historical timeline of company history, founded in 1869, as well as a technical library with a historical bulletin about their wire. WE made many types of wire, and still... |