mitch2
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| Stereo Times 2024 MOST WANTED COMPONENTS List @devinplombier - Thank you and no worries. I am sure I have said too much already. The audio industry is certainly not alone in rebranding existing concepts, mixing magic dust with metaphor, and pricing the resulting product so as to appear excl... | |
| Stereo Times 2024 MOST WANTED COMPONENTS List @devinplombier - Sorry to take up the space. I will delete these if asked. I basically started with a drill down of one of the "Most Wanted Components" - the Aardvark Ethernet Isolator, and looking into it I wound my way into why does this work,... | |
| HAVE CABLES EVER TAKEN YOUR SYSTEM FROM SOUNDING JUST OK TO SOUNDING GREAT? Experiences ? "Our Infigo Audio cables" @calvinj - The wording above, your use of "we" and "us" in your posts, as well as references to loaning out cables and the "infigo cables demo program" leads me to wonder whether you have an industry affiliation with I... | |
| Stereo Times 2024 MOST WANTED COMPONENTS List "and should better" - ? | |
| Stereo Times 2024 MOST WANTED COMPONENTS List Would much rather have a pair of Aries Cerat Ianus Essentia amplifiers than three QSA Ultimatum Infinity AC cords for the same money. | |
| Stereo Times 2024 MOST WANTED COMPONENTS List Don’t shoot the messenger. The products that Stereo Times reviews seem to mirror the high end audio industry as a whole with pricing ranging from relatively low (Galion Audio and Pine Tree Audio), to seemingly reasonable (Coda, Grimm, and LTA), to... | |
| HAVE CABLES EVER TAKEN YOUR SYSTEM FROM SOUNDING JUST OK TO SOUNDING GREAT? Experiences ? Like most responders here, I hear subtle but definite changes from cables, although not to the level that would make a good system sound bad or a bad system sound good. Since I have a box (or two) of cables around here, a change in cables is some... | |
| Help needed with mixed use media/listening room A couple of quick thoughts: Ceiling: - "Ceiling will be painted as seen in commercial spaces." What this implies to me is that you plan to paint the bare ceiling joists, underside of the upper subfloor, and any exposed ductwork or plumbing with... | |
| USB revisited I have had the Singxer UIP1 PRO USB isolator in my system for over a week now. I purchased it simply out of curiosity. The accompanying power supply never left the box as I am using a 9V LPS that I had here. The recommended input power range f... | |
| DDC Cableing @jaybe - To your comment, I2S is a serial bus interface that that transmits digital audio signals and was originally designed for short connections inside of the component (i.e., DAC) case. It was therefore not intended to be subject to influences... | |
| DDC Cableing Just use the same USB cable you are already using out of your source, assuming you have already selected a cable that you like. | |
| Fiber or Eithenet Some here have been using these for a while now. The write-up appears to be the same but the price is a little higher. | |
| Audio racks that can handle heavy components Sound Anchors | |
| Would you rent a $14,000 DAC for $75 per day? Right now, outside of local dealer lending, we have two choices to hear stuff in our homes. Both go better with some up front research to make sure you have an idea of what you want first. Buy something and sell it if it doesn’t work out for y... | |
| Advice on Optical Ethernet Conversion “some have reported it takes some “life” from the music” Not at all challenging what “some” hear, but I would like to understand how this is possible, if anyone has a plausible explanation. |