mitch2
Responses from mitch2
| Why don't upgrade the wires and components inside our units? My amps and preamp/buffer were completely upgraded by the original equipment designer at SMc Audio - wire, caps, resistors, transformers, hardware, and more. I have been very pleased with the result. | |
| Is there a solid fuse-like item that I can use in place of a fuse, to bypass it? copper tubing, like used as water line to a freezer ice maker - 1/4 inch OD Stuff it with some damping material, or silicone...or beeswax | |
| Streaming Sound Quality - Want the very best sound quality? Network Acoustics ENO... Reevaluating my general philosophy that less is usually better, at least when it comes to digital stuff. The Gigafoil arrived so my digital chain is now, Comcast cable ARRIS SURFboard Modem Netgear switch Orbi Mesh Router into switch FMC ... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Gin Blossoms - New Miserable Experience What a tragedy to lose Doug Hopkins after their first commercial success. | |
| Audio nonsense @waytoomuchstuff , et al. I find it interesting how the debates on these forums typically depreciate into labeling, name-calling, and assigning sides between believers vs. naysayers, with no in-between. I assume there are others here like me who... | |
| Improving Comcast modem signal @fuzztone - Shooting yourself is preferable to going to the "store" around here. You sound a bit frustrated with the local service. I assume Comcast is no longer on your Christmas card list! | |
| Improving Comcast modem signal The rentals equal out the cost of a new ARRIS SURFboard SB8200 in about 10 months. After that, your modem costs are free. In 16 years, I have purchased 4 new modems (always for purposes of updating) and had zero issues. Figure an average of a ye... | |
| Improving Comcast modem signal You don't have to rent xfinity's xFi Gateway modem, which appears to have its own internal PS. You can buy your own and quit paying the monthly rental fee. I use an ARRIS SURFboard modem (not the latest version) that has an external DC power sup... | |
| Survey on Cost of Loudspeakers Supported On Townshend Seismic Isolation Podiums Way less expensive than the Townshend options (bars or pods or platforms). Spring support doesn't need to cost a lot of money, but you have to get the sizing right. You could also try EVPs, which can also be DIY'ed with Owens Corning 703-705. ... | |
| Audio nonsense @nicktheknife - you obviously don’t know the rules here, I don’t really get why someone, myself included, would spend thousands of dollars on cables that have all this engineering going into them, quality materials, shielding, dielectrics, conne... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Carolina Confessions, The Marcus Kings Band Try Goodbye Carolina | |
| Is Old Music Killing New Music? Some of us were lucky to come up during a period of incredible artistic creation and I suspect younger people are discovering some of those really special tunes and bands as reflected when the author describes his interaction with a server at the ... | |
| Streaming Sound Quality - Want the very best sound quality? Network Acoustics ENO... Just added another small box. I have a DJM Electronics GigaFOILv4-INLINE Ethernet Filter on the way. I will probably position it immediately after my Bonn N8 switch and just before the Network Acoustics ENO, which is right before my server. The... | |
| Audio nonsense over fluffing hardwood remind of girlfriend sister | |
| Network Switches Looks like everyone involved with streaming trying to come up with their own version of ‘audiophile’ switches. Is this akin to when cable manufacturers coined the phrase a "loom" of cables, with the idea that all cables in a system should be fro... |