mitch2
Responses from mitch2
| Dedicated Music Server/Player I was happy with Antipodes D3 and am currently happy with Mojo Deja Vu…both streamer/servers. | |
| Tidal vs. Others- End of 2021 I have not yet tried Qobuz but plan to. Is the content difference between that and Tidal (which I use now) really just “a couple of tracks“ as @zyphryx stated, or is it more significant wrt rock, blues, and other popular genres? Also, does Qobuz h... | |
| Would you sell for cash? Lots of good advice given, like selling in a safe place (i.e., the police station or some other public and well-lit location). I would add: Take someone with you have the buyer sign a pre-written receipt that you can bring with you, which incl... | |
| Can the digital "signal" be over-laundered, unlike money? One could argue that small boxes to "filter" Ethernet signals, and especially reclocking, may be less important if the server has a high quality input such as JCAT's OCXO clocked NET Card XE network card. I could still imagine a benefit from isol... | |
| So much music that we never hear! Try SirusXM radio in your vehicle. I also use their app to listen at work on my computer sometimes. Try Tidal and Qobuz in your system at home. After your specific choices have played, those services will continue to play similar but different ... | |
| How do you know when a stereo sounds good? A stereo system sounds good when the experience of listening is about enjoying the music and not fretting about how the sound compares to some absolute audiophile standard. In my experience, listeners can achieve this by choosing their main syst... | |
| Your Favorite Christmas Song-One only Please- "Christmas Time Is Here" is a popular Christmas standard written by Lee Mendelson and Vince Guaraldi for the 1965 television special A Charlie Brown Christmas, one of the first animated Christmas specials produced for network television in the Un... | |
| Chinese fake cables How fake, how good? This DIY bulk speaker cable (8 awg @ $13.75/foot) available from GR Research (construction instructions here) appears remarkably similar to this bulk speaker cable ($4.05/foot) available from China, which is supposed to be similar to Kimber 12TC (... | |
| Forum Updates 11/24/2021 Thank you Tammy and Audiogon - Happy Thanksgiving! | |
| What is the best USB cable under $500 for a natural presentation and good detail ? @ozzy62 - I can’t reliably break down benefits specifically attributable to the split version vs. the "Discrete" non-split version of the TRL cable. I have owned and listened to split cables before such as the ifi Gemini, where the signal and powe... | |
| Audiophile Fuses - Are We Certain They Provide Protection? Some years ago, I discussed boutique fuses with a service tech at Ayre Acoustics. He told me they had internally discussed their support of boutique fuses (such as HiFi Tuning) and whether they would warranty units that failed with a boutique fus... | |
| What is the best USB cable under $500 for a natural presentation and good detail ? This one has worked well for me. They also sell one which does not have the data and power runs split. I have only tried the "split" version. | |
| Cat 5 - 6 -7 or 8 For music streaming, the speed of CAT 5e and up Ethernet cables should all be adequate and I doubt any speed differences would be audible. If differences are audible, my guess is they could result from shielding (STP) vs. no shielding (UTP), wire ... | |
| Cary Audio SA 200.2 SE power amp (latest version) Switch the cables at the amplifier only by connecting the left channel cable endpoint to the right channel amplifier input and the right channel cable endpoint to the left channel input. If the problem is with the amplifier, then the noise should... | |
| Need Wired Ethernet Access but Noisy Extender Mesh systems replace router-and-extender setups with multiple identical units that work together thereby improving the speed offered by using range extenders. Here is an article that may answer some of your questions. |