moonwatcher
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| Thanks to the Moderators They do a pretty good job overall. I like discussions to at least stay relevant to whatever the OP asked. | |
| List Of Small Company Tube Amps Cary Audio in my home state, near Raleigh, NC. Their SLI-80HS is well regarded. | |
| Step Up Transformers….Are they Worth the Trouble? @lewm "reference" means only that. That he uses it as a reference for comparison. It doesn't mean it is the most expensive, nor the "best", just a price/performance point comparison to other gear. Steve will change devices and speakers in his "ref... | |
| Step Up Transformers….Are they Worth the Trouble? Great discussion above my pay grade since I'll likely keep using MM carts most of my life now that I stream music about 80% of the time, but I wanted to mention that in May, Steve Gutenberg went down the rabbit hole of getting out some of his vint... | |
| I want to buy new speakers for 50,000 and see it used for 30,000, what should I do? 1. WHAT speakers? You never said. 2. Everything depreciates. And speakers at that price level are boutique, not appealing to very many consumers. Most people buying them are rich enough that they are NOT "stretching" their budgets to buy them, so ... | |
| Is there a clear definition of what "Integrated" means? Not to confuse the issue, but for most sources (except a phono stage) a preamp is actually *decreasing* the signal to the amp. Sources like streamers, tuners, cassette decks, CD players, and DACs put out up to 2V on single ended RCA jacks, and up ... | |
| Looking for a great front ported bookshelp speaker recommendation You didn’t state the interior dimensions of your cabinet. Just be sure to get the dimensions of any prospective front ported or non-ported bookshelf speakers to ensure they will fit inside your cabinet. Obviously, think about setting them on some ... | |
| Volti Voyage - New Razz Glad you had a fun and rewarding experience. Curious though, how large is your room that you have these placed? Does the First Watt F8 provide all the power you want (and quality) you desire in these fairly efficient speakers? They sure seem to of... | |
| I need some high quality Printed Circuit Boards Made (DYNACO ST-70) I work for a company that produces cellular antennas for companies like Verizon, T-Mobile, AT&T, etc. We us a PCB manufacturer called ACI for quality PCBs. Our RF engineers use programs like HFSS to create them, however, while we can produce G... | |
| Watts! How many do we need? As others have said, meters, even digital ones, are s-l-o-w. Even on digital recorders, the meters are too slow to see "transient peaks", which is one reason manufactures recommend recording with the "peaks you do see" topping out at -12dB. This a... | |
| DCS Sending Legal Notice To Reviewer (Golden Sound) Over an Old Review of Their Bartok DAC I don’t get it to a large degree. Any device merely exists as a thing for anyone to check out and offer thoughts on it. Reviews are mostly subjective based on opinion or in a very few cases based on electrical or acoustic measurements. [Erin’s Aud... | |
| Denarips and Vinshine split Generally, "grey market" means you forego any warranty. I used to buy photo and video equipment and sometimes would take a chance but no more. A $500 item might be worth the risk, but for my wallet, anything more than $1000 better be the "real dea... | |
| Solo streamer I'd think the quality bump of the N200 would be worth running $200 of CAT6 cable a few feet. Just an idea. @jazzman7, thanks for the correction regarding I2S being synchronous. All the more reason then to spend a bit more then on the streamer a... | |
| Solo streamer So, what DAC do you all recommend with a $6300 streamer? Mola Mola, Holo May, PS Audio, Weiss? Obviously, down the road, the OP will "eventually'' upgrade his DAC to one more cost commensurate with the streamer. That might happen this year, or 5 y... | |
| Solo streamer Not wanting to whip a dead horse, but regardless of what streamer you buy, consider that in most cases, you need to connect it to an external DAC via an asynchronous connection (USB, I2S) in order for the likely better clock in the external DAC to... |