moonwatcher
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| How to set up volume control on a DAC without a preamp +1 to @ivickery Note that Tidal recently had a bug that would ramp up volume to 100% when playing in shuffle mode. Just seems risky to rely on any software for volume control instead of good old reliable hardware. Be safe. "Version 2024.09.04 Re... | |
| Is Recording quality the real culprit? Album quality is of course hit or miss, depending on who the recording engineer was, the producer, the mixing and mastering engineer, and the label. Ironically most young artists don’t have a clue and go with the flow of whatever those with "suppo... | |
| What is your "holy grail song" that you cannot find? There was a song in the early to mid-1980s on MTV with a video. It wasn’t the "best song" or anything, but it always bugged me that I can’t find who it was by. All I remember is a snippet of lyrics, sung by a girl, "My color is red, tears fill my ... | |
| Six DAC Comparison Will be interesting to hear how the Linear Tube Audio Aero stacks up against the others costing 2X or more its price. Most reviews I've seen of it have been favorable. Have fun. Take your time though. Such comparisons can be difficult to ascertain... | |
| Six DAC Comparison The comparisons you make will be interesting. The fact that "DACs sound different from each other", even at what most would consider "high end" prices, does bring up a question. Why isn't there something like the RIAA curve for DACs? How can we e... | |
| Step Up Transformers….Are they Worth the Trouble? For yet more food for thought, Steve Gutenberg recently reviewed a new Zesto Tube Phone Preamp, but he intentionally chose the MM one not the more expensive MM/MC one, but instead used, you guessed it, SUTs with it. You guys with MC carts, have ... | |
| Updating my streamer All these streamer/DACs recommended by folks are a "big step up" from the Node. However, I just recently saw that Bluesound is upping their game with a new streamer/DAC having a 5" screen, a better DAC implementation, and low noise power supply. C... | |
| Are all streamers the same? Not wanting to whip a dead horse, but I didn’t see anyone mention the fact that some streamers have better clock chips than others, so a bit less jitter is always a good thing, even if it borders on the inaudible. The other issue is to make sure ... | |
| Those magical days when the HVAC is off Ah, we all just try to tune out the noise from HVAC systems, but I was taken aback last year when I tried some noise cancelling Sony Bluetooth headphones a friend had brought to work. Wow, such a calming reduction in ambient noise was amazing. He... | |
| 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 ... |