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| My New Year’s Wish for my fellow audiophiles. Best wishes everyone, let's stay in touch our inner child, in a good way: | |
| Streamer Comparison and Suggestions I upgraded from using my mac mini 2020 i7 as all components of roon to using it to control an Aries G2.1. The difference in SQ was substantial, but don't forget the importance of cables, especially power. It is a little twitchy. I was swapping cab... | |
| ? about Smoking Power Amp I repaired stereos for 4 years in college and I can tell you that blown amps do take out speakers. I'd give you 3.14% odds depending on how good the protection circuitry is, how it fails and how robust your speakers are. It could also cause a real... | |
| Why whole house surge protectors are not enough Caelin Gabriel and Shunyata make suppressors for medical gear so I think they're a lot more knowledgeable than most people here. I spoke with Tim from Transient Protection Design who said that their whole home unit has MOVs that turn on at 150v. I... | |
| Why whole house surge protectors are not enough Erik, thanks for this thread! This brand was recommended as the very best by an electrician recommended from a reputable audio dealer: https://transientprotectiondesign.com/products/residential/breaker-panels/breaker-panel-surge-protection/ Any ... | |
| Re-wiring the listening room: Questions Don't cheap out like I did with 3x 10ga romex lines. At least spring for cryo-ed romex, but I'd suggest either Hidden Treasure or AP Oval 10, so you're not tempted to rip out your walls again later. I think non-cryo romex has a sound too, 12ga is ... | |
| Power cable The NCF sounds like a good option to me. Cable Co said the NCF is better balanced than the original rhodium and that's why Furutech stopped offering a gold outlet. I agree Hurricane HC may not be good for the mellow Pass. I tried to like mine but ... | |
| Tip for purchase new power cable +1 beware fakes and +1 low cost audiophile power cables are a real mixed bag of sonic attributes (compromises). I have a DH labs power plus and it's ok, but a little fuzzy and rolled off at frequency extremes. I think the RSX Benchmark I have is a... | |
| Quick Question About Power Cables OP, I wouldn't go with Hurricane (too steep a loss in treble but I assume you know that) or Cardas Clear (too fuzzy, from choke I presume). I've heard Clear Beyond XL is better and it shoudl be. I agree amp has most effect, but my Aries is affecte... | |
| Goodbye Everyone You will be missed here. Thanks for all your efforts to share your knowledge! | |
| Seriously though, maybe the best tweak is exercise? Don't forget sleep! Big influence on mood which affects your listening enjoyment. I unsure about actual hearing though. Thanks for the encouragement to get more cardio, maybe that will help my ringing. | |
| going from tube preamp to solid state I don't have experience with good tube preamps and want to avoid them due to maintenance, microphonics, noise, distortion, and power usage. I just received my benchmark HPA4 and have been pleased so far. The clarity, imaging, and wide bandwidth ar... | |
| Power cord - 5 ft vs 10 ft ? The Cable Co also suggest 2 meters and mentioned that the capacitance can be good beyond the filtering and noise in some cases. It may also depend on how much you want each PC to influence the sound, but I wouldn't go to 10ft unless I needed the l... | |
| Router for Audio Streaming Let us know what you try and how it works. Get the latest spec’d wifi and avoid mesh if possible. It’s just wireless feeding wireless so it would be worse. The client side will need to be upgraded if it doesn’t support the latest wifi. Keep in min... | |
| Is Mark Levinson still considered up there with the best of the best? 68pete and rauliruegas, which caps are recommended for ML class AB amps? I have a 532h that I like a lot and had been considering 8 new fuses for the DC rails. Who does this cap work and do they match the caps in anyway? I understand this amp uses... |