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| Where to get XLR male to male cable You can find XLR male-male cables at pro audio web sites/stores. For example, Markertek has such cables available. Or you could probably ask Blue Jeans Cable or other cable companies to make you a pair. | |
| Streamer recommendations for dummies. I'm a strong proponent for Dirac Live room correction, over standard PEQ of frequency response. The time-domain correction is an incredible improvement, that pretty much everyone loves once they hear it.miniDSP's boxes are the most convenient way ... | |
| Quality streaming for newbie @griff69 well the LUMIN U1 Mini is a pure streamer at USD $2000. Or as audiotroy mentioned there is the D2 at USD $2300 which has a built-in DAC for analog outputs. So if the D2's DAC stage sounds good to you, you can get both a streamer and DAC w... | |
| Streamer recommendations for dummies. Why would this gentleman need a Dac based streamer sucn a Node when the Hegel has a good dac built in?The digital volume control applies to the digital outputs of the LUMIN products, and the LUMIN U1 and U1 Mini do not have analog outputs. What I ... | |
| Streamer recommendations for dummies. The digital volume control in LUMIN products is independent of the AirPlay source volume setting. So that means even if a guest has their iTunes/iPhone volume set to max, but the LUMIN is set at 50%, the music will come out pretty quiet. It'll act... | |
| Quality streaming for newbie I ended up with LUMIN based on the the quality of both hardware and software, and the sound character. But they're not on the inexpensive side of the spectrum. | |
| Magico A3 They are very backordered. Bass performance is excellent and what you would expect from a Magico design, but the smaller bass drivers means less total displacement versus an S3 MkII for example.After hearing them, I stopped caring about integratin... | |
| Does a ripped cd onto a digital format sound better than the cd played on the cdp If you're comparing the analog outputs from a CD player to a DAC that is receiving digital audio data from a digital streaming source like a computer or network streamer, then the two primary aspects that could result in a difference are the relia... | |
| What will a preamp do for me? Could you bring your DAC over to a friend who has a preamp, to see if running your DAC at full volume eliminates the issues you hear at home, but running it below full volume adds it back in? That seems like a reasonable way to test if the volume ... | |
| RCA to XLR? Do I need to do this? You shouldn't use an RCA to XLR cable unless you know that it's going to be compatible, which you could confirm by asking the manufacturers. | |
| Streaming music There are lots of network streaming choices out there and they all tend to work fairly well but the main considerations should be the quality of build and the software stack. In fact my suggestion would be for you to review the software stacks fir... | |
| Shipping calculator on Audiogon? Are you maybe thinking of the shipping cost calculator that is supported on a listing if the seller charges exact shipping? There will be a "Get cost" link on the listing page that you can click to calculate how much shipping will be to your address. | |
| Can I use an isolation stand with an isolation pad? The first thing you need to figure out is if the noise that is bothering your neighbor is from mechanical coupling of the subwoofer to the floor or just the sound waves passing through the floor.The former can be addressed by isolating the subwoof... | |
| Power Conditioner for Amp Bryston and Torus also make power conditioners beefy enough to drive an amplifier. | |
| Which DSP for Room Correction? I've been a big fan of the Dirac Live solution because it addresses both frequency response and timing.In my experience they don't all approach the issue the same way, and as a consequence can produce different results. |