nevada_matt
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| Bi-Wiring For me, I have never been happier than having bi-amp with 3 way active crossover. I can split out sub, then use a solid state amp for lows, and a couple mono tube amps for mid-highs. Since the input frequency to each amp is limited, the signal co... | |
| Banchmark DAC3B vs. Denafrips Pontus II (12th Aniv.) Have not heard those, but the Gustard R26 is a very good sounding R2R that I thoroughly enjoy, especially for tracks that are more… “musical” rather than gut punching rock etc.. I find the fast delta sigma to sound better for 24/192 tracks of “bu... | |
| Streamers? Should be here by Monday according to DHL tracking. | |
| Streamers? I settled on doing the innuos pulse mini (should be here in a week or so) with output over usb to an r2r dac for some types of music, and a toslink (24/192) to a delta sigma dac for other types of music (loud rock, aka AC/DC). Both dacs do fu... | |
| Streamer MQA Question I settled on doing the innuos pulse mini (should be here in a week or so) with output over usb to an r2r dac for some types of music, and a toslink (24/192) to a delta sigma dac for other types of music (loud rock, aka AC/DC). Both dacs do full mq... | |
| Educate me about DSD Is there any transport other than USB to feed a dac a dsd file? I just have never seen any other. well, ethernet from a NAS.. | |
| A warning about hd tracks Have to be careful which version you put in the cart.. once downloaded, the “wrong” version is yours forever. not their fault though.. But, I do think they should keep records of what you purchased and let you redownload the same file at anytim... | |
| Dedicated power circuits Battery backup and dedicated inverter for home office and audio.. Power always comes from a “cached” source, untroubled by the utility company.. well, unless ya cannot get them charged.. | |
| Opinion: Modern country is the worst musical genre of all time I am a man of constant sorrow, I see trouble all my days.. | |
| Streamers? The Aurender is the only streamer that officially states that is uses “caching” instead of “buffering”.. However, they do not specifically state that applies to network streaming. Reading their docs it seems as if only applies to “files” it reads... | |
| active crossover recommendation I have one pf these. the selection of crossover points is up to you and new/different ones can be ordered and replaced. | |
| streaming and audiophile stereo The only thing I can come up with is that tidal is actually using more bandwidth than qobuz. There is no other reason that qobuz could play 24/96 while rarely dropping out compared to the dropping out 4-5 times in the middle of a track like tidal... | |
| FUSE BOX delivers perfect protection and superior sound Thousands of dollars in power conditioning, cables and such.. all to run through a tiny little wire you buy for around $3… well unless you buy the something like a $125 “blue” or “black” fuse type thing.. “Inductive Quantum Coupling” .. in a fus... | |
| Bob Carver tube amps Carver gear, from vintage to current, is all I have ever purchased for audio. Nelion, Hitech, (Greg and Roland) bring these great pieces back to spec and even a few “upgrades”. But that is my decision to buy and have refurbished (mostly) before ... | |
| streaming and audiophile stereo And what KIND of Dac.. I prefer the sound of an R2R over a sigma delta.. and yeah, connectivity.. data drops, whether mqa or qobuz, ruin a song worse than a scratched record.. though I get fewer audible drops with qobuz, they seem to do a b... |