nevada_matt
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| Quobuz subscription If using android phone to cast blue tooth the gustard r26 (maybe others) make sure in the blue tooth setting for the gustard you enable the hires/ldac.. otherwise the playto will be limited to 44.1.. even highres qobuz “source” seems limited to... | |
| Resistors in Parallel Wouldn’t one resistor letting more current through with less resistance create less heat (and noise)? | |
| Raised Towers I know there are other threads about putting them on spring isolated stands… for about $1500/speaker.. sheesh.. looking at some acoustic isolators for about $100 a speaker + platform materials as a diy project just to see if I hear any differenc... | |
| Quobuz subscription I always get network drop out with tidal, maybe 60% of the time. Never have with qobuz (though the highest I have received from qobuz is 24/96) I’ll take the lower resolution vs having song stop, restart, stop restart blech, so mostly using qobu... | |
| HIFI Speaker active crossovers ... What I will use in biamp setup, has dual sub outs, crossed for Sub at 60hz/24 db for dual tekton 2-10 and 500/12db mid highs for a pair of bi-amp wired tekton double impact se upgrade with the actual tweeter BE upgrade. SS amp for mid... | |
| Interesting Read From a Recording Engineer about EQ I always use EQ to shape the sound to how it sounds best to ME.. Don’t really care what anyone else thinks.. They can spend their own money to get what they think sounds “best” to them, in whatever way they wish. EQ corrects for many things, es... | |
| Considering A New Streaming DAC (Pick 1 of 4) Anyone know of a streamer that will download and check the md5 sig before starting play? Living in a rural area with starlink, streaming is interrupted at times, chopping up the audio. Other than outright purchasing audio files and playing from ... | |
| Node 2i use with external DAC Bluesound support is atrocious. I want the node 2i to ONLY use wired ethernet connection, but this seems to be impossible. It is always “switching back” to no longer existing wifi ssid .. or one that was supposedly deleted with a factory reset. ... | |
| Innuos Zenith MK3 So a question about roon. from what I read, you need an active internet connection at all times when using roon so it can check you are being a good little boy or girl and have paid for ypur appropriate license. What happens to roon users if ... | |
| Room Layout and Acoustic Improvements on a Limited Budget Just priced out enough materials, lowes and hobby lobby, for 4 panels plus some leftover, total. $212 with my preferred fabric cover. so since 2016, Inflation I guess.. $53/panel (plus time) but since there are enough panels of rockwool in a pa... | |
| Room Layout and Acoustic Improvements on a Limited Budget These are the most interesting I found..(to me) Next 3 day weekend, going to build a few. | |
| I want more bass… Definitely a fan of powered separate subs. just moving the subs around had a big impact. Active crossover, then bi-amp, move sub freqs off of main speakers and amps don’t need to try to push those frequencies either. For my old ears, I also lim... | |
| What I wish I knew before starting my audiophile journey Battery backup system with dedicated pure sine wave inverter for audio and home office. <$4k DIY You will never be able to control the power quality coming from the utility company. You can have the most expensive distribution box you can bui... | |
| Best speaker(s) for a mini home cinema setup They have a similar pair | |
| Best speaker(s) for a mini home cinema setup looked at the klipsch also when doing my office. these sound good and sale price … definitely price/value deal. |