o_holter
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| What is the most important component to consider while building a new system? I am mainly in "the source" camp, but also a strong believer in system/room integration, which has to do with the speakers/amps match as well as the room. I also agree with priority to good electricity. If I could design a sound room and system to... | |
| Speaker Cables? why all the hype for expensive speaker wire? Lptocd - yes, active speakers is one way to go. Not always, though. I did an experiment the other day. The 'master' speaker of my Elac AM 50 no longer drives the 'slave' speaker. I wondered if the slave was broken, and connected it to my main amp... | |
| TEAC NT-505 FUNCTIONAL REVIEW See also https://forum.minimserver.com/showthread.php?tid=6033 | |
| TEAC NT-505 FUNCTIONAL REVIEW If you use Minimserver and it shows up as Offline, check the firewall on your home network server. In my case, Windows Defender had switched my home network from 'private' to 'public', meaning that I could no longer access my Minimserver music lib... | |
| Near field monitor advice please You could investigate single driver speakers and connect them to an OTL amp. Get rid of two problems - the speaker crossover and the amp transformer. It won't be perfect but it might get you closer to happy nearfield listening. In my experience yo... | |
| Are there speakers with cloth/soft enclosures instead of wood? So - speaker in free air = one hand clapping? On the other hand (!) a box is a problem too? Sorry. Home too long. On the same note, why wood? Why not granite, cement or something super-stable? I remember when that was the fad. | |
| TEAC NT-505 impossible connecting to WiFi router o such LAN: help me please? @love_that_sound - my DSD rips sound much better on the Teac than on my former setup (Logitech Touch as streamer, Tascam DA-3000 as dac). I like my recordings from vinyl better than Tidal master/mqa. Then again, the vinyl played direct sounds e... | |
| TEAC NT-505 impossible connecting to WiFi router o such LAN: help me please? Working fine, for me, with the version I got in October. No problems connecting through ethernet, playing DSD files from my network server, Tidal Mqa, etc. Headphone and USB connections work ok. Lumin - ok. Since it fullfills its promise, my atten... | |
| TEAC NT-505 impossible connecting to WiFi router o such LAN: help me please? Thanks - it works fine now. | |
| TEAC NT-505 impossible connecting to WiFi router o such LAN: help me please? Love_that_sound wrote: I still haven't figured out how to incorporate the tunein radio function... I have the same problem. | |
| Preamp recommendation I was lucky to find a used Einstein The tube mk2 for less than 40 percent of the list price in an audio forum, here in Norway. I mostly agree with the glowing review by Fremer in Stereophile - this preamp sounds like nothing, like a good preamp sh... | |
| Where are the cheap home streamers? I used a Logitech Touch for several years, upgrading the streaming capability, first with wired ethernet instead of wireless (would never go back) and next with Touch software mods making it - in theory - able to playback PCM 24 - 196. It was not ... | |
| Next Upgrade?? rmdmoore - I think your strategy is right. When upgrading, start with the source component, in this case, the cartridge. This doesnt always work out, depends on your context, dont ignore good possibilities further down the chain, good second hand ... | |
| vinyl versus digital redux Audio2design argued that analog tapes suffer from use, not (proper) storage.My experience is different. Storage, over time, means more dull sound. Most notable on poor tapes, after 15-20 years especially. Judging from the nearly 1000 tapes I recor... | |
| TEAC NT-505 - How good is it? I ordered the NT-505 in August and received it two weeks ago, after an extra corona wait I was told. No problems so far. Ethernet playback of my high res files, usb playback (flash drive, also from a hard disk, usb-conneced), and streaming from Ti... |