oddiofyl
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| Streamer output options If you ask some designers , they do not like I2S as they feel it's not a circuit that should involve external cables. It should happen on the circuit board trace close to the chip. | |
| What were your top musical discoveries of 2024? Marcus King. That Guy is massively talented. | |
| Help With Streamer - Aurender, Auralic, HIFI Rose, Eversolo A10, etc. I love my Aurender. Have used Innuos, Bluesound (which I still own) and Eversolo Since having an entry streamer like Bluesound and a really good one like my Aurender N200 all I can say is it comes down to support. Aurender is incredibly wel... | |
| Needing DAC Advice The ESS chips are used in some good sounding DACs. | |
| Needing DAC Advice That's like saying all blue cars suck.... much more to be gained with a class leading preamp. | |
| Needing DAC Advice The DAC is not the weak link…. You are quick to spend $3 k plus on a DAC when you already have a good one. Demo a really good preamp in home and you will see what I’m talking about. TMR has some great preamps that you can build a great system ar... | |
| Needing DAC Advice Get a really good active preamp. It’s the heart of a good system. I don’t think a DAC will exploit the rest of your system like a nice preamp. I’m talking a preamp that not a lateral move , far from it, something used that you otherwise could not ... | |
| Mutec Ref 10 Nano and MC 3 USB I bought a MC3+USB to convert USB to coax. It works great. I picked up a LHY OCK2 clock for cheap, at some point I'd like to try the Nano. I have my TV in it's TOS input and that probably was the most noticeable improvement. My CD transpo... | |
| Can you damage your speakers by plugging bass port vent? I have had more than one pair of speakers arrive from the factory with foam port plugs. It will not hurt the speakers , it will be fine. May not sound that great but will not hurt them. | |
| Does VPI ADS work with Basis Gold Debut? My Sota Escape uses the Condor and it's a great system. | |
| Have you ever bought something you've never heard of? Nice. I’ve have been spinning discs a lot lately. I find that the original CD almost always is better than a remaster. I think most of the streaming content is remastered and there’s no way around it. I try to avoid the cable controversy but if y... | |
| Have you ever bought something you've never heard of? I often research a product until it's discontinued. I have bought without auditioning or seeing in person , but never something I've never heard of. That's why these forums are a valuable resource. I can see maybe with cables that don't bre... | |
| McIntosh MC2105 paired with a C53 pre? The DA2 DAC is way better than most would give it credit. It's an excellent sounding DAC | |
| Help with Equitech 1.5Q power conditioner I have had a Son of Q for almost 20 years. Never an issue . I would suspect a bad GFI I believe it is an off the shelf Leviton unit. It's probably pretty straightforward and any competent tech. As BigTwin suggested remove all power cord... | |
| DON:T WAIT! Replace Those Old Power Tubes! I have a Hickok 800 , it seems pretty accurate with a few tubes that I have that were matched on a modern Amplitrex tester. Sure it's great to know how strong a tube is but it is far more important to check for shorts and gas. I was lucky, t... |