oldschool1948
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| Protecting Equipment from Children When my then 3 year old granddaughter, who is now 22, saw my turntable for the first time, she dragged the tonearm across an album. I never did find the stylus 😶. I can only fault myself for being careless. When my now 3 year old and 7 year ol... | |
| The Best Preamp is no Preamp? My system sounds much better with a pre amp in the mix. I have a PS Audio BHK pre amp, PS Audio DSD Sr. DAC (which has a volume control), and PS Audio BHK250 power amp pushing Tannoy DC8Ti speakers. About a year ago, I sent the BHK pre in for re... | |
| Would you pay more than 25% of MSRP for a used cartridge? I wouldn’t pay 25% over MSRP for anything. | |
| Your method for discovering great music. In my case, Tidal has created seven "My Mix" old school R&B and contemporary Jazz playlists that contain some of the music in Tidal playlists that I've created; additional music that I've heard or have not in a Tidal playlist; and some new mus... | |
| Digital Audio Output Differences? Is USB Audio Really The Top-notch? I have a PS Audio Direct Stream DAC. I've used USB, Ethernet, and i2s with it. i2s is by far the better option. | |
| your first system- U.S. Army, Augsburg, Germany, 1975. Pioneer integrated amp, Pioneer cassette deck, Pioneer speakers, and Dual TT. | |
| Advice needed on power cables, wall warts, conditioning, electrical outlet I use a PS Audio Power Port Classic AC Receptacle. Seems to work well in my system. | |
| Wadax Reference Dac and Reference Server--arrived in my room. Google Search: The Wadax Atlantis Reference DAC, priced at $145,000, is the audio equivalent of those hypercars. It is an exercise in building the world's best-sounding digital-to-analog converter without restraints in cost or size. | |
| Playing CDs sounds better than Qobuz — dammit About four years ago, I ripped my 1000 CDs to a Zenith MK2 streamer and haven’t looked back. I use Roon on a Mac mini for whole house stereo to powered speakers. In my listening room, I use Innuos Sense, which sounds a LOT better than Roon. I... | |
| Advice needed on power cables, wall warts, conditioning, electrical outlet @terry9 Thanks for the thoughtful response to my question. I was hoping the isolator installation would be a bit more “plug and play” 😊. Next steps, talk to my electrician. Thanks again. | |
| Advice needed on power cables, wall warts, conditioning, electrical outlet @terry9 2. installed isolation transformer to run separate outlets at 20% of above cost Using a VooDoo Electra power cord on my PS Audio BHK pre amp and a VooDoo Black Diamond power cord on my BHK250 power amp, I hear a significant improvemen... | |
| FEDEX keeps destroying my New CARY 805RS Monoblocks - What can I do to prevent Nightmare? I've no longer ship FedEx and wish companies that I buy from would stop using them. I've had two bad experiences: (1) I sold and shipped a NAD M12 pre/DAC, FedEx lost the package. It was found and finally delivered two days late; (2) I sent a B... | |
| Need help choosing a new DAC +1 Audio Mirror Tubadour III SE. I owned one for about a year paired with a SS amp; it is a wonderful sounding DAC. The non-SE version has been discontinued. | |
| HOW CRITICAL ARE JUMPER CABLES Using the same speaker cable for jumpers makes sense to me. In my Tannoy users manual, for single wire mode, it shows amp cables connected to the high frequency drivers with the jumper plate between the high and low frequency drivers. I use Audi... | |
| Roon Streaming Service actually Degrades the sound @dougthebiker I also noticed the Roon experimental version sounded really good. I used it until I inserted a Matrix SPDIF-X between my Zenith MKII and DirectStream DAC to use i2s. For some reason, the experimental version will not recognize the... |