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| Those magical days when the HVAC is off Excellent variety of approaches - I had assumed someone would recommend a robust power filter or regenerator, or power factor correction, etc. though a few have mentioned getting off the grid via battery power- I assumed I was enjoying less stress... | |
| A nightmare regarding streaming? As a non-tech limited resource option, I take screen shots of my saved Album/Artist lists every so often and playlists just in case they mysteriously disappear - as I get older I worry I would never remember the obscure artists or individual track... | |
| Digital cable comparison: Black Cat Silverstar 75 MkII vs Analysis Plus Digital Crystal? Just in case someone gathers information from this older thread: I discovered after months with wyde eye between my AD clock and Etherregen installed "backwards" (arrows pointing toward the clock instead of toward the switch) which prompted me to ... | |
| Linux Music System Help Thanks GHD. I will take a look at that piece. I appreciate your taking the time to share your thoughts. | |
| I am Looking for That Elusive 3 Dimensional Room Filling Soundstage As long as you keep the Rogue in the system, Ref 3a DeCapo should get you there. I have not tried this in a small space however. With patience, a good used pair should be had for $1500. | |
| R.I.P: Rest In Peace Roy Johnson, Green Mountain Audio's Genius Very sad indeed. I always made sure I was sitting down when I called him as he was a world-class conversationalist- incredibly generous with his time. I felt his Europa Max was exceptionally coherent - quite special to be sure. Like others have sa... | |
| Can a power cord increase the resolution of an Class D (SMPS) amp by more than 5% ? I became a power cord believer about 15 years ago- Synergistic Research Master Couplers impacted everything I put them on from amp, DAC, pre, even the darn digital reclocker unit. I have had fun "rolling" pc cables since (I could argue they may ma... | |
| Giles, Giles, & Fripp Cheerful Insanity is both a well recorded album, and a great album. A classic. | |
| Best Preamp = No Preamp? An old thread, but I wanted to "testify" as I have recently been enjoying my old Monarchy 18B DAC direct to a PSE Studio IV amp with wonderful results. Coming off of "old iron" tube integrated too, which surprised me- huge soundstage, great height... | |
| Power Strips - Wiremold vs.Hammond vs BPT PPC I am only posting here because of the surprising improvement inserting a classic Wiremold L10320 between my SS amp and the wall outlet. I have a few of these units around the house that I no longer use in my audio system, and I read about Naim ess... | |
| Vintage Bogen Mono Blocks D070's- I have to agree with Frankt88. I've had CJ gear, Rogue, Bruce Moore, McIntosh, Etc. and I am currently listening to a Bogen DB230 integrated and I would have to be honest and say that for the money, it's one hell of a sonic competitor. I think the... | |
| Does power conditioning really matter? I have to join as someone soundly converted. I have never in 20 some years of dabbling in this hobby/obsession addressed power conditioning in my system- I of course experimented with every other element in the chain, from tube rolling, cable swap... | |
| Rewire to triode instructions for CJ CAV50? Sure, just did it,instructions direct from CJ,just call and give your e-mail on their VM and you're set. Changing the "straps" was straight forward, desoldering the Caps was confusing- the top of the board is nigh impossible to get at, thus you ha... | |
| CJ CAV50 - triode vs ultralinear I finally got around to converting my Cav-50 to Triode..have always been a Triode preferer, this seems to make sense, and with my newly dialed in Altec Valencias this is a good combo...I would have to guess efficient spkrs a must...as for the soun... | |
| need help on transparent sounding 12au7 tubes The cleartops are exceptional- something else needs to change in your system. |