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| Power Cords Snake Oil ?? Power cables capable of conducting sufficient electrical energy (current and voltage) to your equipment make absolutely zero difference to the sound when all other variables are kept the same. The $1000 power cable will not fix any issues inherent... | |
| PS Audio Direct Stream JR I, too, have used the PS DS Jr. as a pre-amp for the past week and a half and I would agree with some of the other comments - namely the DS Jr. works as a pre-amp, but only up to a point. My amplifier must have pretty sensitive inputs (I have no i... | |
| Stand mount loudspeakers Well since the OP never provided any clarification, here's a good source for tested used speakers. They may be a bit overpriced on some of them, but there is a guarantee. http://tmraudio.com/speakers/bookshelf-monitors/ | |
| Mono Blocks on a Budget, is it possible? I definitely think that in the linear power supply "world" this has more merit than in the switch mode power supply "world" as is typical of class d amps such as ICE and Hypex. If you share a power supply there is increased capacity for crosstal... | |
| Can a power cord increase the resolution of an Class D (SMPS) amp by more than 5% ? Directionality in a power cord,that's fake news folks. Agree and furthermore anyone who claims otherwise is probably an AudioQuest employee using a sockpuppet alias. Sorry, kids - wire of a certain type and purity isn't any more or less directi... | |
| Can a power cord increase the resolution of an Class D (SMPS) amp by more than 5% ? Oh, brother, one of the A Boys checks in with his usual failure to grasp the whole directionality thing. Doesn’t any one of the electronics EE pretend gurus even understand what directionality is?Once again, we have an amp manufacturer who never g... | |
| Can a power cord increase the resolution of an Class D (SMPS) amp by more than 5% ? ENOHPREEOdd! | |
| Mono Blocks on a Budget, is it possible? You could get the Nord Acoustics Hypex nCore monoblocks for just a little over $2,000, they’ll do 400 watts into 8 ohms. I see no reason to get "mono-blocks" if you're doing class D as literally the only difference is two power cords vs. one. ... | |
| Cable Snake Oil Antidote Whoever said that recording studios - including any that value high fidelity reproduction - use super expensive cabling is a liar. Sure they use adequately shielded cables, but most of the time it's the cheapest thing available that meets spec. "H... | |
| ELAC - Adante... what’s the verdict? Sorry, 95dB was a typo - was 92dB in the review. In fact I would have gone lower but I don’t own an SPL meter so I have no idea exactly what level it was when the ELACs started sounding compressed like a PA speaker. But it wasn’t AS loud as I have... | |
| Ethernet Cables, do they make a difference? LOL, no. God I swear if I see anyone chiming in or trying to hock an "audiophile" Ethernet cable, I'm going to lose my lunch. | |
| ELAC - Adante... what’s the verdict? Here is a review. They are already showing up in the barely used market. https://www.cnet.com/news/elac-aims-higher-with-its-new-adante-as-61-speaker/ I automatically ignore anything written by Steve Guttenberg at CNET. The guy writes like he’s ... | |
| What is an excellent power cable? An excellent power cable is any that is capable of conducting sufficient electricity to your component. | |
| Stand mount loudspeakers One more post in favor of towers/floorstanders - they are less likely to fall off or fall over if there are pets or kids involved. I'm not saying they NEVER fall and there are some that are very susceptible to being tipped, but nowhere near as eas... | |
| What are the best entry level integrated amps and speakers? Some lightly used KEF LS50s or Paradigm Monitors (like PSB, Canadian sound) coupled with a decent integrated amp/DAC combo like a used Peachtree or NAD would be a little over $1500, but all of those components (esp. KEFs and Peachtree) are very "c... |