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| Bought an Audio Research Amp A wonderful story and thank you for sharing your journey to your exciting sounding system! | |
| What cable companies make the best cables and sell them directly? My experience. I can afford about $50 on RCA cables. Audioqest Evergreen had a bad connection after the first removal. The Worlds best cable had no issues. Speaker cable =install gear 10ga oxygen free copper. My friends joke and call me "ears" I... | |
| Dynaudio - Made in China vs Denmark Here is my take on made in China. Though we would love to have everything made in Denmark or the United States or any free country, companies continue to have a communist adversary to build everything you can imagine. Here is the deal. How closely... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? I am enjoying sound tracks from James Horner, John Williams and other great composers. | |
| Best streamer for a returning audio guy The best bang for the dollar is the Blusound Node 2i. Sounds great through a Shiit Biftost DAC. The Bluesound is a bit harsh with no external quality DAC. | |
| Ethernet - Analog/Digital Signal Clean Up I hate to be a spoiler here. I use a Netgear AC 1200 (works on AC wire from node to node from the Comcast router.)Then I really wreck it using a netgear $35 1GB switch distributing to a Bluesound node 2i. I further wreck The system connecting my ... | |
| My last Integrated Amp: $5-10,000? I have the Primaluna EVO running DYI speakers. A Blusound Node 2i and an innuos Mini mk 3. Around your price range. The Prinma Luna is build like a tank to last a lifetime. It is forgiving with the majority of speakers. You can change tubes to t... | |
| Is an isolation transformer better than a power conditioner? Well, you can pay for a $189.00 or so for a Tripplight isolation transformer.It has 1800w capability and regulates down to 85v to 145v to 120v. It also has RFI suppression. Filters spikes and noise. I use a Furman power strip in front of that wh... | |
| Does Anyone Else Member the Golden Age of Audio Insults and Product Degradation? Funny, the best sounding setup I heard in 40 + years that I owned was from a Stromberg Carlson integrared Amp. I owned it until a tube shoted and smoked it. I was kicking the heck out of a pair of JBL Lancers with the aquadag woofer. I kicked m... | |
| What's a good amount of time to have my preamp unplugged before I swap out tubes? Room temperature. | |
| My endgame system I think I am very happy for you! :) | |
| What defines mid-fi versus high-end? There are different levels if HI-FI. I guess it is difficult question. Everyone's ears are different, tastes are different. I would define HI Fi as being pure sounding music with a full bodied spectrum of sound and dynamics. Not a bose wave radio... | |
| I don't want to beat a dead horse but I'm bugged. I am not stuck on audio measurements! I am stuck on what it sounds like. That's all that matters. The bifrost DAC flunked the test measurement of an expert tester that is popular. Hey, it sounds great! My ears tell the story. Tube equipment won'... | |
| Looking for an integrated amp to replace my Cayin A-50T I cannot recommend anything but a tube integrated. Have you tried KT77 tubes? I was shocked. More power as in dynamics, everything is just better. Solid deep bass, clear high and detail I did not have with the EL34s, which were excellent to begin ... | |
| You know you have audiophile system when... I cannot say it better than jackhifiguy. |