psickerson

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Honing down the speaker shortlist ~$5K
Listen to the Aerial Acoustic line of speakers.5t are the bookshelf. You'll never think about new speakers again. I have them with a JL Audio sub and a Primaluna dialogue HP.  Real music not embellished like many speaker companies that I had to ge... 
Whats playing on your system today?
What am I listening to this week? Mostly musicians that played at IBMA this past weekend. All acoustic Balsam Range Sierra HullBand of Rhuks 
THE WALL---Why?
Can someone explain what the point of having capacitors are in an amplifier?  ;) 
Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD
I listened to the Arye codex on my system. Besides the codex being so hot you cannot touch it,  the yggy was far superior.  I also did not need a DAC that also wears multiple hats.The yggy is warm if left inside a cabinet by the codex is dangerous... 
GRASS ANYONE?
While an old post I feel I have to help spread the the names of Sierra Hull, Balsam Range, Full Lonesome.  So many other great acoustic bluegrass bands I can't list them all. 
Similar sounding bands.
Czarivey  said  "All blue grass bands by default"Time to turn in your music card. :)Music lovers - lookup Sierra Hull and Balsam Range and spend a night with acoustic music.  You will need a quality system to appreciate the mastery of these musici... 
Aerial 5T impressions
I just finished two days of attendance at IBMA -  International Bluegrass Music Association Festival.  After listening to music live for two full days, it is the best compliment I can give to say listening to the same artists/songs on the 5T's tak... 
Aerial 5T impressions
Aerial 5T's have a new home.  What speaker cables are other Aerial owners using? 
Sonos mod by wyred
Has there been any update on whether the Sonos modification provides any value? 
Sonos Connect Wyred4Sound Mod Any Good?
thanks jl35 I would for sure get the Sonos modified,But  yggdraisal has Schiit's AdaptiClock proprietary technology that takes the stream and reduces the jitter as long as it is not too bad.  Otjer  DACs may not have this abilityJust can't  seem t... 
Sonos Connect Wyred4Sound Mod Any Good?
This nagging technical question stopped me Friday from pressing submit of the Wyred mod upgrade.  Is there any value in using a device (Emperical Audio) that says it performs Asynchronous Sample-Rate conversion between a music streamer and the ygg... 
Sonos Connect Wyred4Sound Mod Any Good?
macdude-did you hear a noticeable improvement in changing the Sonos power cord out? I didn't  realize there was even an option to put a aftermarket PC on the Sonos. 
Sonos Connect Wyred4Sound Mod Any Good?
yes. Less presses to play and keeps the music going.   I use Deezer, hopefully more financial stable  than Tidal.  I called Wyred4sound today and asked about  the remedy and the Sonos  modification.  Suggested I go with the modification since it c... 
Sonos Connect Wyred4Sound Mod Any Good?
Yes for the Sonos they can set sample rate but I'll give them a call for the reclocker 
Sonos Connect Wyred4Sound Mod Any Good?
I checked the reclocks that was a good idea to be able to compare. Seems it up samples to 96kHz.  Schiit customer support said not to upsample need to let the burrito filter take care of it.   The less equipment in the chain was also a strong reco...