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| I Sold my CD Player!!! Streaming sounds so incredible!!! It’s always nice to run old cds on my dvd player out through a good co-ax cable into the dac on my streamer. The cds will sound better through a good quality dac. But the OP is right, 16 bit compared to 24 bit, there is no going backwards | |
| Help me build out my first system Hey @Soix, in 2022 you had a post about the McCormick amp input board failing. Do you think this would affect the one he’s getting? Regards | |
| Find the Problem I have a technics tt as well, started out with a Pickering cartridge which had the harshness you were talking about. Then I went to the ortofon blue which made a huge difference, but what when I really noticed a difference was switching the headsh... | |
| Mood I agree with noromance…. 110v clean power. Sometimes power can be less of a demand on power companies in the mornings. During the day the power can get more loads. Early in the morning, I found music sounds much better as well. During the day som... | |
| Small amp or all in 1 choice? Maybe look into schitt audio? They have small components not too expensive that u can put together into something that works for you. | |
| Audio Racks, Just How beneficial? looking for guidance in upgrading I used to have BDI but saw the problem with glass. Went shopping, saw a lot of flimsy racks for a lot of money too! So I made my own, went with butcher block and threaded rod. On the base of threaded rod, have heavy duty casters. As for sound in b... | |
| Sharing a subwoofer between a Stereo and HT combination. I’m in the same boat as you, and right now I’m running an integrated amp with ht bypass 2 ch and ht/w sub config. I’ve tried line level for the sub on the integrated, but then the ht wasn’t right. So when I wanna run the sub, I’ll listen through t... | |
| how to transfer vinyl to digital On Amazon for like 200 bucks they have a turntable with usb and Bluetooth out. That could be a simple way, temporary swap out. | |
| New TT : Balanced vs. Unbalanced Connection? Here is some information from the pro world. https://www.soundguys.com/balanced-vs-unbalanced-connections-60085/ | |
| Any issues with bundling power cables together? I channel my power cords down one side of my rack using Velcro straps. Other side of rack I run my audio cables and tie them with Velcro straps. Keeping power separate keeps everything quiet. Also like was mentioned keeping Ethernet and cable apar... | |
| Good Speakers for Rock and Roll Under 15K I personally never like horns. Had the klipsch klf 20s. Great bass, but the mids and highs always sounded like you had your hands cupped around your mouth when you spoke. Never could improve it, even upgrading the drivers, and replacing the crosso... | |
| Hum in speakers, and suggestions for stopping it Start unplugging components and plug back in one at a time. Coax for cable, hdmi cables, and Ethernet and like mentioned power cords next to speaker cables all can send signal to a power amp to amplify it. It can be irritating until you can identi... | |
| My speaker upgrade journey - and a few questions I’ve heard those active speakers too, and they sound really good, especially with the rels with them. Anyway did John show you the Maggie’s with the belles amp? He also had that50 watt AR tube amp. He ran that for me with the magnepan 20s. Way out... | |
| Integrated for Martin Login Motion 60’s? Power Modules by David Belles is a great sounding amp, with a lot of current to drive 4 ohm speakers so no worries about lack of fullness. He has a model within your range the aria dual mono. Check it out on the website https://powermodules.co... | |
| What was the first power cable that you noticed a difference in the sound? Power cables don’t really make a huge difference with an amp. Components like Streamers, is where p/c upgrade is noticeable. |