randy-11
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| Speaker cable length with monoblock amps? buy 2 short runs of zipcord - test that - blind - vs. something cheap from BlueJeans cabletake the winner and test it vs. various brands from one of the rental places (i.e buy & return)on the other thread, I agree you want to listen to the Vidars | |
| Adding Alexa voice control to almost any amplifier and other equipment I spend a lot of effort to keep women from telling me how to run my stereo, so... | |
| Open Floor Plan Listening Room measurement USB mic is $90; REL is free - then you can do your own measurements | |
| Benefits of an external DAC concur on trying the Benchmark DAC3DACs today are very good and you cannot expect major differences, like with speakers.Take 2 Aidas and call me in the morning. | |
| New Yggdrasil - First (and second) Impressions Thx - I'm hoping that the Oppo is not distinguishable from the Yggy...save me some $$ | |
| New Yggdrasil - First (and second) Impressions Did you compare it against the Oppo yet? | |
| Open Floor Plan Listening Room Leave it as is. You are avoiding room nodesAnd BTW, anything you put there will vibrate with bass notes.For bass, you will use a multiple sub setup - many like REL.But, you could build QRD diffuser panels to sit on the sides between you and the s... | |
| Computer Speakers Thx everyoneThe YU's have a rear facing port just like the Monitor Audio BX*'s I have now. That disqualifies them as these need to sit in a corner.Too bad Roy Allison is dead... | |
| What makes you build a system around an amplifier? I'm gonna build my next system around a power cord | |
| New Yggdrasil - First (and second) Impressions you might grab an Eitr quickly or other way to isolate the USB input to the Yggy so there will be no leakage currentsI usually try to test components on the best SQ music I can find - tho a Dead fan I dunno if a 1980 soundboard (is that mp3 on tha... | |
| New Yggdrasil - First (and second) Impressions I'll be interested to hear if, or when, the Yggy sounds a lot better than the UDP-205 | |
| Latest Absolute Sound It's fine to review aspirational products.The review SHOULD include a valid listening test to determine if product 65k really sounds better than say.. product 2k. Or if it has some other useful features - e.g. a lifetime warranty, or a history re... | |
| Lossless iTune music "better more capable hardware could do on higher levels"eh??if an ipad and some other device using the same files are serving up a bit stream to the same outboard DAC, I fail to see how another device is better or more capable or at a higher level... | |
| Magnepan 3.7 - 3.7i owners need help please It seems they have some new technologies (used in the Big Blue 30.7 speakers that are rumored to come out soon). You might want to wait.Have you heard them both in the same room & setup? when I did that I was surprised how close to the 3.7i ... | |
| Lossless iTune music you could plug a DAC into your tablet - use the Toslink port to get galvanic isolation |