retiredaudioguy
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| Why did you lean one way or the other I have had almost any possible combination of SS & tube gear over the past 30 years. In the 90's all tube stuff. Audio Note (UK) 1 and Sonic Frontiers DACs, CAT SL1 and Audible Illusions Pre, MV52 , VAC 85/85, Ren 30/30 and 70/70 amps. My f... | |
| Suggested upgrade paths The Eversolo DMP A8 has a pretty good DAC, and streamer. You could try one of those for an in-home audition. This DAC is completely different from the A6's. I have an A8 in my 2nd system with an Elekit 8600 and Harbeth P3ESR speakers and it is ... | |
| Suggested upgrade paths Is it your system or your brain & ears? I hope it is a system component problem. I have relatively mild tinnitus (I am 81 years old and a couple of years ago I was exposed to a lunatic DJ at a wedding, I had my -30dB ear plugs in but the spl... | |
| Why hasnt a turntable manufacturer produced a table with automatic tonearm return/shutoff? @dwette There is no logic in it and I do not remember which 2LP set I was playing, but a couple of weeks ago there was a work and on no side change was I able to just flip the record. I agree that 1&3 + 2&4 makes sense for the old drop a... | |
| Why hasnt a turntable manufacturer produced a table with automatic tonearm return/shutoff? Re tone controls: many DACs have multiple filters and choices of sample rate conversion or DSD conversion. And we do choose our interconnects and roll tubes to get the sound we want. I remember my British Quad 33 preamp from the early 70's had b... | |
| Why hasnt a turntable manufacturer produced a table with automatic tonearm return/shutoff? I was going to suggest the ability to stack multiple LPs on top of each other and have them drop when the prior one has finished. But I won't, because then it would have to adjust the VTA. I am, of course, joking, because the record clamp issues... | |
| Securing spade connectors Can't go bare wire with RSC cable unless the factory did it. "The TARA Labs RSC Master Gen 2 cable features a unique structure with multiple small, rectangular, individually insulated Consonant Alloy (a proprietary blend) solid-core conductors h... | |
| Securing spade connectors Coincidence - I was about to post about issues connecting spades to Elekit binding posts, the combination of 81 year old, arthritic fingers and slippery plastic circular knobs does not work well with stiff heavy cables. In the dark ages (pre 2014... | |
| How can different CAT5/6 cables affect sound. @audphile1 I have heard that Meitner makes great gear, I wanted to listen to their DAC when I bought my K01XD but they had sold their demo! Also your speakers and amp are known for their resolution and transparent nature, perhaps revealing diffe... | |
| How can different CAT5/6 cables affect sound. I am NOT saying that people do not hear differences, I am trying to understand the physics of the cause of those aural difference. I did not study physics beyond 1st year university level, but my mind wants to understand, and experiment if possib... | |
| How can different CAT5/6 cables affect sound. IMHO it should be obsolete. Replace it with something like WAV data over TCP with error correction, or an error correcting USB link, to completely isolate the DAC processing from jitter in the source. The DAC then buffers the data stream and ove... | |
| How can different CAT5/6 cables affect sound. I think it is relevant in that the streaming signal was received through a cheapo Cat 5 cable, an inexpensive streamer and plastic optical link, the other signal was USB from data stored on the Aurender. I believe that Presto's streaming service ... | |
| How can different CAT5/6 cables affect sound. Apologies, my reviewing of my response was insufficiently critical. I meant to write ... that Google returns is ... | |
| How can different CAT5/6 cables affect sound. The AI Summary that Google is often quite useful in that it creates a summary of all the stuff that it has found online about the search terms. As a consequence the response must be contemplated critically, and the response is sometime head spinn... | |
| Amplifier recommendations for 86 dB Sensitivity Speakers @atmasphere You make a very good point. That got me wondering about the "real world" drop off. A point source, in free space, will be subject to an inverse square law reduction in intensity. My listening point is about 4 metres from the speak... |