rixthetrick
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| Is there a Solid State amp that can satisfy a SET guy? @thastum I have heard Grandinote. A guy who is an importer would bring in things like TAD speakers and such to compare to what we were building.One day he came in and asked my boss Mike if he’d heard Grandinote, so flight cases were opened up, and... | |
| Should people with no turntable or reel to reel be considered audiophiles? @alfa100 Just saw your system, and re-read your comment. Well, with your list of components, you’d have to be doing something drastically wrong for it to not sound excellent.BTW. what have you got sitting on your amps, and what does it do please? | |
| Where do you go after a BlueSound Node 2i? @feldman4 - thanks, and for others contributions, I’m enjoying learning about what’s out there. I’ve never owned a streamer. I used to build speakers, and in the factory there were many different devices brought in by customers and debates over MQ... | |
| Sexy singer(s) and/or song(s) @dtrandall cheers, I'm a gonna go get it! | |
| Big source improvement using CD player @puffbojie You could use EAC (exact audio copy), download it for free. Copy some CDs to a USB flash drive, stick it into the USB port in the back of your NAD C658, play some music and please share your experience??A 256 Gb Sandisk cruiser will run... | |
| Sexy singer(s) and/or song(s) @chorusBingo. I’d never heard of Melody Gardot, did a little searching. Thanks for another new artist I appreciate the style of. Cheers mate. Any album in particular you'd recommend? | |
| Sexy singer(s) and/or song(s) Divinyls singer Chrissy Amphlett"I touch myself"Not sexy to me, however she was raunchy, rude and downright cheeky! | |
| The Carver Amp Challenge and the 21st Century and it's Failure Of course it is understood that Bob Carver used a measurement device to tune his amplifier to match the two amplifiers, right?He didn’t sit down with an oscilloscope, he used the output of the loudspeaker to identify the differences. He did use hi... | |
| Best DAC for around $2,500 or less +1 georgehifi & kennycThe Denafrips Terminator is a well performing DAC, if one can be obtained within your budget, it's not likely to disappoint. Every decent piece of audio equipment that you listen to that impresses you, has been painstak... | |
| Measuring line noise and power conditioners All of which you are discussing is subject matter I really want to dissect and develop to improve my system. How can there be so much conjecture on a topic that's been focused on and researched for so long?To me it makes sense that if an alternati... | |
| Why does a Music Server require high processing CPU power? The exact same principles for ANY music streamer are that theyhave as linear a power supply as possible, as little electronic noise as possible (jitter) with the most accurately timed data stream as possible.Music servers do not pass ones and zero... | |
| Why does a Music Server require high processing CPU power? You ask a very valid question. All digital music servers are computers, do they need to have super high computing power for music?I currently use a fanless PC with a fanless linear power supply.I’m running a low powered, commercial grade 4 core In... | |
| Help with Hum issues. Do you have a competent electronics repair service in your area, especially a service agent for reputable hifi brands?Perhaps you could get on Google and look for one, especially if you're in a highly populated area.A good service agent should be ... | |
| Help with Hum issues. Cold solder joints of Amplifier might cause a 50-60Hz hum. If after all of the suggestions here are exhausted, with the amplifier unplugged and cooled down, carefully with a multi-meter check the resistance on the left side and right side channel ... | |
| Can I bi-amp my speakers with two different amps? @68pete Did you really have to type your last sentence?? heheheIt would be interesting jokomo to share what it does to enhance your overall sound. |