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| Thiel Owners yyz,I appreciate your detailed comments that support the use of pro audio cables in some, but not all, situations. Your success in using 15-foot Benchmark XLRs between preamp and amp is encouraging, but it sounds like a demo first would definitely... | |
| Thiel Owners tomthiel,Thanks for your comments regarding pro audio cables (like Mogami and Benchmark) compared to your reference Straight Wire and Benchmark cables. I've been worried that pro audio cables may not sound quite as good in some ways compared to so... | |
| Thiel Owners jafant,I'm glad you are still carefully considering a range of cable options for your system. I seem to remember that you were going to arrange another demo of SwissCables sometime soon. Is that still going to happen?I am very happy with the Carda... | |
| Is usb reclocking necessary? I would urge you to find a dealer that will allow you to demo a Phoenix USB in your current system to see if it improves sound quality enough to justify the cost. In my system, the Phoenix improved the realism and naturalness of the music supplied... | |
| Audio Engineering Society and cables This paper discusses some very interesting issues that have been poorly managed in other attempts at double-blind listening trials involving audio components. I am especially glad to see that some thoughtful scientists are not blindly accepting AB... | |
| Does Steely Dan sound bright to you? I have to say that Steely Dan has always sounded somewhat "digital" and a bit "processed" to me on either CD or Qobuz streaming. (This may be somewhat different on vinyl, of course.) Although the tracks on the CD of "A Decade of Steely Dan" sound ... | |
| Thiel Owners tomthiel,I'm only 70, so you have two extra years of knowledge acquisition compared to me. Hope you keep letting interesting ideas seep in. Thanks for the thoughts about my 8m cable runs. I've been worried about the long speaker cables, but I can'... | |
| Thiel Owners jafant,Yes, some of the Synergistic Research products seem too good - or too weird - to be true. I'd have to be working with a friendly dealer to even try them. The latest SR product I tried was a USB cable that was among a group of 5 USB cables f... | |
| Thiel Owners tomthiel,I am always amazed at the depth of your knowledge of areas in audio where my knowledge is so much more superficial. I'm looking forward to the possibility of upgrading my CS 2.2s when options are available. As I mentioned earlier, the 2.2... | |
| Thiel Owners jafant,Please continue to keep us up-to-date on your cable search. I have to admit that I have not had much luck with Synergistic Research for interconnects or USB cables in comparative demos I've done in my system. However, I know others who love... | |
| Thiel Owners jafant,I am impressed by your patience in your search for the best cables for your system. As I face my rapidly advancing years, I am finding myself becoming less and less patient in making decisions about my audio gear. I've come to realize that ... | |
| Thiel Owners jafant,How is your cable quest going? Have you made any decisions or narrowed down choices? | |
| Help setting up nework for Zenith mk3 arriving next week rc22,Yes, please report back on your findings if you get the ENO filter. I'm still not sure how much I should explore experimentation with lots of little boxes with expensive power supplies, though. I'm pretty sure I will eventually try the Innuos... | |
| Help setting up nework for Zenith mk3 arriving next week @antigrunge2,Thanks for the suggestion regarding the isolator. Right now, I'm more concerned about making sure my ethernet connection is good and then seeing if I need to do anything more about the USB connection. Given that the Innuos Zen is alre... | |
| Help setting up nework for Zenith mk3 arriving next week rc22,Like your ethernet connection, mine is pretty simple. I have an Innuos Zen Mk3 in my living room that is connected to a Netgear router in my basement. I'm using 50 feet of BJC Cat-6a with no switches or wall plates in between. I connect the Z... |