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| Amir and Blind Testing @chayro Just to return to your original question in this thread, as long as you switch between components when evaluating gear and your mental state (analytical, relaxed, mellow, angry, happy, silly, or whatever) doesn't change dramatically as yo... | |
| Amir and Blind Testing Amirm is coming to the question with knowledge about what type of distortion is possible, and what type of distortion is audible (given known thresholds of hearing). If there is some OTHER form of distortion Amirm is not measuring for that would... | |
| Amir and Blind Testing Prof, with all due respect, Amir's approach still assumes that he is measuring everything that matters in terms of ultimate sound quality. I think that is unlikely to be a valid assumption. If Amir's assumption of perfect measurements is invalid, ... | |
| Amir and Blind Testing For those who are interested, Paul McGowan has put together a video on the PS Audio forum that explains what the P12 regenerator does and how to measure it correctly. | |
| The Cable Co Just a point of clarification: the Cable Company charges a deposit fee of 5% (not 10%) when borrowing cables from their lending library. This deposit is not refundable but can be applied to the purchase of any cable or non-cable products. My long... | |
| Suggestions for a streamer only (I have a great DAC) As you can tell from the recommendations on this thread, there are many good streamer options out there. I have been extremely happy with the Innuos Zen Mk3 streamer/server (and the more expensive Zenith is reported to be just a little bit better ... | |
| Thiel Owners I think the Thiel Weblog was something that Gary Dayton (from Thiel) managed until it stopped in 2011. I'm not sure why it's still sitting out there in cyberspace, but it's fun to read some of the posts. There's even stuff from Rob Gillum on the b... | |
| Which interconnect cable to upgrade first xcool, Thanks for the update on your cable search. Your experience reinforces the reason why it is so important to try out different cables in your own system to see what works best for your equipment and listening preferences. I'm a bit baffled... | |
| 聖HIJIRI Users thread @grannyring Thanks for your comments about a couple of USB cables that are not made by Hijiri. I apologize if my question moved the discussion too far away from the main topic of this thread, but I do think that comparisons and comments about how... | |
| 聖HIJIRI Users thread @grannyring How does the sound quality of the Tchernov Pro USB differ from the Network Acoustics USB III? | |
| A better way to stream Like @grannyring, I have achieved excellent results using the ENO Ethernet filter system with a decent switch (EE 8switch) preceding it in the Ethernet chain that feeds my Innuos Zen Mk3 server/streamer. However, I have not compared my set-up to a... | |
| A better way to stream Interesting comments on streaming! Do your recommendations apply mainly to a Roon-based system, where separation of the Roon core and endpoint is often encouraged or do they apply to any system that includes both server and streamer functions? I... | |
| Thiel Owners thieliste, I'd love to see a shootout between Cardas CR and CB cables! There's a significant price difference between those cables, and I'm sure there would be some interesting sound differences as well. | |
| Thiel Owners thieliste, I agree that Cardas cables are a great match for Thiel speakers. I have tried out a lot of interconnects over the past year, but keep returning to Cardas Clear Reflection XLRs for my Thiel 2.2s. These ICs are so smooth and rich soundin... | |
| Pass Labs X260.8 I can't afford most of the cables made by Stealth, but they do have a good tech discussion on their website that deals with the decision about longer speaker cables vs. longer interconnects. Stealth strongly supports longer interconnects rather th... |