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| Built a DIY butcher block and iron pipe rack over the weekend I built the same with the difference being for the wood I used precut stair treads cut from oak ( Home Depot $35 each). Then placed granite pieces I got for free as scrap from a countertop company on top of the wood. Looks good and adds great isol... | |
| What isolation feet under your amp with great result? First go to a local granite store and pick up a thick piece to place on the shelf. For this size you should get it for free so just slip them a $20. Then place your absorption feet under the amp on the granite piece | |
| USB sucks I have had two Schiit dac’s hooked up to my pre amp with my music source being a MacBook Pro. Simple usb out to usb in on dac and both show up on my MacBook with the Schiit names for to dac to select as the output source. I have looked at the iFi ... | |
| How to connect Tidal to DAC wireless via iPad Look at the iFi Audio Zen Blue. It pairs with iPads very easy and you have many connection options. It even provides balanced output to your dac. | |
| Guidance on Speaker Wire Richard Vandersteen has always said for best sound you need to go with the shortest speaker cables possible. If you have no choice for long runs they need to be your inner connects for the components not the speaker wire. You need to rethink your ... | |
| Why are there so many wooden speakers? So what would you want them to use? Also remember that the big speaker companies are not going to Home Depot to buy their mdf. They have it manufactured to the specs of the speaker. One speaker manufacturer might use 10 different types of mdf in t... | |
| Need helpful recommendations for next two purchases Do you own a current or fairy new laptop or iPhone? I use both run through a Schiit dac and they work great. I stream Quobuz and internet radio and all my cd’s that I uploaded to the cloud. Put the money in the dac and not the streamer. You most ... | |
| Bose 901 Series 1 & 2 versus KEF 104/2's and 105/3's I own a pair of 901 IV. Yes they are loud yes they sound the same no matter where you are sitting or standing in the room. I tried as hard as I could to make them work in my reference system but there was always something missing. I moved them all... | |
| 8 track tape vs 1st press vinyl I really enjoy eight track when the song stops in the middle and clicks over and restarts on the next track. | |
| Streamer with no DAC? Your current iPhone or a MacBook or tablet. I use all three with the option to go wired or Bluetooth through IFi Bluetooth receiver with optical out to dac. All devices auto update and if there is a major technology discovery in the dac chain that... | |
| Been away for a while, need some help You already have the streamer in your MacBook. Now put your money into a good dac and you are set. That is the way I have gone. Nice part is my MacBook is always updating and my dac can do the same from a mini USB port. Trouble buying an all in on... | |
| Where to buy decent 845 and 211 tubes? Ebay and Amazon are both dumping grounds for counterfeit China garbage. Make sure you research the seller call them direct and tell them what you are looking for, and always remember if it sounds to good to be true it is fake China crap! Putting t... | |
| How to select a good Speaker Cable If you think Richard Vandersteen knows anything about speakers he always says use the shortest speaker cable possible and longer component cables for the best sound. Not the other way around. When running all your calculations don’t disregard leng... | |
| 100W, 200W, or 300W? Sensitivity Can be way over rated. I have 86 dB Vandersteen’s being driven by 40 watts of class a power. They will play loud enough to to shake the neighbors walls. Bottom line is watts per channel can become the main focus but you also have to co... | |
| Favorite song to demo or test drive speakers? Stevie Ray Vaughan “Tin Pan Alley”!!on vinyl |