shadorne
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| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD +1 @beewax I agree. I would suggest to use the cleanest high performance DAC I could find for the most resolving line level source signal and then use a tube preamp and roll tubes to taste for the musical taste. This approach is much more flexib... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD @beewax +1 I agree. My strategy if I were to try to put some methodology to the task would be to1) go for the most jitter immune, cleanest, lowest distortion and highest SNR DAC available. This would obviously be a new DAC within the last year or... | |
| Trouble in Fleetwood Mac....... Peter Green Fleetwood Mac is the only line up I ever enjoyed. I think Mike Campbell is every bit as capable as Peter Green but will they let him be moody and artistic and go back to the old blues stuff in their catalog that wasn’t such a commercia... | |
| ARC Ref3 or McIntosh C2300/2500 @kalali No material difference between 100K or 1000K input resistance. Both are high enough such that any stray micro-amp current could generate a voltage input to the amplifier.You need to get to 10K or below input impedance to start making a dif... | |
| ARC Ref3 or McIntosh C2300/2500 Old thread. Good discussion but without a proper technical answer. Clearly ARC is the winner in popularity for resolution/pure performance.However, the REF 3 requires a high input impedance power amp to sound best (ARC power amps are typically 200... | |
| Oppo to cease production -- Announced yesterday... Logical. Streaming services are killing all forms of physical media... | |
| why do people feel the need to buy expensive cable It is the same as cable/fuse/etc break in nonsense - self-serving bs from unscrupulous dealers.ExampleBuyer: I tried it I hear nothing I want money backSeller: You need to give it 8 weeks to settle in.(8 weeks later)Buyer: I still hear nothing I w... | |
| max length of toslink or coaxial digital cable without signal degradation? Optical works great over long distances. What matters is the jitter rejection capability of what you put at the other end. | |
| why do people feel the need to buy expensive cable “lying or perpetrating some kind of fraud or hoax based on directionality? Come on, people!! It’s certainly can not (rpt not) be financial gain, I seriously doubt any of the Big Players, you know, like Audioquest, HiFi Tuning, Anti Cables, Goertz,... | |
| Is an Async DAC Needed to Reduce Jitter when playing CDs? Of course you need it. The digital interface is always jittery whatever the source. | |
| Cable Snake Oil Antidote @geoffkait It doesn’t matter how a 1 or a 0 is represented on a CD. Only that two states can be accurately decoded and that some built in error correction (extra info like a parity bit or checksum) further ensures accuracy of decoding. This might ... | |
| Just starting to look for 4K Bluray player I have had the Samsung K8500 for a couple of years. Works great but I couldn’t get ARC from my 4K TV to work with my receiver so I use the second HDMI out from the BDP to the receiver. Unfortunately in some cases this leads to audio sync issues wh... | |
| James Brown Start with Star Time box set as excellent sample of his early career (6 discs) Two particularly good CD is Motherlode and The Payback.Try also the J.B.s Monorail - amazing jam albumJames Brown simply doesn’t fit on one CD. Incredibly prolific. | |
| Cable Snake Oil Antidote @geoffkait No theory. Just facts. DNA is in all living things. This is what all plants and animals share in common. Pretty obvious really. DNA is what fundamentally replicates. As obvious as the earth goes round the sun. Just not as exciting as a... | |
| Norah Jones - Tidal vs. Hi Res ? @2psyop Didnt you know? A properganda is what some people have for Xmas instead of turkey.https://www.napoleongrills.com/Portals/0/images/recipes/RoastHolidayGoose/recipeBlog-restChristmasGo... |