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| Ready For Digital Source...Computer? My issue with all in one server/dac/storage equipmet is it kind of defeats the whole idea of maximally quiet streaming setup. Adding internal noise and functions of dac and storage in server chassis is not optimum. With outboard dac, you have far... | |
| Days of Our Lives Couple of cornball songs. Come Saturday Morning, The Sandpipers, used in Sterile Cuckoo movie with Liza Minnelli Sunday Will Never Be the Same, Spanky & Our Gang | |
| Karen Dalton: In My Own Time - Documentary Heard about her some time ago. I like old timey music, but I couldn't get past her voice. | |
| Does ethernet switch quality matter when using fiber connection? My recent experience with an audiophile switch disappointing. I have no filtering of any kind prior to router, Audioquest Vodka feeding router from modem and router to server. LPS on router. All my network optimization is post server. Over time I ... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Mimi & Richard Farina, Fleetwood Mac Kiln House | |
| A phenomenal new CD transport-Pro-Ject CD Box RS2 transport This designed by same guys designed Phillips Pro transport back in the day, I do miss my Mark Levinson No. 37., Never found satisfactory replacement for transport after it died, motivation to go to streaming exclusively. Anyway, I believe all the ... | |
| Questions about Ethernet Cabling Based on my experience the Cat 6 cable will always be your weak link. I've found using inferior ethernet in front of high quality ethernet cable negatively impacts sound quality. I run a longer coax cable to eliminate the need for long runs of exp... | |
| Changing 100uf cap With those values, worthwhile improvements will be out of this world price and massive size would require outboard crossover. Keep what you have. | |
| Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC I have Singxer SU6, usb to I2S converter, supercapacitor power supply, configurable pins so works with all dacs. I've had this thing from beginning of my ownership of 005, still yet to try as usb in on 005 sounds great so no motivation. I see ... | |
| A Record Collection/Moral Conundrum - What Would You Do? Prof is truly a generous person, good for him! | |
| Does Time alignment and Phase coherency make for a better loudspeaker? I only noticed time alignment issues with present highly modded Klipschorns when in stock form. Originally mid driver and tweeter mounted on same baffle, mid driver sat probably 17" behind tweeter, this due to long exponential horn on mids. My mod... | |
| Ready For Digital Source...Computer? Also, if you're if your choice comes down to non-optimized computer vs. server, get the server. I progressed from stock Windows and Mac computers to somewhat modded mac mini, then present extremely moded mac mini. No comparison, even the first mod... | |
| Ready For Digital Source...Computer? itsjustme correct, all servers are essentially optimized computers, the optimization is the critical difference between them. I consider actual computer diy solution, off the shelf server already done for you. Its also correct that much of the... | |
| Better CD Sound: The Search @charles1dad The improvements you're hearing with Pro-Ject vs PWT are exactly what I heard with my Mark Levinson No37 vs PWT. I could never get past lower resolution and transparency of PWT. The PWT lack of performance, even after my mods, moti... | |
| Gamut Lobster Chair I too use the Ikea poang with ottoman, fold the head piece underneath cross brace at top, otherwise too high. Chairs with backs higher than my ears cut off the subtle sound cues coming from behind listening postion. The lobster chair, like I c... |