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| I2S Recommendation I don't know there is a sound quality penalty paid for using HDMI cable vs I2S, but you're paying for unused runs of wire, in the case of pure silver this can really run up the bill. | |
| Radiating EMI – Continued The router no longer an issue with wifi disabled. Also, I have optical conversion via Sonore OpticalModule, OpticalRendu, quality lps, dc cables, ac cables, Finisar industrial 1475 transceivers. Every single component in my streaming component pow... | |
| Your first concert was to see who and when? I saw local bands like MC5, Iguanas (Iggy Pop's first band, my sister dating bass player), Sunday Funnies, Mitch Ryder, others I'm forgetting. This Ann Arbor, junior, high school days, lots of free concerts in the area. First paid big venue concer... | |
| Do I still need a DDC in between? Sync means using Gaia clock. By the way both DDC and dac use I2S clock, I2S is native pathway in every dac, you're bypassing dac I2S clock when syncing or using DDC or streamer with I2S interface. Perhaps some have used inferior DDC if found to be... | |
| Help me mod my tube amp Yep, the yellow one is correct. | |
| Let's talk music, no genre boundaries I presume human music began with groups gathered around fire pits, banging sticks and bones against rocks, bones and sticks, this or whatever materials available. I can recall many a time when gathered around fires someone picks up a stick and sta... | |
| Native DSD versus DoP I agree with the above, Also 16/44 pcm is plenty fine, who'd ever thought! I remember when the common claim was 16/44 could never provide enough resolution and pcm inferior, how wrong.These days I pay no attention to whether recording 16/44 or ups... | |
| I2S Recommendation @audiostick What I've learned after more than 10 years streaming is silver cabling superior to copper, this with ethernet, usb and I2S cables, the higher the silver content the better. Using all Audioquest Vodka for ethernet, AQ Diamond for usb, a... | |
| Do I still need a DDC in between? If you're not syncing dac to any outboard clock whether it be in ddc or streamer doesn't much matter. If you're syncing have to compare clocks in the two units. Also, evaluating quality of clocks involves how they are implemented, not only clock q... | |
| Maximize Mini with Roon to match my system -- or new component? I went through a series of three minis, unique upgrades with each. I'd say the two most substantial improvements were in order of importance, lps then OS optimization. The Uptone MMK no longer available, don't know of another solution, minus anoth... | |
| Help me mod my tube amp PL went to Takman around 2008, yes, those are Takman, you're good to go. I don't think I mentioned this prior, but I also upgraded film cap bypass caps on the big power supply caps, can't recall which caps I used. | |
| Tannoy or Volti Got many of my ideas for Khorn upgrades from Greg, using his tractrix horns on the Khorns, one of biggest upgrades! I'd go with Volti's, horns are the end game for me, match them with some nice 300B SET, heavenly! | |
| New electrical wiring specifications Pretty much like the others mentioned, I did three 10awg Romex, 20 amp breakers, same phase, combo of PorterPorts and Oyaide R1 receptacles, new grounding rod.. I use one line exclusively for amps and subs, never use power conditioner with these,... | |
| I2S Recommendation What input best depends on how well each interface optimized. The Harmony usb interface nothing special so its very possible I2S will provide superior sound quality. In my case I was using Sonore OpticalRendu with Audioquest Diamond usb with Harmo... | |
| Help me mod my tube amp Good choices! |