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LED dimmable lights in audio room?
Sometimes I listen in total darkness, have black out shades on windows. Other times I use various LED light shows (consumer editions of professional light show equipment) in concert with blacked out room, I also have turntable led light, none have... 
'' Okay let me ask my digital question in another way ''........
Mutec you're looking at has OXCO clock, oven controlled oscillator, this is superior to TXCO in my switch, My dac runs OXCO clock for usb input. Widely varied opinions on clocks leads me to suspect there can be possible overuse of clocks in indivi... 
'' Okay let me ask my digital question in another way ''........
I recently purchased audiophile network switch with TXCO clock, rest of streaming and network optimized prior to the switch purchase. Extremely disappointed with switch in system, yes, there was lower noise floor. The one great defect of the switc... 
LED dimmable lights in audio room?
I've used leds with both dimmers and sound activation. None of the buzzing, humming I get with dimmers and incandescent bulbs. There will be rfi emanating from transformer/power supply, move it away from sensitive audio equipment. I often take mea... 
Review: Holo May (L2) DAC and the Musetec Audio (LKS Audio) MH-DA005 DAC Compaired
I've been using 005 for some time now, dbb description spot on. I would characterize 005 as exciting listen, micro dynamic capabilities amazing in my setup, attack and decay in equal proportion. Bass response reaches deep and remains controlled, h... 
Free Shipping - Be Careful!
Yes, USPS major problems at Allen Park Michigan facility last winter, many news stories of trucks filled with mail sitting for 24 hours and more waiting to be unloaded. Sorting machines being removed from various USPS facilities have been responsi... 
The Most Digital Recording You Ever Heard
In a general sense, most cd's  from 80's- early 2000's. Analog to digital converters in studios pretty bad in this era. And this with both remasters from analog tape and pure digital recordings. I have any number of cd rips from this era, streams ... 
How important is the pre-amp?
I've long thought of them as heart of system. An active pre certainly has flavor which can be a wonderful or bad thing. Get it right, you'll love your system more than sans pre. With advent of digital volume control, I see many foregoing pre, they... 
SE 845 Triode versus KT88 Triode-Connected?
I have two 845 SET, been using 845 SET for years, previously used with Merlin VSM-MM which has similar efficiency, impedance as your speaker, wonderful pairing. I also presently have push pull amp and previously owned a number of other push pull o... 
V-Cap CuTF .22 on Gain Tubes-- Primaluna Dialogue HP Integrated
I upgraded caps in my PL Dialogue Four with Miflex and swapped out resistors with Takkman carbon film. Much closer to my SET amps in triode mode,in stock form rather sterile. Grannyring has me thinking to swap in Odams. I do use Audyn True Copper ... 
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Never had a single issue with DHL over many shipments over many years. I used them for all my domestic shipments when they experimented with that service in US. I have account with them, recently received email in regard to domestic shipping withi... 
The "Snake Oil" Trope
I think you're misunderstanding me. I'm surely not saying cable are snake oil, or am I saying all premium cables are not deserving of premium price. I've only been continually making the point cables sound different from one another in my experien... 
SET the best?
I'm willing to entertain the thought class D amps could replicate SET sound qualities at some point. Based on comparison reviews I've seen, not there yet. I admit the AGD amps had me intrigued. Class D would have the advantage of cooler running an... 
SET the best?
Someone mentioned presence earlier in thread. I started off many years ago with ss, then class A ss, next push pull tube, finally SET tube. My first SET was 845, smitten with sense of presence, could also be called immediacy, right from the beginn... 
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An undelivered package won't be covered by credit card company if seller can prove they shipped. Doesn't cover delivery services.