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| Time/Process of Hooking up New Equipment I'm same as above posts, especially if components require more complex setup, I may be stressed in these cases. Best listening sessions begin when relaxed, keeping my expectations and desires in check allows me to reach this relaxed state, which i... | |
| When someone tells you it's a $40,000 amp, does it sound better? I've not seen value mentioned thus far, many variable enter into value equations. Parts count and quality, how much one company charges for R&D, profit margins, business models, these just off the top of my head. Making objective statement... | |
| Ethernet - Analog/Digital Signal Clean Up So my new streamer certainly changes things again. No more fiber and no separate server/streamer. Present setup: Netgear CM500, Broadcom chip modem, lps powered vs Arris Intel chip, internal switching power supply (this was nice upgrade prior to... | |
| Elrog 300b vs we300b @johnnycopy Thanks for the picture, those not the Psvane Acme. Just don't want the Acme to get bad rep, absolutely wonderful in my 300B amps. | |
| When someone tells you it's a $40,000 amp, does it sound better? Listen to enough systems at all price points and your expectations greatly lessen. I've heard many systems between audio shows, dealers, in home, at all price points. The best I've heard are fully sota, every t crossed i dotted, sound quality of t... | |
| Elrog 300b vs we300b @johnnycopy Which Psvanes are you speaking of? I have Psvane Acme 300B in my custom build 300B amps, nearing 300 hours no problem. I hear the Frankensteins run 300B pretty hard, I believe EML XLS is the ONLY 300B I've yet to see a single failure w... | |
| Maybe this is the winter you build something! I'm in final leg of building/assembling new music streamer based on atx motherboard along with first and only linear power supply for these motherboards. Euphony operating system with options of using Euphony Stylus, Roon and HQPlayer music playe... | |
| Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC @charles1dad We both did! | |
| Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC Thanks @melm I do love my tube pre, Coincident Statement MkII, 101D dht, and I do believe tube pre's and tube amps for that matter, are great match for 005. My take on 005 is it really excels with just the slightest added bit of warmth, harmonic ... | |
| Rebadging of Streaming Platforms And then we have differences in music players and OS to add even more variables. Linux based may be unique and the music players certainly are proprietary. Streamer I just purchased runs Euphony OS, certainly proprietary, Stylus player, also propr... | |
| Rebadging of Streaming Platforms Well, if what you mean by platform is the motherboard, then yes, they all use motherboards, all are computers. But implementation is the key, some use pretty much stock off the shelf motherboards, some use custom built motherboard, others modify o... | |
| Dedicated NUC/Nucleaus vs shared PC (w Fiber Media Converter connected to Endpoint) @truongv0ky The only optical conversion I've done post server included Sonore OpticalRendu which is optical streamer This replaced SOTM SMS 200 Neo ethernet streamer. Was it the streamer alone or combo of streamer and optical conversion that was r... | |
| Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC Ok, didn't realize RAAl had preamp section. | |
| Apples and oranges I agree, objectification of component worth based on cost can be problematic. I also sometimes move in divergent ways, lots of diy experimentation, feel this not respected by some. I try to respect everyone's system and choices, the sheer amo... | |
| Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC Wonder if this some technical issue, for instance impedance mismatch. Certainly doesn't sound like voicing issue as I can't imagine anyone describing 005 as too smooth and lifeless. On the other hand, I can imagine 005 being described as excessi... |