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| Did I Expect too much? @steve59 I don't think need for value is the culprit here, need to keep cost of device lower and/or extract max profit margiins culprit for the labor cost part of equation. Price is the major purchasing determiner for consumer items, value hard to... | |
| Best affordable Linear Power Stage Lots of nice ones out there, all depends on price willing to pay. I always go with lps that can provide more amperage than device requires, much better for reliability, keeps heat down. @ghdprentice There are many reasons why outboard linear powe... | |
| HALO DAC I2S question Any pin configurable device will match up with partnering device, there are 8 possible settings, one will work. @jazzman7 may have given you possible reason it isn't, otherwise you don't have correct configuration. | |
| The Sacred Ritual of Vinyl: A Return to Mindful Listening @unreceivedogma Well stated! There was a time when I was mindful of how the ritual made the process of playing vinyl a special thing. Over time I simply lost the attachment to the ritual, sometimes repeated experience loses it's appeal. Nowdays p... | |
| Using non-terminated speaker wire? Thing is perhaps the voicing of cable and connector are spot on, may be changing voicing without them. Oxidation another concern so you tin them with solder, solder can change the voicing. When you think about all the dissimilar metal used in cabl... | |
| Have you reached your end point with this addictive hobby? The day they find a cure for desire is the 1st or 2nd of never. I suspect many of us will only cure the need for change in our systems when we age out. I have absolutely no need to change a thing at this point yet I'm still posting here and perusi... | |
| I2s cable not working with my DAC @ssand1 Holo May has configurable pin on I2S, read your manual for directions. | |
| Wifi vs ethernet revisited @fastfreight Thought just occurred to me, you should try eliminating both switches and/or just the Dejitterat and simply daisy chain your whole house wifi to your Verizon modem which if I understand you correctly is also a router, wifi remains dis... | |
| Wifi vs ethernet revisited @fastfreight On the clean side router which feeds my custom build server (use two computer setup, streamer is OpticalRendu, the custom build can also act as streamer with usb out, running Euphony operating system on custom build which allows bridg... | |
| Did I Expect too much? What would you rather have to extract maximum profit with less overhead, a business model where you can sell a relatively small number of units with high profit margins or large number of units with small profit margins? There is a third way, I s... | |
| Wifi vs ethernet revisited @fastfreight I don't get the need to have ipad on clean side of network. I use Android tablet getting wifi from the dirty or daisy chained whole house router for my Roon remote, has no problem seeing my server/streamer on clean side. I also f... | |
| Wifi vs ethernet revisited @coltrane1 You must be time traveler, go back to your own time and forget about the whole thing they call digital, analog world much more understandable. | |
| Mike's Barn. Recently saw youtube video where guy had something like seven systems throughout his mansion, expensive equipment in every one, and it appeared he kept all powered up 24/7, the electric bill alone! | |
| Do sound characteristics matter when moving from midfi to hifi? Meant to say NO singular path. | |
| Do sound characteristics matter when moving from midfi to hifi? There is truth in all of the above posts. There is singular path on this journey, there will likely be regressive, lateral and hopefully progressive moves, I've certainly experienced this. For me its been a long slow journey, I began by listening ... |