sns
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| 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! | |
| Has anyone had problems getting their money refunded by The Music Room? I agree, at this point, without further information, this unfounded slam against TMR. I've had several successful transactions with them. As for shipping components, virtually every retail establishment I've ever dealt with required signature on d... | |
| Concentration The idea of the prismatic mode of listening so apt, I listen in all modes @hilde45 mentioned. What has become most salient to me over decades of building systems and optimizing and improving them is a growing preference for more complex music... | |
| And a Happy 4th to all! Governments are the reflection of the people, certainly we are divided, and think about why we are so divided. We have a two party system, winner take all, and this the way it'll stay until we get rid of winner take all. So we have this reoccurrin... | |
| How old is too old? You don't forego listening to your cd's when you move to streaming, rip them to streamer internal drives or NAS. You then back up those files via something like RAID, so two drive NAS, second drive is copy of first drive. And then I have a copy of... | |
| Tidal v. Qobuz -- a different perspective I can't do without either one, discovered two oft listened to releases suddenly unavailable via Qobuz, thankfully still available via Tidal. Infuriating how these apps just drop releases willy nilly! | |
| Concentration Obviously we're listening to the sound and music simultaneously, the two are inseparable. Which is most salient at any moment in time is the question. I can't recall a single listening session over many decades of listening to high end systems whe... | |
| How old is too old? I left the world of transports and cd's when my wonderful Mark Levinson No.37 (Phillips Pro mechanism) died. Spending big money on components with such finite lifespans not for me, purchasing used makes even less sense. |