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| Hate fireplace in home theater room I too hated my fireplace in listening room, tore it out some years ago. The things we do for audio! | |
| The best way to start adding A=analog to my system I'd rather have one great setup between analog and digital rather than two mediocre setups. So, if I were you, I'd upgrade the digital or wait and save for top flight vinyl setup. Both mijostyn and ghdprentice make good points. My vinyl setup ... | |
| Optical vs Ultra Rendu. @high-amp Don't put too much on your platter for the time being. Get the bundle and I5 and you'll be good to go, actually doing really well! You can upgrade router/switch later on, the bundle will supply vast majority of high quality streaming for... | |
| Best USB port on a late 2012 Mac mini I'll repeat no usb out of motherboards is optimal, usb renderers such as Innuos Phoenix or Uptone usbRegen will help, but doing thunderbolt to ethernet conversion and adding FMC (otherwise known as optical conversion) and separate streamer (somet... | |
| Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC @melm I agree dsd recordings have unique sound qualities, but then mine are all best of best originally analog recorded and sympathetically mastered recordings or Blue Coast recordings. I've continually tried at various times to incorporate ds... | |
| Cornwall IV – new amp vs crossover upgrade Per audition_audio, yes Cornwall not as high a sensitivity vs Klipschorns, but Klipschorns do have somewhat difficult impedance curve as well. My 300B monoblocks are sublime, but then they each have power supplies equal or surpassing what you see ... | |
| Optical vs Ultra Rendu. @high-amp I may have assumed too much with my above scenario for your setup. While server is technically feeding the FMC, your ethernet connection to the FMC would come out of router, assuming you don't have switch. A couple reasons why some u... | |
| Linlai Elite vs Psvane Acme 845 I'd agree it was bit of both. But then the issue becomes Linlai principles came from Psvane, why should we trust Linlai durability anymore than Psvane. I'm not sure tubes are always to blame in tube failures, some of these amp manufacturers run th... | |
| Optical vs Ultra Rendu. The easiest way to get what you need if going with OpticalRendu, as mentioned above get the FMC bundle from smallgreencomputer. Your setup would be: modem>router via ethernet cable> server via ethernet cable> optional switch via ethernet... | |
| Cornwall IV – new amp vs crossover upgrade While I don't have Cornwalls, my highly modded Klipschorns benefited greatly first from tube amps, both push pull and SET, 300B SET being my favorite pairing. My diy mods to crossovers also major upgrade. I couldn't live without both, but I'd say ... | |
| Optical vs Ultra Rendu. One needs to think holistically when setting up streaming system. Network should be set up to take advantage of best input on dac. While some dismiss usb, usb is often best input on dac, many dac manufacturers have taken great pains to maximize us... | |
| Linlai Elite vs Psvane Acme 845 I'd also be interested in hearing from those who've tried either tube. Yes, I too have heard of Acme 845 tube failures, mostly with Line Magnetic amp, can't recall the forum, perhaps Whatsbestforum. I don't know if this has any bearing on 845 tub... | |
| Optical vs Ultra Rendu. I too had less than successful experience with audiophile switch, YMMV. With my second ethernet out of server, switch is made superfluous, only adds detour with another added ethernet cable and switch. I use lps on my router, nice upgrade, router ... | |
| Optical vs Ultra Rendu. Your setup would be modem>(via ethernet cable)router>FMC>(via optical cable)OpticalRendu>USB in on dac. OpticalRendu $1500 plus FMC $25 or so, $6 optical cable, plus lps for opticalrendu and FMC (optional lps). Get good power supply fo... | |
| Can a inexpensive RJ45 to Fiber optic converters sound better then coaxial ? The OpticalRendu does the job of second FMC, streamer and usb renderer. Does FMC and usb rendering extremely well, do in part to dual Femto clocks, one for fiber, other for usb. Yes, the Sonore route relatively costly. I suggest you try the du... |