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| Am I broken? Am I stuck? Do I have to return my audiophile card now? Agree with @ghdprentice to try for an in-home demo especially since your dealer has a hard time saying no. That’d obviously be the optimal scenario and would likely firmly and confidently answer all your questions in about an hour or so. Last t... | |
| seeking advise please on my short list for new speakers? (15k budget) Given what you’re looking for I’d be all over the active SCM40s fer sure. Best of luck. | |
| Monster m 850 cable upgrades What equipment is in your system, what’s your budget, and what improvements are you looking for? | |
| Do I really Need a Digital to Digital Converter? Do I really need another piece of gear and another set of cables to clutter up my rack? If you’re interested in better sound, unfortunately yes you do. I have the same DAC and when I bought a used Iris (you could also get the Musician Pisces t... | |
| Will China become the poor man’s dealer for high end audio? I am extremely surprised as I would expect anyone interested in high quality equipment and with "50 years of experience" to be familiar with Fang from Stereo Knight, even though not a lot are sold in the US. Fang went on to form his own company c... | |
| seeking advise please on my short list for new speakers? (15k budget) Again I ask the simple question — what are the dimensions of your room? | |
| Streamer suggestions with both wireless and wired connections I am using a Blue sound Nide 2i streamer (not as a dac though) for already several years, sometimes I use my computer and actually I note no essential difference in sound quality. This begs the question, what music service are you using and wha... | |
| Best EXTERNAL DAC suggestions @ericsch Nice system man! Hey, if you didn’t hear a difference you didn’t hear a difference — end of story. But it’s great that you have the confidence and ability to honestly trust your own ears — that’s a true gift several here don’t seem to po... | |
| Will China become the poor man’s dealer for high end audio? Why only China, check out offerings from Eastern Europe. So many talented designers with great sounding products at reasonable entry price points. They just need our attention and bit more exposure in the US. Big +1 @lalitk I neglected to think... | |
| seeking advise please on my short list for new speakers? (15k budget) What’s the size of your room? | |
| DAC contest: Border Patrol Sei or Chord Qutest? I will ad here that I installed a wall in an open floor plan to create a dedicated listening area. Then I lined that wall with acoustic foam. Hearing an improvement, I hung acoustic foam on the other side using the stout curtain rod installed the... | |
| Best EXTERNAL DAC suggestions Just to be clear, when I recommended adding a Wi-Fi extender or Mesh system to improve streaming performance I meant that it should meaningfully improve sound quality as well as prevent dropouts. I neglected to specifically mention that in my pr... | |
| DAC contest: Border Patrol Sei or Chord Qutest? As mentioned above, these are two very different-sounding DACs with very different designs. It would be most helpful if you could share what improvements you’re looking for, what sound characteristics are most important to you, and what other equ... | |
| Will China become the poor man’s dealer for high end audio? I think maybe you meant to say “manufacturer” rather than “dealer,” no? This is not new and many manufacturers have been designing equipment in the US and Europe for decades and having them manufactured in China. Actually, the speakers I bought ov... | |
| Best EXTERNAL DAC suggestions Everything operates off WiFi. No cable. You can improve your streaming performance by using a Mesh system and running an Ethernet or CAT 7 or 8 cable from a Mesh node to your Node. Many people do this here and report significant improvements ov... |