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| Arcam AVR20 vs. Denon AVR-a110 anniversary edition... Good luck with those Arcams dudes! Hope they’re worth it down the road. Shoulda gone with Yamaha or Anthem that are both bulletproof and sound better than Arcam. | |
| Advice on Speaker upgrade vs System Component Upgrade I think you’re definitely on the right track dealing with your tough room first. A lot of folks here say good things about GIK for both advice and products that aren’t astronomically priced, so they may be worth a call to pick their brains and ma... | |
| Power cable from wall socket to power strip What sound characteristics/improvements are you looking for, and what sound characteristics are most important to you? You’ll get some good recommendations here if you share this critical info. Also, as I mentioned earlier, buying used can definit... | |
| Blue Sound Vault A lot of Node users have experienced significant improvements by adding a separate linear power supply so that might be something to explore. On a related note, I have a Stereovox XV2 SPDIF digital cable that, like your Black Cat, was also design... | |
| Leaving my amplifier on ok? @minorl I think I kinda misspoke — I meant that every time you turn your system on the temp of the internal electronic components go from cool to warm/hot, and then when you turn it off the reverse happens. This is the temperature fluctuation I w... | |
| speaker guidance for R&R mostly It’s a wonderful, awful hobby. | |
| Some observations from a former skeptic - and a question I used 12/2 but many here seem to recommend 10/2 that’s probably not much more expensive and I’d think could only be as good or better but is a bit harder to run due to stiffness (I had two 20-amp lines installed BTW). I used a Porter Port, but if... | |
| Use Stereo Integrated AMP as a Mono Block Great. Enjoy! | |
| Leaving my amplifier on ok? most new components have soft start circuitry that dramatically reduce the inrush and damage to components. So this shouldn’t be an issue with newer components. @minorl Even if that’s so, which you’d need to confirm with the manufacturer, the p... | |
| Blue Sound Vault What transport are you using, and what digital cables are you using for both the transport and the Vault into your DAC? | |
| Best EXTERNAL DAC suggestions @retrocrownfan Just curious what have you compared the Canare and Mogami cables to? Would be interesting/useful for context. | |
| For Innuos owners Thanks for sharing @baylinor. I always leave my solid state components on 24/7 (unless I leave the house for a week or so) and have never had an issue over 30 years. Should note I wouldn’t do this with a Class-A amp unless it had a low-bias swit... | |
| Leaving my amplifier on ok? Further, I’ve never heard of an audio component bursting into flames and causing a fire. But whatever. | |
| Competitive class D amp suggestions @veerossi The designer of the Atma-Sphere GaN amp @atmasphere is on here regularly and hopefully he’ll chime in here with some very helpful suggestions and insights. I believe he now uses his new GaN amp in his own system even over his very highl... | |
| Use Stereo Integrated AMP as a Mono Block That’ll work, but you might need to set a “reference” volume level on the Exposure (I used to use 12:00 as it’s consistent and easily repeatable) when you set the individual speaker volume levels with the Denon unless the Exposure’s A/V input acts... |