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| Ethernet cables @audphile1 Good question. Unfortunately in the place I’m staying now I’m unable to use my extender so the cable, sadly, still sits in the box. This will change soon, and when it does I fully plan on comparing the WW cable to a generic cable and ... | |
| What should be mandatory in every professional published review- If a reviewer has some sort of a relationship with a company whose product they have reviewed (eg, they were allowed to buy the review sample at a discount) I just want to know. @patrickdowns I’ll save you the suspense — all reviewers who write... | |
| For Vandersteen owners & lovers: Which other brands do you like? Uh, as a big Vandy fan I’d never point you in another direction as I find it highly unlikely you’ll find something that’ll unseat them. That said, if it was me and you have access to any of these other makes I’d highly recommend you listen to Jose... | |
| Open Baffle Experience You can't be serious. 99% of high end speaker designs are NOT open baffle they are boxes. They are all on my side. I have already named many of them. B&W, KEF, FOCAL, DYNAUDIO, MAGICO, WILSON @kenjit So, I’d love to hear you tell Richard Va... | |
| You had Theta in the past, what did you move onto? Maybe I’m just a purist snob, but if 2-channel is very important to me I’m gonna use a stereo amp/pre or integrated and supplement with a good AVR to power the center and do the processing (I assume people here know how easily that’s doable). Put... | |
| Mesh network versus a simple Wi-Fi extender Ok, what I’m getting here is that if distance from the router is involved a Mesh system is the preferred setup. But, in my situation I’ll be fairly close to my router but just not in a way to make it convenient to run hardwired directly from the r... | |
| Ethernet cables Thanks guys! Mucho helpful. | |
| Neutral Dac? The two most uncolored components I’ve had in my system was a Bryston BP-6 stereo preamp and my current Musician Pegasus R2R DAC. The Pegasus does a superb job of maintaining tonality and fluidity but without truncating upper treble detail that so... | |
| What should be mandatory in every professional published review- @patrickdowns I totally understand your skepticism and concern, and I can only speak from my own 16 years of reviewing, but I honestly think the corruption you’re alluding to is the exception rather than the rule — or at least I sincerely hope it ... | |
| Valve Amp for Sonus Faber Sonetto IIIs It’s doable, but if you’re going a pure tube amp it’ll cost some $$$ because you don’t wanna push an amp to near its power limits as you won’t get optimal performance. Good, higher-power tube amps cost $$$. You might get by with a Rogue Chronus Ma... | |
| Open Baffle Experience Let’s see here — on the dipole side we have Nola, Vandersteen, Spatial, Magnepan, Martin Logan, SoundLabs, etc, and on the other side we have…kenjit. Hmmm. I for one would love to see kenjit debate the great minds behind all these very successfu... | |
| The big Gensis are back, but what about Arion? I immediately bookmarked these when I first learned of them a couple weeks ago, and I don’t do that a lot. The three best systems I’ve ever heard involved Nola, Genesis, and Pipedream speakers, all of which were tall, line-array designs. If these... | |
| Comments on NODE 3 Power Supply Upgrade I’d add the Musician Pegasus DAC (I own it BTW) to your list as it’s priced closer to the Ares ll but performs more like the Pontus ll. Here’s a review fyi… https://soundnews.net/sources/dacs/musician-audio-pegasus-r2r-dac-review/ I’d also co... | |
| Mesh network versus a simple Wi-Fi extender As I don’t have a very big house, at this point I’m thinking using an extender with a good Ethernet cable to my streamer might work fine and is cheaper/simpler than a Mesh setup. Thanks for sharing all the good thoughts/experience. | |
| Preamp for Parasound and B&W803d2 This LTA MZ3 is an excellent preamp and also an outstanding headphone amplifier if you ever plan on using good headphones. Also, you can change tubes to customize the sound to your liking. https://www.ebay.com/itm/234750039389 Here’s a review ... |