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| Cable curmudgeon I once auditioned some AQ cables in a full Mac system that I would judge as pretty damn good. I wouldn’t use Mac gear to assess any cables. They have a house sound that boosts tonal richness and rolls off the treble, which is why they’re often ... | |
| Best streamer for a returning audio guy I’m also in the market for a budget yet still very good streamer and have done quite a bit of research, and the best option I’ve found considering performance, cost, and ease of setup/use is the iFi Zen Stream that retails for $399, but there are ... | |
| Need some suggestions for a desktop amp. The Bel Canto C5i may well tick all your boxes and save you $$$ buying used, and there’s a nice one now on USAM for only $825 (retail $1895). It puts out 60Wpc into 8 Ohms and doubles into 4 Ohms that should be more than ample power for a desktop ... | |
| Advice from Audiogon family - best speaker $3k-$4k I’ve compared several B&W speakers to Joseph Audio, and in every case the JA speaker was superior on every level. You can pick up a nice pair of JA Profiles for only $2800, which is a great price. Frankly, I wouldn’t be surprised if they sig... | |
| Cable curmudgeon You won't be able to tell the difference BY PRICE between a $200, $1500, and $5000 cable and rank them in order of cost because the $200 cable is not better or worse than the $5000 cable. @wesheadley Really? I won’t? Where’s your evidence o... | |
| Cable recommandations @bigkidz Just curious if you tried the Mogami cables using just bare wire vs. crimping on spades? I’d guess that might be even better? | |
| Advice from Audiogon family - best speaker $3k-$4k New or used? What sound characteristics are most important to you? | |
| XLR Female to RCA Plug Adapter @steakster My DAC is a Musician Pegasus R2R and it is fully balanced, so from what you’re saying I could use a simple adapter plug with no transformer. I guess if I lose all the benefit of the DAC’s XLR out it makes more sense to just use an RCA ... | |
| XLR Female to RCA Plug Adapter Thanks for all the good info guys. Think it’s best I talk to the manufacturer of my pre to see what they recommend just to avoid potential issues. The other thing I was wondering is if I’d still retain the benefits of using the XLR out from my D... | |
| Streaming vs Physical Media @lalitk Curious if you also tried fiber optic from your router, and if so what product did you use and how was the ENO better? | |
| Cable recommandations First, don’t listen to Jason Bourne’s utter nonsense. He’s incapable of hearing differences in any type of wire and therefore believes those of us who can are just fooling ourselves. That said, what kind of improvements are you looking for, and ... | |
| Sharing my experience with cables I have found litthe effect of cables on Aurender streamers and Dacs. Do you just mean power cords or interconnects too, and is this just specific to Aurender or a general experience? I hear significant differences between interconnects between ... | |
| For classical music lovers best amp for large orchestral forces? No, but they are certainly getting universally positive reviews and have the added benefit of being easily upgradeable by the owner when new and improved tech inevitably comes down the road. | |
| SVS sub owners, Past and Present Also, SVS has the “crawl” method on their site that might help identify the best locations for your subs and make the adjustment process a little easier. FWIW. | |
| Cable curmudgeon Well, I see the MAGA ll — Make Audio Great Again — flat earth crowd is now out in force here. Yay. Their motto: I hear what I believe. It’s a lot easier than admitting to the themselves that maybe either their ears or systems (or both) aren’t ... |