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| Audioquest Vodka vs Wireworld Starlight 8 (Not Platinum) Ethernet This video is a "how to" but does not demonstrate or prove that inserting the FMC link does anything useful. Not sure anything needs to be “proven” here. If you listen to people who’ve incorporated the Sonore Optical Rendu (among others) into t... | |
| Think Its Possible To Order Tubes From the Ukraine? I’d check the customer reviews of the Ukraine supplier and just ask if they can deliver and take them at their word but also ask about their refund policy if items don’t arrive for whatever reason. If they don’t deliver their reputation and futur... | |
| Point of diminishing returns for a Network Streamers? All a streamer really needs to do is transmit the bits from local storage or a music service to your DAC intact. It sounds as if your setup already does this. There’s no need to make a change unless you’re detecting noise / pops / ticks / dropout... | |
| Tune (Hybrid) preamp Making Loud "Burping" Sounds Put it over your shoulder and pat it on the back. | |
| DAC recommendation in 5 to 10K range There’s a Mojo Audio Mystique V3 that rarely comes up for sale on USAM now that does everything you’ve said you’re looking for. Read the seller’s comments and reviews as this could potentially save you thousands of $$$ and provide you with exactly... | |
| Valvet with DAC for volume think I may have to move to a highly efficient speaker. I’m not sure that’s the case depending on how loud you listen, room size, and the type of music you listen to. Valvet states their amps are quite capable of driving many speakers despite t... | |
| Lyngdorf 3400 headphone amp quality? If you’re at all serious about headphones, get a dedicated headphone amp. Headphone amps in integrated amps are, with very few exceptions, afterthoughts at best. Amps matter as much with headphones as they do in home systems, so while you probab... | |
| Help me pick a new pair of speakers Given what you’re looking for I’d put the ProAc at the top of your current list. I’d also add the Joseph Audio Prism that offers a lot of the acclaimed Pulsar’s sonic properties at about half the price. Another outstanding monitor that flies under... | |
| Using MHDT Orchid to stream Hi Res with Apple Music ? Just get Qobuz. It’s better. There are several ways to stream to your DAC — just depends what equipment you have available to use. | |
| Warning for Revel lovers For Samsung fridge owners with ice maker issues, you can also try turning down your freezer temp to -4 degrees, and there’s also a reset button for the ice maker that (once you find it) you hold down for a few seconds until it beeps. Unplugging t... | |
| Do you consider cables to be a "component" of your system? I view cables like tires on a car. The better the car the more the tires matter, and if you put crappy tires on a good car they undermine a lot of the strengths you bought the car for in the first place. And just as with cables in the context of... | |
| Point of diminishing returns for a Network Streamers? I think the iFi Zen Stream offers a lot of performance/$, and it also incorporates iFi’s noise reduction technology that, especially in your case using an old computer as a source, may be particularly beneficial. If you go to Hifi Shark and search... | |
| Usb cable recommendation Really depends on how “entry level” you’d like to go. For me, more important than length is that the USB cable separate the power and signal parts of the USB signal. The best value I found was the LavriCables Ultimate Silver USB cable that is abou... | |
| Is Mark Levinson still considered up there with the best of the best? @twoleftears What’s going on with Revel? I don’t really follow them but seems like some of their models are a bit long in the tooth (i.e. Salon, Studio). | |
| Cable Quality vs Customer Service So the lesson learned is to leave headphone cables for headphone cable specialists. Yup, I found the same thing. I was speaking with another cable manufacturer and he said he tried making headphone cables and some of the connectors were a nigh... |