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| The vanishing stereo rack There are no power cords shown in the picture! Yeah there are — just can’t see them cause they used Cardas “Clear.” | |
| Ethernet - Analog/Digital Signal Clean Up Very interesting and always great to hear relative comparisons. To me this says buy good components, and less can be more. Thank you for sharing your very valuable observations! | |
| Fed rate increase = lower hifi prices? Just to bring this back around to the original subject, given the supply constraints wrought largely by China shutting down operations to control Covid, both new and used audio gear prices are likely to be high until things loosen up. If you can ... | |
| from TV to amp: hdmi arc extractor vs optical dac Even among big brands ARC/HDMI may be buggy so I never trust a cheap HDMI extractor to work reliably. Agree with @erik_squires. As someone who’s fallen victim to HDMI compatibility issues it’s just not worth dealing with for what you want to sp... | |
| Fed rate increase = lower hifi prices? Thanks @ideal8592 I know I’m in the minority among the financial talking heads, but IME and as mentioned before, significant financial/economic downturns are caused by four factors: Recession, over valuation/significant bubble, high inflation/inte... | |
| Oppo DV-970HD digital out question I emailed Oppo at service@oppodigital.com and got a very helpful and courteous response from them on my ancient Oppo in one day, and it was on a Saturday no less! These guys should give lessons on how to do customer service to other current manuf... | |
| Oppo service After using the email from @digsmithd I got a very helpful and courteous response from Oppo in one day — on a Saturday!!! — regarding my ancient DV-970HD I’m still using as a transport in my HeadFi rig These guys are awesome and should give less... | |
| Are some streaming players more reliable than others? Have you checked your internet speed? I’m not familiar with MConnect or if that might be causing a problem somehow (settings, etc.). I doubt it’s the streamer. | |
| The review wehave been promising is up Same reason you wouldn’t compare a Porsche to a Civic. | |
| Bel Canto Pre2 mod/update? Rather than spending $$$ to rehab an older preamp, and especially since you’ve had this one so long, I’d consider taking the opportunity to try or go listen to some others. For example, if you’re open to tubes the Linear Tube Audio MicroZOTL prea... | |
| Connecting USB streamer server to I2s RJ45 input of DAC? Nice DAC. Yeah, if you want to be sure any I2S source will work with your DAC it’s best to forward the pin configuration to your DAC manufacturer and they’ll be able to tell you if it’ll work. It’s bit of a PITA not having a standard, but it see... | |
| From separate streamer and DAC to al-in-one suggestion You’ve got a nice tube DAC, and if you like its sound I think you’re gonna be disappointed with a DS DAC. If that’s the case I’d look for another solution. | |
| Connecting USB streamer server to I2s RJ45 input of DAC? That doesn’t look like it outputs an I2S signal. Since there’s no set I2S standard I’m finding it’s not easy to know if an converter will be compatible with your DAC. I’ve unfortunately been down that road and have decided to eventually go with s... | |
| Bathroom grooves If you’re looking for something that can just hang from the shower head this might be a good option… https://www.amazon.com/Ortizan-Bluetooth-Waterproof-Portable-Wireless-dp-B096TNZ53F/dp/B096TNZ53F/ref=dp_ob_title_ce | |
| Audioquest Vodka vs Wireworld Starlight 8 (Not Platinum) Ethernet Anyone here ever compare the Starlight 8 Platinum to the Vodka? |