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| Do you consider cables to be a "component" of your system? Obviously pretty things sell, don’t have to be a rocket scientist to realize that. Yeah, that must be it because if you think the crappy black PCs that come with most equipment sound good then the rest of us surely must be wrong and kidding o... | |
| Class D Integrated Amplifier Recommendations. Agree with @twoleftears that a GaN-based integrated might well be worth waiting for. There are a couple LSA integrateds being introduced by Underwood Hifi, one of which looks like it could be available soon… 5) 200wpc GAN Integrated amp with DAC... | |
| Do you consider cables to be a "component" of your system? The only reason a good quality manufacturer isn’t involved with this whole cable BS thing is just that there’s no science behind it no consistent reality so essentially it is BS. Maybe you can then explain why none — NONE — of the electronics... | |
| Do you consider cables to be a "component" of your system? A decent piece of equipment will have decent cables end of story. I know of no manufacture of quality product that sells that product with junk power cables. On the contrary, I have a hard time thinking of a manufacturer that sells their produc... | |
| The review wehave been promising is up In my opinion the difference is that dealers/manufacturers like Duke, Verdant, and Atmasphere seem to be objective and don't always push their products on members. They offer genuine assistance, even if it means steering you down a different road... | |
| Results with Audioquest Niagara 5000 / Dragon HC Why not try something like this instead? Read the reviews and I think you’ll find it does the things you’re looking for, and at less than half price used if it doesn’t work out you can likely just turn around and sell it for little/no loss — kind... | |
| The review wehave been promising is up I agree with above that the review out of context of direct comparison is pretty useless. Virtually all TAS reviews are like this. Never bother to do comparisons, and frequently they don’t even list the equipment in the reference system so yo... | |
| Think Its Possible To Order Tubes From the Ukraine? @carlsbad What Kool-Aid are you referring to? | |
| The review wehave been promising is up Typical TAS crap review. He says it’s the best he’s heard then conveniently never mentions what else he’s heard much less compares it directly with a comparable competitor. While the 432 is clearly a very competent product, without any context thi... | |
| Audioquest Vodka vs Wireworld Starlight 8 (Not Platinum) Ethernet As for the popularity of the Sonore Optical Rendu, it is an Ethernet-to-USB convertor and not just an inserted optical link. Yeah but it’s still using fiber to kill noise — same principle. | |
| Think Its Possible To Order Tubes From the Ukraine? Careful what one believes in, regarding the mainstream media and it’s push. Look deeper and more carefully. The Ukraine is rated at 150 out of 154 countries on the world corruption list. Rated by who and how did they even measure this? I’ll... | |
| Keeping your components Dust Free I’ve found using Swiffer sounds better than a feather duster in a direct A/B comparison. | |
| 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... |