steakster
Responses from steakster
| Xhadow XLR Connectors Any Substitutes? Sablon Audio uses Bocchino connectors on many of their high-end offerings. | |
| Sound quality differences in streamers @devinplombier That old Audiogon thread veers into a ditch early on due to an argument over, I guess, the physical representation of a digital signal being transmitted over a wire? What a strange comment. Apparently, you might not be aware th... | |
| Sound quality differences in streamers @devinplombier Thx for the laugh. Your dismissiveness and bemusing discombobulations are reminiscent of William F. Buckley Jr. * I’ll just ignore your passive-aggressive behavior. I’ve dealt with worse arrogance in the corporate world and ... | |
| Sound quality differences in streamers The so-called ’digital realm’ takes place on an analog carrier. - - - The link below is a worthwhile read. It is an enlightening discussion about 1’s & 0’s and square waves by AudiogoN veterans: - Almarg (physicist & multiple patent ho... | |
| Sound quality differences in streamers @mdalton In your attempt to support your position, you stated that you were guessing at an imaginary % based on a discussion thread that was in no way a credible statistical model for evaluation. That’s a non-sequitur to say the least. The ... | |
| Sound quality differences in streamers Many years ago, when I got my Auralic Aries streamer, it sounded better than my modded laptop, but not night & day better. I decided to try an experiment. The stock DC umbilical cord to the factory LPS looked really cheap and flimsy. I DIY... | |
| Streaming Tidal/Qbuzz Vs Internet Radio 👍 It's always thrilling to watch the best of the best - do what they do. I saw the Mayer brothers and Bill Johnson win in Sarajevo. The weather was a bit chilly. I suspect nabbing the gold medals warmed them up some. I had to rely on slivovi... | |
| Throwing 2 High End brands together will not automatically equal success. Thoughts? I wouldn’t say that I ’threw’ different brands together. Since my budget is limited, I did a lot of homework before purchasing. The components are made by various manufacturers - some mainstream, some boutique. Each component is quite capable o... | |
| The Expectation Gap The OP seems to be describing ’confirmation bias’. Yet, there are many variables. If a more expensive component is considerably more resolving than the one it is replacing, it’s quite possible that it is revealing ’weaknesses’ elsewhere in t... | |
| New DAC, what should I look for? OP: The sound profile that I’m looking for is smooth and spacious. Have you seriously tweaked the upstream components first, the modem & router? With: LPS’s - digital filters - quality ethernet cabling - power conditioning? | |
| Would you buy a tube amp if you were unable to use vintage tubes in it ? faustuss Further I think all the suggestions regarding tube "rolling" is a little insane . . . What a crock! I nearly spit out my coffee when I read that comment. LOL. Another flat-earther's credibility shot to hell. - - - - The best loca... | |
| Streaming Tidal/Qbuzz Vs Internet Radio Father Time shows no mercy. I wasn’t even able to pivot my last road bike on to its center stand. Suzuki 650 450 lbs. Fortunately, still riding my LeMond Zurich - as long as my knees hold out. - - - Long ago, I worked on a brief project... | |
| "Too much gain"? (Cary SLP05 question) @testrun My preamp is made by a boutique manufacturer - which also has a bulky remote control. I only use the volume buttons. I replaced it with this slim universal learning remote control. It learns the code by pointing the two remotes at e... | |
| Listening Room or Components or my ears? My older Wilson speakers have the Focal 1" inverted titanium-coated tweeters. They have a bad reputation for harsh highs. When I first got them, I concurred. Not anymore. Now, they sound sublime. Zero fatigue. The solution was cleaning ... | |
| Is it possible to find a good DAC for under $50, 000? When watching a dramatic movie, a ’lack of continuity’ in a scene can disrupt the viewer’s ’suspension of disbelief’. It could be anything - such as an actor’s incorrect eyeline or mismatched action in the edit. Whatever the cause for the lack... |