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| Audiophile router configuration The OP is the creator of 'Fidelizer-Audio'. Any suggestions he offers should be seriously considered. | |
| spend on the streamer or on the DAC ? Below is a comment lifted from this Mojo Audio Mystique DAC thread. fuzzbutt1709-25-2020 2:54pmHi Everyone.Benjamin here: owner of Mojo Audio and designer of the Mystique series of DACs.The most important thing to remember is the DAC can only give... | |
| Digital XLR vs Digital RCA I remember last concert, the guy next to me claimed to his wife, that the sound is not as good in concert sa with his LP/Tube sound system doodle601-10-2020 8:30am"we have friends whose seats at the Myerson Symphony Hall in Dallas sport a brass so... | |
| USB sucks rixthetrickImagine if it were possible to have a totally solder free set of cables, or crossovers, amplifier etc. Cold welded USB, XLR cables and speaker cables.- Hot welded: Allnic Audio cables.- Ultrasonic welded: Blue Jeans cables. I am disappo... | |
| Speaker size and bass In other words, having bigger speaker doesn’t really help much in giving more or better bass, because we are constraint by the volume. Perhaps, a re-phrasing. The challenge is get all of the sound waves to arrive at the listening chair - at the s... | |
| Measuring line noise and power conditioners mijostyn"All this stuff about power cords, conditioner and fancy outlets is nonsense."Only this statement is. | |
| Chord Dave - Missing soundstage width do you have an example off a piece of music that have a very wide soundstage and that can be found on TidalCut: Gypsy Nights Artist: Craig Chaquico Album: PanoramaA wide sound stage can be:- Recorded well to reproduce the effect.- Engineered artif... | |
| support for heavy PC? " . . .and rotate the outlet 180 degrees so the ground pin is at the top. That way the ground pin handles all the weight of the cable . . . "Did the above. Bad idea. The ground pin on the heavy power cable bent - and then broke off. A support unde... | |
| Basic Digital Audio Setup Advice " . . . There is so much else going on in a PC. System monitoring and all sorts of stuff that you don’t realize. . ."This is where Fidelizer and/or Audiophile Optimizer comes in. They shutdown or re-prioritize computer processes specifically for a... | |
| Subwoofers driving me nuts Have you done the subwoofer crawl with a sub at the listening chair - as shown here? | |
| How will the COVID-19 pandemic affect sites like Audiogon? In 2014, the Ebola epidemic put the world on notice. In 2015, Bill Gates predicted a pandemic. Video here. In 2016, Obama set up the National Security Council Directorate For Global Health Security and Biodefense. Its primary mission was preparedn... | |
| Near Field Listneing Years ago, I listened to a near-field setup with MartinLogan e-stats. Since he lived in an apartment, he wanted to keep the volume down - to avoid disturbing the neighbors. His solution was to have the speakers face each other about 30" apart with... | |
| Vacuum tube ! And Warnings stereo5"I would never buy tubes off eBay. That was the first mistake."In the last 12 months, I've purchased around $1k worth of NOS tubes from sellers on Ebay. Zero problems. Years ago, when I had an amp that used 6C33 tubes, I purchased at least ... | |
| What is your most beautiful component? These were my stunning 50w triode p/p monoblocks. Sold them. | |
| Wilson's Chronosonic XVX loudspeaker over 3/4 of a million US dollars mikelavigne"interesting how every different hifi forum has a different take on the big Wilson’s reflecting the particular forum culture and membership.no right or wrong to it, but the differences are dramatic."Mike: The Audiogon discussion forums ... |