steakster
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| Why Does Expensive Gear Seems To Sound Better? Never Argue with idiots, They drag you down to their level, And beat you with experience. | |
| Im going to regret my cable question @devinplombier Another member stated it this way in this post. >>>>The signal transferred on digital cables isn’t 1s and 0s. Also, the signal is an electromagnetic wave just like analog cables, therefore subject to the same causes ... | |
| Im going to regret my cable question mikhailark Ethernet cables are all the same though. Not really. The 1’s and 0’s are on an analog carrier which can be tweaked to affect the SQ. Whether you hear the difference - or not - between cables depends on the resolution of the audio... | |
| Im going to regret my cable question I’ve been a cable-aficionado for a long time. In my experience, ’better’ speaker cables had an impact in my system, but the least impact in the overall SQ. OP . . . but if we accept that “better” cables make a difference then that’s the imp... | |
| Have you reached your end point with this addictive hobby? @carlso63 +1 Well said. | |
| Six DAC Comparison It’s threads like this that have continually educated me about my hobby and my system. It’s beneficial when manufacturers and dealers contribute to our forum. I now understand why my Concert Fidelity 040BD DAC doesn’t have a clock - and has only... | |
| network switches and cables. Re: ethernet cables. I’m very happy with my Sablon 2020. Have 2 of them. Body, texture, air. Re: cable order. I can hear the difference when swapped around. Very subjective as to which is preferable. Re: Network Acoustics. The guys ... | |
| Best affordable Linear Power Stage Fidelizer Audio just released their Aura for $219. Technically, it has a switching power supply to keep the price affordable. The owner, Keetakawee, has a track record of designing excellent products. For a true LPS, look at his Nikola series He p... | |
| Have You Seen - 10 Characteristics of Great Audiophile Sound How about: - Musical instruments sound real. * - Vocalists sound real. - The presentation sounds like music. Not like a HiFi that’s reproducing music. - - - * Electric instruments, amplified instruments, synthesizers- difficult to tell. | |
| Have JBL K2s...best Amp pairing please? Congratulations! I heard the K2's at T.H.E. Show. I went back to that room several times since I couldn't believe how sublime it sounded compared to the other rooms. They were driven by Mark Levinson electronics. Don't recall the specific m... | |
| Mike's Barn. Mike’s Virtual System. Look at how many unique views. Mike used to regularly participate in discussions here on AudiogoN in the early years - as did many other very knowledgeable audiophiles. | |
| F-XLR to M-RCA recommendations @tyray Not to mention that sometimes in audio, some things come around and turn out to be giant killers, for their lesser price. For a component as important as a DAC, take your time in deciding. Generally speaking, the best giant-killer oppo... | |
| 12v linear power supply Fidelizer Audio just released their Aura for $219. Considerably less than their Nikola LPS. | |
| Wifi vs ethernet revisited OP: I can’t seem to read a good forum thread where the usual stuttering’/buffering problems (that we all know about) Apparently, I don’t know about it. My WiFi has been rock-solid with an 8 year old Auralic Aries streamer. No hiccups at all. Pe... | |
| F-XLR to M-RCA recommendations @tyray For XLR/RCA adapters, I own both this Purist set and this Cardas set. I experimented for about a month of alternating the two sets – allowing time for each to settle-in. The Purist adapter was more neutral, more solving. The Cardas ad... |