steakster
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| 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... | |
| F-XLR to M-RCA recommendations Or adapters like this. I prefer them over Cardas. | |
| AC Power . . . Digital & analog isolation is critical… those who recommend it are apparently correct… My first power conditioner in 2000 - A Bob Crump* designed Bybee Line Sucker - had separate analog & digital isolation. Easy to hear the differ... | |
| AC Power signaforce OP One other question… can the Furman be near my speaker or interconnect cables and not cause problems? Here are my observations. Enough to hear a noticeable difference - not night & day. Compromises are made - and we do what wo... | |
| JBL 4349 at low listening levels. According to this db chart, your target listening level is fairly low. Full-bodied requires pressurizing the room to some degree. Difficult to achieve with small drivers and a small cabinet - at a low volume. Of course, you can still get excellent... |