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| Bluesound installed DAC - music killer? @sjeesjie @three_easy_payments the old Sonos connect for just 250,-? Does everything the bluesound does but is just a little bit less premium finish. I haven't looked at the Sonos platform in some time but I didn't think it supported hi-res aud... | |
| Speaker cables under floorboards - a good or bad idea? It will make cable lifters pretty challenging | |
| Bluesound installed DAC - music killer? Soooo disappointing. Just curious what you're comparing this $500 piece of gear to? Is there an equally priced streaming DAC that blows it away that I'm not aware of? | |
| Moving to France step down transformers. | |
| Thoughts on a system upgrade. Tweaks are capable of bending the laws of physics and can turn square acoustics into rectangular ones. You just aren’t using the right mat or have enough subs. A well-placed cone can actually alter the speed of sound thereby improving acoustic ref... | |
| Phono Preamp loading for Hanna EL @lewm I should have added that probably the internal resistance of the Hana cartridge is about 40 ohms, which is why they recommend a load of greater than 400 ohms, in keeping with the rule of thumb I mentioned. Close. It's 30 ohms. So agreed. | |
| Phono Preamp loading for Hanna EL You could try the cart specs as a starting point (sounds crazy I know). >400 ohms | |
| Cartridge options going forward Have you checked with Lyra about rebuilding your Etna with the lambda upgrade? | |
| Update on Audiogon Member Almarg Very sad indeed. The only glimpse I've had into Al's life had been through this board but his contributions over the years have been among my favorites, epitomizing the best aspects of Audiogon. | |
| Which turntable should I choose? So I have a VN TD-160 Super with a Hana SL cart in my basement system. That system also has a Node 2/Benchmark DAC3. Both the analog and digital front ends sound nice - neither better than the other but with a different presentation.I do need to... | |
| Best sturdy floor rack for turntable Or look for a quality rack that incorporates springs into the shelves. I've never seen this. Can you point to an example? | |
| Never Owned a Tube Amp and Want Advice A few tube amp suppliers claim a 2 ohm load capability but most of the websites I have reviewed are silent on this topic. It depends on how the output transformer is configured at that load. | |
| Never Owned a Tube Amp and Want Advice While speaker sensitivity is important when considering tube amp matching, you should place as much weight, if not more, on impedance (how easy the speaker is to drive). One reason Joseph Audio Perspectives (eg) work so well with many tube amps i... | |
| “BLOCK” Function? Many who are not good enough to assert themselves in real life do iton social media. I think he's probably like this in real life actually. It's just that he requires constant validation to keep his demons at bay....latent insecurities and gen... | |
| “BLOCK” Function? We all figured it out.He’s talking about you. Really, we’re talking about the guy who in this thread alone has:1) Claimed someone wants to lock him up for having a different opinion - (Amazingly he can’t distinguish differing opinions from totally... |