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| The difference between Qoboz stream vs purchased songs @fredrik222 That's good information; I know some of the early services did that, and I know spotify does this as well. I was curious if you download a 192/24 flac that fast, so I did some back-of-the-envelope calculation. From the article, 1... | |
| The difference between Qoboz stream vs purchased songs "Streaming cannot do this. Streaming must keep up with the music so streaming always has error management tool that interpolates for any missing bit and moves on" Depends on the protocol in use. Certainly UDP by itself can lose packets and s... | |
| Thinking of Magnepan ... finally! @ketchup Sounds interesting. Any chance of getting a photo so I understand your placement? | |
| Thinking of Magnepan ... finally! 3.6R's, purchased used as a trade-in from a local audio/video store. The price was extremely aggressive since they just wanted to get rid of them (look up the used price online and it was 1/3 of that). Yes, these particular speakers need a lot of... | |
| Tim Bachman of BTO passed at 71 All along I thought Tim was Not Fragile. RIP | |
| Ethernet opinions @fredrik222 Linus takes the Aqvox audiophile switch apart and the difference between the two apparently is they sanded the part # off a chip and glued a crystal on top of some of the chips. Not a crystal oscillator, a crystal. Oh yes, they glue... | |
| Ethernet opinions @shtr74sims I have a little experience at this ;) And I'm sympathetic to the guys who want to improve their systems. I want to do that too! And truly I don't care if guys want to spend money if something make them feel good. But if you're inte... | |
| Ethernet opinions My house is fully wired with Ethernet, and it's all cat 5, which still works fine at speeds of 1GB, and will almost certainly work fine with 2.5GB when those switches come down in price. In addition virtually every wall outlet plugs into a relati... | |
| Can a better power cable make a difference if NOT plugged directly into an outlet? @thyname "or get an engineering degree" Already done. "It’s a bit of stretch to say all USB hubs are already galvanically isolated" I didn't say all, But no doubt some manufacturers will put their name on an average USB hub, put a nicer case... | |
| Can a better power cable make a difference if NOT plugged directly into an outlet? @thyname It's interesting he mentions "galvanically isolated" for DAC's to "clean up and isolate noise", since doing so introduces a transformer or capacitor in the USB chain, which can change the phase of the signal. But it hardly matters bec... | |
| The best speaker cables you’ve had GearIT, includes banana jacks on both ends. | |
| Warmer class D amps for magnepan? Based on the Magnepan 3.6R’s that I have, class D sounds fine. I have the NAD M33 which makes about 380WPC into 4 ohms (also will do over 600WPC peak). So yes, the bigger panels need some juice to make them rock. After hours of listening, they sti... | |
| Demise of bass quality in Main speakers One of Fender's most popular bass cabinets in the 1970's when I played regularly had two 10" drivers which produced plenty of bass. Now I get the argument that this would not be a direct comparison to high-fidelity speakers, and in particular th... | |
| Is it possible for a high end manufacturer to overprice their goods? Last fall I went to the audio show in suburban DC, and I enjoy it (although pointing out to my friend who accompanied that audio is an old man’s game). I went into the many hotel rooms where speaker vendors were demonstrating their wares. A lot o... | |
| Speakers sounding dull? MUST READ! The truth about speaker design! ...or too much ear wax.... |