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| Relationship between Ethernet Switch and SQ You might notice that fredrik only shows up here on workdays to troll these forums. He is an IT minion working in the back of a windowless room and obviously bored, knows nothing about audio and doesn’t care. His pleasure is trolling and frustra... | |
| Aries-Cerat Helene Review Congratulations to you too. I bet your system will sound musical. That will be an amazing system, I just know it from hearing this Helena DAC. I'm listening right now and loving it. I keep trying to shut my system down but I can't walk away. ... | |
| Experiences With Costly Balanced XLR Interconnects Above $3,000 If you can’t trust your hearing then you are in the wrong hobby. | |
| Experiences With Costly Balanced XLR Interconnects Above $3,000 Blind testing is useful for a panel of jurists. It keeps everyone honest. If you only think you hear a difference then you likely don’t. Save your money. On the other hand if you find you can’t live without the new component then you have my sympa... | |
| Experiences With Costly Balanced XLR Interconnects Above $3,000 The naysayers that come to these forums to pester audio hobbyists have some serious insecurity issues. And the ASR guy has found a way to make a profit off of those insecurities. Think of high school where the idle underachievers would pester ... | |
| Aries-Cerat Helene Review One more comment regarding the output. When I was researching this DAC it was difficult to get a clear understanding of the output level. It looks like older versions had just one gain setting which looked to be 20 volts. But my dealer told me ... | |
| Aries-Cerat Helene Review Hi @tomic601, good question since it is difficult to find much information on this DAC on the internet. Regarding USB input, which I use with my Roon based music server, the Helene accepts bit perfect PCM, all multiples of 44.1kHz and 48 kHz up t... | |
| Aries-Cerat Helene Review I meant to also say that at this level of gear it is difficult to justify cost or sound per dollar. The question might be for example, is the bass so many dollars better? Or something like that. The question at this level is: Could I give up t... | |
| SOTA STAR Sapphire Turntable Care and Feeding Vacuum can be pretty powerful. I found a review that says the Sota Star pulls 5 inHg vacuum or 2.45 psi initially and then drops to 3 inHg while playing. This is a low enough vacuum to avoid damage to the record. That's a fairly light vacuum. ... | |
| SOTA STAR Sapphire Turntable Care and Feeding I got my first Sota, a Sapphire in 1992. I used it for 25 years and maintained it myself periodically lubricating the platter bearing. Interestingly, the type of grease used in the platter bearing affects the sound. I also found the belt needs ... | |
| A very weird (to me) issue with an Audible Illusions Modulus L2B ... Too funny. The 1960s-70s was a different world. We rode in the back of pickup trucks and bicycle helmets didn’t exist. We had lawn darts and clackers. Clackers were two hard plastic balls on a string. The trick was to swing them so the balls ... | |
| A very weird (to me) issue with an Audible Illusions Modulus L2B ... We had an old farmer neighbor in the early 70s who bought a new Chevrolet. As part of gov’t meddling in new car manufacturing his new car had a large, square seatbelt warning light in the middle of the dash that would not go out until the driver’... | |
| CD Quality Versus Streaming Quality I’ll add that the silver plated ethernet cable between the streamer and network switch makes an obvious difference in sound and same between the network switch and router. But the silver plated ethernet cable between the modem and router was not a... | |
| CD Quality Versus Streaming Quality My experience has been that streaming great sound but takes much effort. It took me over 1 1/2 years to get the sound of streaming to match my CD Transport and Vinyl sources. Neither I nor my two sons hear a difference now switching between CD or ... | |
| How easily can you distinguish between different DACs? Hello lemonhaze. When you find the right DAC, you will know. I wish you success. With a USB capable DAC and a good streamer, I find Roon and Qobuz opened up a universe of music for me that keeps me captivated almost daily. With some effort- du... |