tonywinga
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| Best DACs under $7,000.00 I don’t get why the Ayon line of DACs are not mentioned more often. The Stealth XS DAC sounds amazing. Pair it with a high quality power cord and its sound is outstanding. It is open and detailed which is why a good power cord is needed to keep... | |
| Qobuz dropping rights to my favorites. A pox on their house. My brother was an engineer at the Sony CD plant. I got a tour from him back in the early 90s. Fascinating. He told me CDs have a min design life of 15 years. They are not considered archival. The polycarbonate discs have the pits molded in th... | |
| ETHERNET CABLES Fredrik222 is trying to prove a negative. That is impossible to do. At least, so far in history no one has succeeded in that. I hear a difference. Others hear a difference while some do not. My wife does not hear a difference. I accept that a... | |
| ETHERNET CABLES I heard more detail and the highs became smoother more pleasant. That’s mostly what I remember. | |
| ETHERNET CABLES I didn’t hear a difference either when I put an AQ Cinnamon Ethernet cable between my router and music server. But when I put a network switch between my router and music server the sound improved. That prompted me to try the FMC’s and optical c... | |
| ETHERNET CABLES I got them on Amazon. I’m using 5 VDC LPS units. My FMC’s run on 5 Volts. I haven’t seen many 9 VDC LPS’s that aren’t more expensive. I’m using a Keces 19 VDC LPS for my music server. Very well built but close to a grand. | |
| ETHERNET CABLES I put a link of fiber optic cable between my router and my music server. $70 investment. Ok, I also added a pair of $85 linear power supplies to power the FMC’s. I figured no sense adding noise back in with cheap wall warts. It made a significant ... | |
| What size Spade for Wilson Audio Speakers I just noticed my post. I meant to type 5/16” but you knew what I meant. I’m getting old and decrepit. | |
| What size Spade for Wilson Audio Speakers I measured 5/32” spades on my speaker cables attached to Sasha DAW Speakers and coincidentally Pass Labs Amps. Doesn’t look like 1/4” Spades would work- might be tight. | |
| Best Examples Of Cymbal Decays On A Recording John Hiatt, Slow Turning- 👍 | |
| ETHERNET CABLES I'll summarize my experience as accurately as I can. This is over a 15 month period. I am using an Ayon Stealth DAC and Transport. Together they sound killer. They create a large expansive soundstage with more detail and resolution in CDs than... | |
| Early SOTA vs New Something: Conundrum Actually, a well designed bearing for the application with adequate lubrication will never wear out. Dirt, heat, overloading and neglect are the demise of any bearing. The trick is for the bearing to never have metal to metal contact. The lubricat... | |
| ETHERNET CABLES I am using Alpha Core FMC's with Linear Power Supplies. I ditched the wall wart power supplies. It seems to work very well for me but I have no idea how well these FMC units are built inside. Something new for my stereo related neurosis to worr... | |
| Early SOTA vs New Something: Conundrum I’m a Sota fanboy. Full disclosure. I heard my first Sota turntable in 1989 and bought my first Sota- a Sapphire III in 1992. I traded in my Star this past winter for the Nova Vi with vacuum, mag bearing, eclipse motor with the road runner and... | |
| ETHERNET CABLES I second the fiber media converter tactic. It makes a world of difference in the sound. |