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| USB Cable USB is the defacto-standard. Anyone who wants to be in the marketplace needs to follow the market trends. It is not the best transport, but it is what we have. PCM, coax or fiber, relies on the HOST to providing clocking information. Notoriousl... | |
| Testing Ethernet switch There is a difference between obscure issues and flat out impossible. An advantage of understanding how Ethernet works is I have a better grasp of impossible than those who are still allowing subconscious beliefs in magic. As I said in POST ONE... | |
| Testing Ethernet switch Hans said he had no idea what it could be, but he THINKS he heard it. One more time, an extra ordinary claim needs extra ordinary proof. | |
| USB Cable Forgot to add. USB 1 and 2 are not "guaranteed" transports like TCP/IP is. More like UDP/IP. It is up to the application layer which I do not believe is either for audio. But as I have shown, it is quite reliable. That does mean a poorly implem... | |
| USB Cable Did a deeper dive. ( getting used to my new DAC, so lots of time) First, related is PCM. Source and end 75 Ohms, so a 75 Ohm coax is the "correct" cable. Length should not matter until it is so long as signal loss comes to play. No issue with ... | |
| All Pre 1970 Vintage speakers suck! Prove me wrong The problem is ALL speakers suck. They still do. Just that they are better. | |
| Significant steps? (DAC) Yes. I guess some people do one thing then they die. Not me. I started my career with Storage Technology and ended retiring from the DoD. | |
| Significant steps? (DAC) As the consensus is the big step up is more than I am willing to pay, and my entry level chip based do not have an obvious defect, I decided to see what a higher end current chip based does within a "play" budget. So Amazon, sale price SMSL D40... | |
| USB Cable Sorry, I misunderstood you. My main system is my own speakers, Seas / SB based, with a Peerless low Q sub. O-Audio plate. DSpeaker Cinema DSP on it for the room nodes. Vidar main amplifier, Today Topping DX3pro+ DAC, but I have 5 and a new one ... | |
| USB Cable Between good cables, no I heard no difference. I am not positive I heard a difference with the bad cables. Knowing they are bad etc. I had my Grado's then which were more revealing than my Yamahas. If it measures bad and measures good is cheap, ... | |
| USB Cable It is the complex environment of what you speak. This is why USB and Ethernet cables are twisted pairs and shielded. The designers knew this. Partly for the spec of 11 feet. USB was not intended to exist in a vacuum. Yes, I blame shortcomings o... | |
| Testing Ethernet switch Those of us who are engineers have pointed to real experts on how Ethernet works. We are fully open to new information that can be explained in this universe. Those who believe in only their ears have offered no argument than to attack others. "... | |
| Significant steps? (DAC) Well Porsche USED to make useable sports cars. You could actually make it to work and back every day. They do make a re-badged VW SUV. Drove a couple a few years ago. Bought an MG. Better car. More fun. I was going to compare the Lambo to a $14... | |
| USB Cable A really crappy, like the free ones can, and I have measured them, introduce measurable noise in a system. Audible or not is subjective. BUT, a well designed client USB receiver is immune to that kind of problem. If you are running USB mode 1 the... | |
| XLR cables for a reasonable price? Blue Jean. Nothing special as in not magic. Just a good cable. FWIW, unless you have transformer outputs, your XLR outputs are not balanced. Close and good enough but not balanced. Parts tolerances and just plain old Physics. If running over ... |