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| Tidal vs Quobuz For my car, I absolutely love Tidal. Just bought the Best Buy yearly subscription. Admittedly, I have an aces car stereo system and it sounds incredible. I have Android Auto and my phone is plugged into a USB port to my head unit. Very important m... | |
| Power Conditioners The Gray does not isolate their outlets. I've been corresponding with Garth from AudioQuest as I am considering replacing the 12 outlet Gray 1200 with an AQ 12 outlet Niagara 5000(4 high voltage and 8 low voltage outlets). He was very complimenta... | |
| Difference between amps Don’t forget about Jeff Rowland amps. You might be able to buy 2 used Model 12 monoblocks for a good price which might be one of your best bets. 350W into 4 ohm. | |
| Power Conditioners Thank you @mijostyn I was thinking about that today...The question is, is a 12A choke not an issue for my Rowland Model 102 mono and 201 stereo amps used in surround(as far as higher amperage transient peaks), Classe processor and phono stage? Rea... | |
| Power Conditioners Caelin Gabriel of Shunyata in a recent interview at the 1:00 markhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=MpAsUgv24jcsaid that isolation transformers(like the Torus toroidals) are a huge RF block to the power grid and does not allow noise to t... | |
| Power Conditioners mijostyn3,351 posts01-05-2021 9:47amVinylshadow, the power supplies of your amplifiers are power conditioners. If you feel the need to add more power conditioning they are terrible amplifiers and you should get ones that have decent power supplies... | |
| Power Conditioners Does anyone here have any experience with, or has heard about, the 10 outlet Torus RM20 toroidal isolation power transformer(and noise filtering, lightning and surge suppressor)? I was strongly considering it for my home theater system and due to ... | |
| Substantial Upgrade Vertere Acoustics Phono-1 is a very good phono stage. $1000 or so. All the capacitance and resistor toggles are at the bottom of the unit. Not inside like some.The Phono-1 has received great reviews and hits way above its weight...Vertere is a UK ... | |
| Point of higher priced streamer? I see no reason for an expensive streamer. Buy a nice DAC and get a reasonable streamer. Streamers are merely computers anyhow. | |
| For auld lang syne, ..high-end companies you really liked that are gone.... Classe is still around albeit bought out. And maybe changed? I was corresponding with Dick Nauber but their products may not be as good now.I own a ton of Straightwire. Original Cresendo IC's and speaker cables and others . They are still around i... | |
| Onzo Zero Dust... Deflated? Actually @ericsch , you’re right about Benz. I wrote Benz and they told me that they never heard of the Onzo....Got that one mixed up.What I tried doing after reading Ortofon’s site was to carefully raise up the Onzo to the stylus tip while the to... | |
| Onzo Zero Dust... Deflated? I was so pumped to get the Onzo Zero Dust. Then I read Ortofon's website which specifically said, "We do not recommend using Onzo Zero Dust on our stylus". Benz Micro same. Why? Must be a reason. Cantilever damage? Anyhow, now I am skittish about ... | |
| Point of higher priced streamer? This is a great thread. Thanks everyone for posting their opinions. I want to move up a level to something with a power supply as I’ve read that makes a big difference. I’m using a Nobsound USB to SPDIF Converter XMOS XU20 with no power supply, co... | |
| Point of higher priced streamer? For $100? total you could buy an OTG USB cable, a Nobsound USB to SPDIF/Optical converter and with a 75 Ohm digital or toslink optical cable, plug that into your DAC. https://www.amazon.com/Douk-Audio-Converter-Interface-PCM192Khz/dp/B085XPRSGM/re... | |
| Recommendation for a replacement speaker cable Shuntaya Venom 12 NR? $400. Maybe find a Delta NR used for less than it's normal $900? I'm putting them on my Rowland Model 12 monoblocks soon. |