vinylshadow
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| Ethernet Cables - what are you using and why? Oh. Ok...Is the FO considered Toslink? I ask because I heard that Toslink can't handle 192kHz well so it's lowers it to 96kHz. | |
| Ethernet Cables - what are you using and why? @baylinor I didn't see a fiber optic option for the Triode Wire Labs Freedom Ethernet cable..... Doesn't fiber optic(Toslink) limit the signal to 96kHz? I have Triode's High Power Digital American II Power cable. Very well made. | |
| Metner MA3 vs Playback Designs MPD-6 Didn't Andreas invent the D/A converter? | |
| Please recommend a coax SPDIF cable similar to the Nordost Tyr 2 Townshend Audio's digital cable. No cable bests it. | |
| Re: streaming recommendations for newbie I'd suggest the Node 2i with a PD Creative PSU interface upgrade and an SBooster 5V/3A Linear power supply. Best sound for $1000. | |
| can you help me narrow my speaker cables short list please? Townshend Fractal F-1's might be better than all those. | |
| Turntable advice Origin Live. | |
| Help with XLR ICs. OT but I had Straight Wire Crescendo Speaker cables for 13 years and thought they were great. I upgraded to Townshend F-1 Fractal speaker cables and the difference was astounding. Better in every way. I also had Crescendo XLR IC's but changed to... | |
| Good small/single outlet power conditioner for preamp. Grounding issue? Maybe you need to use a cheat plug on the preamp power cord? | |
| Turntable Isolation "Townshend Isolation platform. You will not find anything better." Yep! | |
| Are You a Swifty? My wife seems to think so. | |
| To loom or not to loom? Well, that’s the way I’ve done it(not the power cables though). My 1st loom was Straight Wire Crescendo’s and Straight Wire digital and phono IC’s.... Sounded great. Was very happy. I recently upgraded to a Townshend F-1 Fractal loom/IC’s and dig... | |
| Excellent Solid State or Hybrid Monoblocks Recommendations Get yerself a gently used pair of Jeff Rowland Model 12 monoblocks. They are such good and well built amps. | |
| Speaker cable length. Townshend Fractal speaker cables can be of dissimilar lengths due to the way they treat the copper wires. | |
| Townshend platform under digital component or amplifier ? I have all Townshend everything. Allegri preamp, Cables and Seismics...I put 4 pods of appropriate weight bearing under my Rowland Monoblocks, sub and all other components. Seismic rack corners, a platform under my turntable and platforms under my... |