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| Black DAC FX Wifi vs older III They do respond much better to email. Perhaps, once you have their attention that way, you can schedule a phone call. I agree, bypassing the volume control would improve the sound quality slightly. With that said, it's still one to audition if yo... | |
| Black DAC FX Wifi vs older III When I contact Black Ice Audio, I always get an answer the same day. This DAC won the 2019 AZ Audio Video Club DAC-It-Out. It was a very well designed comparison of ten DACs (the Black Ice being the least costly and the PS Audio the most costly a... | |
| Basic switch....should I upgrade? @jerrybj Thank you. Interesting. | |
| Basic switch....should I upgrade? @sns I apogize, my mistake. My question should have been directed to @jerrybj (please share your Cisco mods). Otherwise, thank you for your post. I agree with everything you said. Kind of like the early days of vinyl; we've come a long way. Like ... | |
| Oh Boy Schiit Announces 10 Tube Headphone Amp for $1799.00 This looks like an OTL design. You need to parallel enough tubes to get a low output impedance (the purpose of an output transformer in conventional tube designs). | |
| Basic switch....should I upgrade? @sns What mods did you perform on your Cisco gear? | |
| ATC SCM 40 question I’ve owned ATC 40 passives. I never experienced shrill/sharp so I know it’s not your speakers, an excellent choice I might add. The 40 passives won the 2019 AZ Speaker Fest by a wide margin against seven other quality contenders, several of which... | |
| Thoughts on the Linn LP12 turntable IMHO, basically polishing a turd for 50 years. And yes, I've owned one and have worked on several others. | |
| Basic switch....should I upgrade? @antigrunge2 I'm not sure about your point. Regardless of whether ethernet latency issues are a significant problem or not, why degrade latency deliberately (multiple switches) only to have to add more circuitry down the line, easily addressing (d... | |
| Basic switch....should I upgrade? I spoke to an EE friend who is designing next generation 6G hardware; i.e. he knows something about this topic. I asked about stacking switches. He quickly replied that the addition of each switch degrades latency. Pure and simple. So, the good n... | |
| Review of Legacy Focus XD @brownsugar_ny Thank you. Well written, spot on. | |
| DAC recommendation in 5 to 10K range When you consider the feature set in addition to the superb sound quality, the Weiss DAC501 is tough to beat. | |
| amp for ZU Audio Druid V speakers Based on my experience, the Manley Snappers are excellent amps. I'm surprised you are not satisfied. Regardless, good luck with your search. | |
| Cable recommandations If you want to get as close to "no cable" as possible, consider Wire World. That has been their design goal since the early 90s. | |
| Wireworld Eclipse 8 compared to Analysis Plus Solo Crystal I agree, nicely said. The cable companies that are most popular, aren't based on sound quality but marketing. That marketing keeps the product on the recommended component, editors choice, etc lists by changing the line up every few years even tho... |