vonhelmholtz
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| New, Very Interesting CD Transport I’m having a more difficult time refuting ‘71’s cheap CD player claim than his stance on power cords. I used a cheap drive and software that compares results to others that have ripped the same CD to store a bit perfect copy on my Aurender and tha... | |
| How do I know if my systems any good? Why work on finding fault with your system? A great use of time is finding more music that you enjoy. Try something completely new. I recently did this and have been enjoying the many forms of modern Korean music..KPop. Hope you get out and arou... | |
| Build a Faraday cage around your equipment. Since a solid metal cage provides the best protection, you might just ground all of your equipment and make sure that all cables are properly shielded. | |
| So This Really Is The End.... A variety of the long-standing local stores are closing. It’s just that the rate of change has accelerated. | |
| Best Amplifier & Speakers combo? @alexco17 Why are you limiting yourself to these two combinations? If you want the best at a given budget, why not list all your current equipment in the virtual equipment segment of this forum and provide a budget? What will you do with the a... | |
| Amplifier circuitry-4 ohm vs 8 ohm Wilson has their trained representatives setup their speakers and the Sabrina X list nominal impedance as 4 ohms at 135 Hz and it spends much of the time around 5 ohms. When they set up the speakers they used the 8 ohm terminals and I asked if 8 o... | |
| My Final System Build in Words & Pictures Wow, impressive! Thanks for sharing. | |
| Power Cord choices @jasonbourne71 I would hope that they don’t fall for “this crap” without purchasing with full refund rights for at least 30 days and find the difference worth the monetary outlay. Buy , listen and decide for yourself. Personally, I’m not a big ... | |
| Power Cord choices When discussing power amps with Richard at Shunyata, they promote going up their line for power amps vs with line level components. Venom is at the bottom of their line. NR is a good idea. Be patient and you can find Alpha NR used and a rare 15 am... | |
| Best Forum to hear experienced audiophiles exchange thoughts? Some of the technical threads on PS Audio’s Forum are interesting. Avoiding threads with disappearing OPs seems like good advice. | |
| Streamer upgrade - best path forward @adamator The onboard dac has reasonable stage width, but not very good depth at all in my setup. What if this is due to other components, or room acoustics? | |
| Surge and Conditioning Power is often discussed here. Too bad that we don’t have some company reps to help us along. If a Furman really isn’t current limiting to power amps and if it really does filter out a majority of the noise, then how do Shunyata, Audioquest and PS... | |
| Returns I’ve dealt with Music Direct and purchased lots of expensive gear. When I return an item it then pops up as open box, which is reduced in price. Their return policy equally applies to a $100 item, or a $12000 cartridge. I found a sales rep that is... | |
| What's your DAC's sweet spot for sampling rates? Holo DAC KTE here and I haven’t a clue and I think this might be a good thing. I have noted huge difference in presentation based upon the quality of the recording and have handicapped my DAC in that I use the coax out, but I did A/B a very good c... | |
| Question about Shunyata Power Conditioners @xcool Call Shunyata…. They are a small company and you will be able to speak with someone on the inside who isn’t going to sell you. Also, you can find their products at a substantially discounted price, but dealers aren’t going to broadcast th... |