vonhelmholtz
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| Show off! If I have guests over that want to listen to my system, which is rare, because I have few friends and my system is well hidden in a room not frequented by guest, then I let them choose what to listen to. This has happened exactly one time and my g... | |
| Lone Star Audio Fest 2023 Thanks for the heads-up.. Unfortunately, I could not find the URL once one Facebook. | |
| Analyzing DACs @tee_dee First, you will need to decide if you want your system to excel when bench tested, or to sound good. If the former then visit ASR, which does an excellent job of measuring and if the later, throw out sources that take money from the ind... | |
| What is the current retail cost of your reference system? @jpwarren58 Are you still working at the IRS?? | |
| Aurender N-200 Compatiblity with DACS. Is this a thing? @hickamore The N20 is the one with the better clock. I believe that with USB, the DAC clock is the more critical and so with USB the difference in clocks between the N20 and N200 become less relevant. This isn’t to say that the N200 has a bad ... | |
| Why didn't I sell my vinyl rig? My streaming and vinyl are very close. I believe the reproduction is quite good. I also know some on this board have better systems than mine and find vinyl and digital to be very close. The good side of this for you is that upgrading digital is f... | |
| best external drive for ripping CDs @clearthinker You shouldn’t be ripping CDs. Think of the artist. Why are there so many selfish thieves around? I’ve been doing as you instructed and think of the artist as I rip CDs for personal use that I have already paid for. Some of them ... | |
| Streamer for local files (DSD and FLAC), Tidal and Qobuz support, USB/i2s @mikedc Do you have a budget? | |
| Aurender N-200 Compatiblity with DACS. Is this a thing? I would ignore the RCA/Coax output on the N200. I believe that one of the primary differences between the N20 and N200 is the quality of the clock. So, using the USB output should get you close to the N20 performance. I’m not the expert here, s... | |
| Aurender N-200 Compatiblity with DACS. Is this a thing? I have my doubts as to if compatibility is really an issue. I purchased a Holo May DAC KTE and then added an Aurender N20. They are connected via a Shunyata Sigma AES/EBU and it sounds amazing. I may search for a USB cable, but the AES bested t... | |
| What CDs to buy My analog slightly bests digital with many recordings , so I might listen to CDs when the vinyl is out of print. Also, I might not want to spend the asking price for vinyl and prefer to own the digital, which means CD, or download. So, for me CD i... | |
| What CDs to buy How does your cd play compare to analog and streaming? | |
| Good movie and/or 4k disc recommendations? 2001 was boring when it came out, but for that era the special effects were amazing. Today, my teenage daughters need John Wick, or Korean Zombie action to stay awake. | |
| Symptoms of UN-CLEAN power @bigtwin Call Shunyata and ask for Richard Rodgers. He is quite knowledgeable and might be able to answer your questions. I was a last six foot skeptic, but I gave up on trying to understand and went the empirical route. I should add that I call... | |
| Symptoms of UN-CLEAN power @bigtwin Nobody is asking you to be onboard. If you are happy with your system then why spend more money? If you just want to accuse others of being fools, then I guess that nothing can be done. Well designed power supplies are important, but I... |