vonhelmholtz
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| Symptoms of UN-CLEAN power Two caveats prior to responding. I really don’t know how clean my power is out of the wall compared to your situation. We just built and moved into our house. So, the power distribution is new. Our neighborhood was farm/ranch land until the last f... | |
| Expensive Dac to keep or cheaper and change overtime The PS Audio has a 30 day no questions asked return policy. PS Audio takes old gear in trade. In this case, their original DAC and gives you good value on your trade, so firmware and hardware upgradeable. So, other than return shipping, this is... | |
| What is the highest quality digital music file? Where can I get it? Perhaps, you should stop reading that other site. How streaming sounds is dependent upon everything from the wall to your ears. | |
| Bought the Chord Qutest. Love it. Hate the power supply. Very confusing post. If everything is incredible, why worry about the power supply? Did you mean that the sound was lacking, not incredible, and you were interested in improving the sound? Since it seems to be considered to be a good value, I’m g... | |
| Do Turntables sound better with time? No, but they can be setup wrong. | |
| Turntables Just curious, why a turntable? I would think that in this price range you would be better staying all digital. | |
| Billie Holiday's Prime? @tablejockey Thank you.. All or Nothing At All is fantastic Voice isn’t stellar, but a great balance of voice and recording technology. Also, good instrumental performances. | |
| Worth upgrading my cables? DH Labs new “Cryo” cables are worth looking at and they have a solid money back trial period. I’ve not used them but @blisshifi (Juan) has extensive experience with these cables. Juan was one of a trifecta of experts that really helped me with m... | |
| Worth upgrading my cables? @jasonbourne52 I’ve seen your post on many threads and you seem to have a great deal of experience and your suggestions seem well thought out, yet your absolute position on cabling is perplexing. Most people that spend a good bit on cabling do s... | |
| Worth upgrading my cables? I’ve upgraded every cable and component minus integrated amplifier and speakers. The greatest improvement was adding the Shunyata Everest and power cables noted in my system description. These were also the most expensive cables in my system. I d... | |
| Billie Holiday's Prime? Quite an evolution of recording technologies. Will definitely follow this thread. | |
| Birthday DAC Nice present. Yesterday was my birthday and my wife gave me $1000.00 in cash. After I blew out the two candles she took the money back and said that she would keep it because I lose everything. How can I rebut that one? No, honey.. I haven’t lost ... | |
| MCintosh MA7900 USB Driver causing Windows10/11 Crash I have a MA12000 with internal DAC 2. I was streaming from an iFi Zen Stream via USB. One day it stopped working. The McIntosh guy that handles this stuff basically told me that the DAC 2 never breaks down and it must be a driver problem. So, why ... | |
| Seeking wisdom the forum | Shunyata Venom vs WyWires Platinum vs Less Loss C-MARC Prime I’m not able to compare brands, but I noticed a major improvement in my system when I paired Shunyata NR with their power conditioner. I also saw an improvement moving up from Venom, but that said, I still have Venom NR feeding my subs. I have str... | |
| Good movie and/or 4k disc recommendations? When you want a great movie that is different than your normal Hollywood blockbuster…. The 2012 1080p Blu-Ray of Masquerade. |