vonhelmholtz
Responses from vonhelmholtz
| What is the most important cable in your system Power is critical to all that follows. | |
| End Game Turntable suggestions End Game.. I guess that is where I’m at. I decided to stop buying equipment .. and no more ice cream. I’ve the VPI Signature 21, but avoid the unipivot arm. I’m coming from a 1200G/Hana ML. The Technics/Hana are a great value package, but I un... | |
| Apple Music vs Tidal for SQ Qobuz here…. Tidal wasn’t a real possibility for me due to the inability to decode MQA. | |
| Streamer/CD ripper DBPoweramp does a fine job of ripping and the making sure that the ripped file is bit perfect. The Aurender, or similar streamer/server will provide a quality stream and the rest is up to you. | |
| Streamer upgrade? @bikeboy52 Yes I realize Im in a cash spiral trying to get my digital to sound as good as my vinyl I had the same motivation and then I drastically upgraded my analog. This made my task more challenging. Now, they are both satisfying to my... | |
| Streamer upgrade? It seems that you have made a wise trade up. Enjoy your new sound, but since you are coming from bits are bits perspective, I can tell you, from my own experience, that the high dollar investments into wall to component power, router to component ... | |
| One dedicated circuit for each mono block? I have yet to install a dedicated line, but I recognize the need. I have two 800 watt class D subamplifiers, 300 watt per channel integrated and all the usual bits plugged into one 15 amp plug. McIntosh, in their instructions specify that the inte... | |
| Audio Science Review = Rebuttal and Further Thoughts Anyone listening to music, or is measuring your gear your thing? How many of these insane threads waste time that could be spent productively.. bye | |
| Dedicated line, how many outlets two or four? Just one item should be plugged in .. a very large power conditioner/generator. | |
| Power conditioner vs use of a audio grade outlet? $100+- for a good outlet when you have already spent a good bit on power seems trivial. How about a dedicated line? | |
| Listening room Party set up help Great system. Tell us about your GR Research subs and integration with your Maggies. | |
| Does anyone know the detailed specs of the new Belles Virtuoso? Specs.. contact manufacturer.. takes 30 seconds to find contact info. Maybe someone here has heard it in a system. | |
| Do Costly XLR Cables Make A Difference? I didn’t really compare many XLR cables, but I did go from RCA to higher quality/price balanced within Audioquest’s lineup and that was an improvement. I also did the same with Shunyata power cables. I purchased with sixty day trials and just paid... | |
| Aurender N20 @kmmd Congratulations and thanks for letting me know that I can turn off the click. That Omega USB must be really something…have fun and congratulations on having a cooperative wife. My wife is on the opposite end of the spectrum. She can’t g... | |
| Where should I go from here with my digital front end? Can you post all of your system components under your profile? If you are going to cleanup digital, start with filtered Ethernet cable as your last link prior to entering the streamer. Also, do whatever you can afford to clean up the last few f... |