vonhelmholtz
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| Looking for advice The transport is the easiest to replace. I ripped all CDs to NAS, or you could use a streamer/server's internal, or USB drive. I went with separate DAC and streamer and put money into the DAC and went with a relatively good price/performance opt... | |
| When someone tells you it's a $40,000 amp, does it sound better? At some point we go from improved performance to a rare piece of art. | |
| any lawyers in this forum care to give an advice? @sambo00701 Can you tell us the nature and severity of the damage? Is there functional damage to the speakers? Pretty rare to have damaged goods with minor box damage...but it does happen. I recently ordered a four shelf equipment stand with th... | |
| any lawyers in this forum care to give an advice? Might repair of the speakers be a less expensive route? | |
| Background noise. Great topic and probably the most cost effective means to improve listening sessions. I never listen to music when others are at home. In fact I never go into the 2 channel room when my wife is around to remind me how I waste money and how ugly t... | |
| Power cords or power conditioner Given the spectrum of opinions, I think that we can conclude that you should buy your power cables, conditioners and regenerators with the ability to try and return if they don't meet your expectations. Also, you must be willing to spend big mone... | |
| First Streamer... I forgot to mention that PS Audio is two months from introducing their $2K AirLens streamer. There are over 2000 post on their AirLens thread. The selling point is that all input and outputs are galvanically isolated and it has I2s out. I2s has be... | |
| First Streamer... Charles.. Agreed.. | |
| First Streamer... "you’ll get the usual DAC is everything advice. In my opinion @ghdprentice provided you good counsel. The quality of the streamer is important and will definitely impact the sound quality" DAC first doesn't suggest that the streamer isn't importa... | |
| First Streamer... Agree..DAC is first. I have a $15000 McIntosh integrated amplifier with DAC and phono stage. Think of this as a $6000 amp..$6000 preamp and$1500 each for phono and DAC. I purchased a $5500 DAC which was much more musical than the integrated DAC. I... | |
| What Digital to Digital Converter Do You Use? Why? Tim Conners at Kitsune Hifi..US distributor for Holo said that USB and I2s were equally good with the May DAC KTE. He also suggested that many high dollar USB were not ideal and suggested the lower priced Premium USB at this link: | |
| Long Term Evaluations of Audiolab CDT6000? I purchased from Music Direct. I was using a McIntosh MA-12000’s internal DAC and the sound was flat and lifeless. I returned the CDT6000. Then I put together a fast NAS and scanned my CDs. I since purchased a Holo May KTE DAC and the CDs sound am... | |
| A beautiful 45LP - Yuko Mabuchi Trio Number 35 or so on Michael Fremer's top 100 in print. Just ordered. | |
| What Gear is Universally Adored? Another way to look at it..Which brands have the best resale value? | |
| Amp straight into the wall Regular power conditioners don’t allow for momentary spikes in current, so in dynamic moments you will find a lack of dynamics. Electrical noise from your house/neighborhood sources and noise generated from other audio devices can pollute the powe... |