whart
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| Best PC to use as a Server I’m really new to digital, though an old analog hand. My impression is that a lot of folks think that general utility computers are not going to sound as good as purpose built audiophile type servers, even though those are computers too. I’m still... | |
| Mac Mini @dbphd - thanks for the reply. I've been having fun with this. | |
| Mac Mini @dbphd - did you modify the Mini to operate from a linear PS? If so, what route did you go? Although I’m an old hand at analog audio, I’m just now entering the digital world (in a hi-fi context, not car players or the like).I gather that the Mini ... | |
| CD player just tanked. I used to go to Limerock quite often. It’s a very small narrow track compared to some. The Porsche guys are very good at club events. I used to like the vintage stuff, seeing a pre-war Alfa on that track was a hoot. I drove that track back in the ... | |
| Natural sweet spot in your system. It may also have to do with the level at which the recording is 'cut'-- not everything comes into full bloom at the same marking on the dial. I agree, though, that there seems to be a 'natural' level where everything gels-- get beyond it, and the ... | |
| Tube vendor recommendations? I've used Brendan at Tubeworld for a long time, but have done business with Brent Jesse, and he's good. I like the Tubemonger too- he gets some offbeat tubes - never used flying lead type converted to conventional pin and socket type. Andy I've he... | |
| Black backgrounds and such @bdp24 - I was shocked, I tell you, shocked at the prices. | |
| chinese counterfeitng When I was a child lawyer (they have those, when you get out of law school you have to learn how to be a lawyer), i cut my teeth on ’knock off’ cases at the very beginning- ca 1981. One case involving I can’t remember what- typically they were lic... | |
| Black backgrounds and such @esthios13- J.G. Holt published a glossary of terms for audio many years ago, I can try to find the link (or someone else can beat me to it), but I don’t remember if he addressed this issue in the glossary.Hiss may or may not be source related. I ... | |
| chinese counterfeitng @tomic601 - I remembered it as a problem from some time ago when the US was attempting to negotiate trade agreements with the Far East to reduce counterfeiting-- it really gave me pause. Glad that the folks dealing with supply were screening. As a... | |
| What's the best way to soundproof a room on budget I soundproofed a large walk in closet adjacent to my previous listening room (I've since moved), in order to reduce/eliminate the noise of the air compressor that drives my tonearm. Rather than ripping out dry wall and rebuilding the room, I used ... | |
| Black backgrounds and such I heard it when i upgraded my turntable - from a Kuzma Reference/Triplanar to the bigger, much heavier Kuzma XL with Airline (lateral tracking) arm. There was less a sense of a turntable spinning-- what i'd call a 'halo' around the sound. Not exa... | |
| chinese counterfeitng It's been a big problem for a while. Think about the airplane you are flying in--what if some part had been inadvertently installed from counterfeit sources? (I don't know that there have been any instances of crash/failure resulting from this but... | |
| Am I hearing things? There are others here with real technical expertise in electrical systems, I can only respond anecdotally. When I moved to a new/old house, I installed an entire subsystem for the electrical, and even before the big isolation transformer arrived a... | |
| New to this. How do I stack my stuff? @shadowcat2016- Right on. @n80-at the risk of appearing to shill, Jim Smith's book will help. |