willgolf

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My Medium List of Amplifiers and my Personal Review of Each !
I am not sure what your budget is in this process.  Given the economic environment, probably less now than a year ago.  A couple of amps that you can find on the used market would be interesting....Luxman 509, Canary Audio M80 or any of their line... 
DAC’s
Get the best Lumin DAC / Streamer that you can.  i had the D-2, U1 mini, A1 and X1.  You kill two birds with one stone nd great sound and ease of Ap use.  you can find them used.  You might be able to find an X-1 on the used market for $7800 to $8... 
Butcherblock Acoustics "feet" effecting sound and isolation
Has anyone tried hockey pucks?  Serious question!  
Sternklang Cables
@lalitk  I am curious, what made you go that route versus straight banana?    
Sternklang Cables
@lalitk  On the Sternklang Ephermas what terminal connection do you have?  I understand there is a banana option and just a copper spade-like connection but not a spade.  
聖HIJIRI Users thread
@jafant  The Takumi is above the Nagomi.   I have two Takumi and one Nagomi.  I Have the Nagomi on my Lucas Audio Music  Server and the Takui on my Inakustic 3500P Power condition and Lampi Horizon DAC.  The price difference is steep.    
Sternklang Cables
@lalitk  Just to be clear, are you referring to the Ephemera speaker cable?  
Sternklang Cables
@lalitk  I think I posted the SPDIF  shootout above in the thread.  I was ready to do a full loom of Hijiri (Power cords and RCA and S/PDIF) and then I heard the Sternklang S/PDIF.  It was a combination of what you described with Hijiri with a l... 
Sternklang Cables
@lalitk  What speaker cables have you compared them to?  
Shipping 80lb amps.
Where do you get the pallets and the strapping?  Do freight shippers do that also?    
Sternklang Cables
@wig  Colin King is the expert.  Give him a call at Gestalt Audio.    
Low buzzing through speaks
I had the same issue with my amps.  I tried everything and even hired an electrical engineer to come out and test everything.  I bought the $79 Ebtek HumX - problem solved.  You are not supposed to plug your Power conditioner into HUM X.  The amps... 
Sternklang Cables
One final comment ...my wife and I recently attended the Amos Lee concert and had great seats.  We are listening to his Dreamland album and she says it sounds better now than when we went to the concert  
Sternklang Cables
OMG, I just got the Sternklang.  As much as I liked all of the other SPDIF cables, the Sternklang SPDIF took it to another level.  I asked my wife to sit in on the listening session.  She could tell the difference in a minute.  I switched back and... 
Sternklang Cables
I don't want to derail the Sternklang thread but I promised an update on my Power Cord and Cable demo tour.  I do have a Sternklang SPDIF cable coming on Monday.   Let me start with a quick review of my equipment as a baseline: Canary Audio Gran...