williewonka
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| How did you choose your equipment? Hifiman - I consider myself very fortunate - in the 15-30 minute travel radius of where I live there are around 6 stores that sell mid and high-end gear, with a wide variety of products and knowledgeable and friendly staff. An extra 15 minutes an... | |
| How did you choose your equipment? Visiting your local audio retailer: Honestly, how many of us do this anymoreCall me old fashioned 😞I did order my DAC from Schiit, because the writeups and price made a compelling case.But I find there is no substitute for letting your ears be the... | |
| speaker and interconnects, how nice do I need Take a look at J W Audio. Good cables at a fair price.Try to get the IC cables that have KLE Innovations Harmony RCA's, they are worth the extra.Other cable worth considering- Signal cables- Anti CablesRegards | |
| Upgrading power cord.. proven upgrade? or crap? P.S. if you are wondering what commercial cables might use these geometries...Anti Cables has braided power cables and they also sell helix IC’sI believe the Shunyata Venom uses a spaced helix geometryNeotech has a very complicated helix geometry ... | |
| Upgrading power cord.. proven upgrade? or crap? Over the past few years I have been experimenting with building my own power cables...- not simply adding high quality (high priced) connectors to high priced bulk cable (but I started with this approach)- I now actually hand wind the conductors i... | |
| Who's absorbing the cost? I have experienced more defects in "so called" audiophile grade pressings, i.e. 150-180 gram vinyl, than I ever did in the regular thickness pressings, including...- serious warps- metal shards embedded in the grooves- groove defects that cause sk... | |
| Who's absorbing the cost? These were the shops that would open an LP for you and play it and/or inspect itThat must have been way back, when staff actually possessed the knowledge of what to look for.I think this is one reason companies adopt certain policies and procedure... | |
| Who's absorbing the cost? tls49 - With games, DVD's, CD's etc... - i.e.all electronic formats, most stores won't even take them back for exchange once opened - since they can be copied easily via a computer.But vinyl? most people don't possess the gear to record vinyl thes... | |
| Do they make a quiet great sounding phono pre amp?? Simaudio makes some great phono amps that are basically - silent.http://www.simaudio.com/Even their entry level phono's are amazing valueAll are very configurable and can match pretty much any cartMade in Canada - so currently they are a lot cheap... | |
| DACs that upsample to DSD internally? Xrayz - One last thought - what software are you using to stream?I use iTunes for Library Management (only), but I use Audirvana to actually stream the data in the file to the DAC.Audirvana bypasses all of the apple code that is normally used for ... | |
| DACs that upsample to DSD internally? yes - iPurifier is one solution - if the dac uses power from the USB cable.regards | |
| DACs that upsample to DSD internally? Xrayz - regarding cables - I'm not going to tell you that cables ARE your problem. but I've found that with really good cables, even the most affordable component can perform to a very high level.Having said that, my experience with the Bifrost DA... | |
| Ebony Denon DL 103. 50 years too late? Ehtoo, let us know how it improved.There's another guy in Italy that rewinds the coils, etc...From what I have read the improvements are significant and it can hardly be called a 103 at that pointQuestion, wouldn't it be cheaper to buy another br... | |
| DACs that upsample to DSD internally? What DAC are you using?How is it connected to the digital source?What cables are you using, i.e. interconnect and power.I stream from my iMac, using a good USB cable, into a musical fidelity USB TO SPDIF converter, into a Bifrost DAC.It sounds alm... | |
| EI Vs Toroidal Infection, whilst the quality of the trasformer is key, I believe the type tends to be somewhat imaterial.The proliferation of toroids in today’s components probably has more to do with slim case designs, but also their lower audible hum levels ma... |