williewonka
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| Best sounding MC phono box at $250 or less?? Czarivey - then you just gotta find a good suspension system for the turntable.Bentley probably has one :-) | |
| Anyone else making their own cables? Pkoegz - you can see the construction method of my cables if you look at my "System" Link belowThe IC's are all single ended and mostly use the KLE Innovations Absolute Harmony RCA's - the SPDIF uses the Pure Harmony.I've played with different arc... | |
| Eichmann Bayonet plugs user experience Keith Louie Eichman - now has his own company KLE Innovations.He is no longer associated with ETI - the company that sells those Bayonets.KLEI uses a completely different Banana plug that seems to be much easier to install and insert into the spea... | |
| Best sounding MC phono box at $250 or less?? There's also the most recent Musical Fidelity V-90 LPS at $229http://www.musicalfidelity.com/v90-lps/Although I have never used it I do have their v-Link192 USB to SPDIF converter which is excellent - I am assuming the phono stage is of a similar ... | |
| Keeping dustcover looking new Tls49 - have you ever tried using Novus Plastic Polish on a badly scratched CD?I've seen posts about using Brasso, which I think would be a little too abrasive.I did try some silver polish, which is significantly finer than Brasso, and although it... | |
| Impedance mis-match? Thanks guys - that was my thinking alsoHowever, I do have these two components and they work extremely well together.Perhaps it's a typo on the v-link spec? - I'll have to contact themPerhaps it's the cables I'm using - which are far from standard... | |
| Cheap tweaks...What would YOU reccomend? I don't know why this works - but it does...I was pondering the construction of spdif cables, some of which can get quite complex, but it made me wonder why, especially when LAN cables contain just four twisted pairs and carry digital signals for ... | |
| Schiit Bifrost with USB & Uber upgrades Zman - I think you'll like the improvement the computer/v-link combo will provide.If you have any questions ask away :-) Regards | |
| Schiit Bifrost with USB & Uber upgrades Zman - what DAC do you have?Can you post your findings when you get the v-link please - always interesting to find out how others made out.Since you make your own cables - here's something I tried just on a whim...- I didn't really have a great S/... | |
| Schiit Bifront or Musical Fidelity M1 OK - so, considering my posts above, some might consider my latest development to be a bit of a 180...In recent days I started to look at other DAC's since I felt my Bifrost was still not performing up to the abilities of my analogue rig - it shou... | |
| Schiit Bifrost with USB & Uber upgrades OK - second last update...If you a looking at getting a USB port for your Bifrost or Gungnir then get the v-Link192 instead. It's $15 cheaper as well, but you'd better hurry - Musical Fidelity have discontinued them - but they are on eBayIt is a s... | |
| USB SQ, what can one expect Cerrot - you are correct...Simply put...- USB does send data in packets - each packet contains a CRC - Cyclic Redundancy Check - the CRC tells the DAC whether the packet received was identical to the packet sent- Asynch USB allows the DAC to reque... | |
| cable advice Almarg - I get your point :-) But if the KLEI's are too pricey I would recommend taking a look at Signal Cables Silver Resolution series for very good performance and more reasonable pricingRegards. | |
| USB SQ, what can one expect One other way to reduce/eliminate noise on the USB cable is to use the dual USB cables such as the one I identified on my first post of this threadAnd we come full circle :-) Back to the tunes | |
| Db Power Amp - is there a better ripper out there? Has anyone had issues related to ripping 16/44 content from SACD'sThe first track always presents issues and go through the re-ripping process using dbPoweramp.Subsequent tracks are trouble freeThanks |