williewonka
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| Copper®Harmony RCA Plug - a new breed Sbrownnw - One other thing to consider might be speaker position.Perhaps making the speakers slightly wider might assist with the image.Also, front to back placement might also make a difference.The KLEI RCA's do make the image wider and deeperIf ... | |
| Copper®Harmony RCA Plug - a new breed Sbrownnw - I took a detailed look at the electrical specs of the Mogami (I should have done that first) and I didn't see a problem with them - very similar to many other good interconnect cables - except the capacitance was 1/3 of other cables I h... | |
| Copper®Harmony RCA Plug - a new breed Sbrownnw - I know you like mogami - and so do many others, but there could be architectural issues that may be causing your problems and the Copper Harmony are just bringing them to light.Maybe trying the Copper Harmony with a cable specifically d... | |
| Do You Use USB for Streaming? Steve N - I cannot agree more. Power is of prime importance.However, not everybody on this forum wants, needs or can afford a Ferrarri - some people will settle for a VW.But we all want to get past a GREMLIN :-) For the younger readers - A Gremlin... | |
| DAC improvements slowing down? Scvan - I see your point, but all I have to do is think back to my first PC with it's 16k of ram and 10 Mbyte hard drive - who could possibly want more than that :-) Once they get quatum computers on everyone's wrist our view of the "digital audio... | |
| Do You Use USB for Streaming? Mesch - you are correct - your approach is similar in principle to the cable + power adapter approach I identified - which is, fix the power issues and fix the data issues - then pass the good data to the DAC for conversion.My Bifrost DAC takes ca... | |
| Enhancing online radio station sound options Ptss - radio stations that broadcast over the internet almost always sound better than FM and can be "near" CD quality.What connectivity options does your laptop have - USB, Optical, S/PDIF ?USB is perhaps the most utilized laptop interface and pr... | |
| Do You Use USB for Streaming? Thanks guys - I have the Schiit Bifrost - an excellent DAC for the price. I assumed they used the USB power for cost savings, since it's a very basic little DACThen a couple of months ago Schiit came out with a "Decrapifier" - yes that's its name.... | |
| Copper®Harmony RCA Plug - a new breed OK - if the L/R are "out of focus" - then yes, the RCA's will provide cleaner transmission of fine details, so the new RCA's will exacerbate that condition. You'll hear more of it.If the AV Comcast Box has an IEC plug you could try a better power ... | |
| Copper®Harmony RCA Plug - a new breed Could just be due to the RCA/cable combo conveying more audible information than that conveyed by the cable previously used, so if the source contains more "noise" perhaps that noise is now being heard?Some components respond negatively to some ca... | |
| Enhancing online radio station sound options Ptss - Apologies for the delay - I emailed him to get the options he had triedHe was running a long S/DIF cable from his computer to the Oppo.He has a TOTL Denon A/V receiverFrom the Oppo he's tried a couple of options...1. Analogue IC's from Oppo... | |
| DAC improvements slowing down? Come to think on it - I guess 30 years ago you could have asked the same about Turntables.Turntable improvements/upgrades/tweaks are more prevalent now than at any time in the past.Same thing will probably happen to DAC's.One can live in hope :-) | |
| Copper®Harmony RCA Plug - a new breed Yes - I connected one pair of my DIY's out of phase - pretty strange results,but it was immediately noticeable.You can tell just by removing the cover and looking at the connection.The RCA's do present a much larger image though - very 3DHope that... | |
| Essence®gZero10 Interconnect cables single ended Maxima95 - since Lateboomer has identified his components and mine are identified in my "system" link (see link at end of this post) I guess they act as a reasonable "benchmark".So, if your components are of the same resolution capability as Lateb... | |
| Enhancing online radio station sound options No I haven't, but a friend has one that he uses for all his digital needs, including audio streaming, and it sounds very good.One thing I did to improve things was to use an Ethernet connection between the computer I stream from and the Modem, opt... |