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Speaker Cable Rebuild - Need Help Furez spades and bananas are very good and come in copper or silver plated copperFrom what I have read it appears you don't have to worry too much about tarnishing on silver plated connectors because that brown-black tarnish (which is actually sil... | |
DIGITAL HIGH-RES AUDIO SYSTEM -HELP PLEASE Bill - how do you get the samples to play on Sound Liason?I use a MAC - does it need windows"Thanks | |
DIGITAL HIGH-RES AUDIO SYSTEM -HELP PLEASE The NAS is like a small computer - the memory is for its internal use.It does buffer, but not in the same way the oppo willI don't think it will be an issueRegards - Steve, bill, will, willie :-) | |
DIGITAL HIGH-RES AUDIO SYSTEM -HELP PLEASE Tim - the 512mb should be ok. You never need the entire track in the buffer - just enough to prevent gaps in the playback.Bill - thanks for the heads up on Sound Liason - gonna check that out :-) Cheers | |
Simaudio MOON LP5.3 RS or 300LP? The also use better quality Caps and better circuit boards on the RS modelCheers | |
Simaudio MOON LP5.3 RS or 300LP? Dinster - post you impressions of the AF here - it will be interesting to see how it compares.It looks like a very nice phono and should outperform the Sim based on price - the reviews are very positive.I've just finished burning a new power cable... | |
So what would you recommend for my next upgrade? Have you considered the hand built Audiomods tone arms?They start at around $750 + shipping + duty - so budget around $850-$900 for the Classic without the micrometer VTAThe base model has a locking VTA included which is easy to adjust at setup- i... | |
DIGITAL HIGH-RES AUDIO SYSTEM -HELP PLEASE Tim - not sure what your expectations are regarding quality of the different sample rates.I've found it depends on the quality of the engineering and not the sample rate.e.g. I downloaded a Melody Gardot album as MP3 - the engineering is superb an... | |
Schiit Bifrost with USB & Uber upgrades Drew - the changes where quite noticeable and include...- a larger image, mainly deeper and a little wider- on some tracks the image now envelopes the listener, but the artist and instruments are not forward - it's as though the venue acoustics pr... | |
DIGITAL HIGH-RES AUDIO SYSTEM -HELP PLEASE Tim - that's great - you are well on your wayEnjoy :-) | |
Schiit Bifrost with USB & Uber upgrades Well it's been a few months since I purchased the Bifrost and in that time I've completed a few upgrades.The most recent being its power cable and the RCA plugs on it's silver cabled interconnect. The RCA plugs installed are the Copper Harmony fro... | |
Very Specific Ground Loop Question. What amp/pre are you using and do they both use grounded leadsDid this just start happening? - you could be experiencing a real problem in the amp or preTry grounding the chassis/case of the preampIn my case I have a Naim amp, because of its desig... | |
Very Specific Ground Loop Question. Have you tried diconnecting the computer ?Best thing to do is start with the amp/pre only - then add each component to see what causes the humRegards | |
DAC for iMac System Jl35 - as much as I like Moon gear - I have one of their phono stages - you are correct in that the usb interface as they have implemented it is lacking.You would need a USB/spdif converter, like the v-link, to bring it up to the performance of th... | |
Turntable upgrade, tweaks, or stay put? If you are considering tweaks, one I made on my tt was adding the Audiomods Classic arm - with the beadblast finish and gold counterweight and the micrometer VTA (which you only really need if you change carts a lot)A friend has an Audiomods Serie... |