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| Is optical mostly a waste of time versus Ethernet? @fredrik222 Did you forget to answer to my question of how streaming is done? Here is your statement. If an error is detected the frame, or packet, or datagram is discarded, or in the case of error correction, discarded and the retransmit requ... | |
| Is optical mostly a waste of time versus Ethernet? So, here we go again, another thread about bunch of people applying pseudoscience audiophile terms to Ethernet. Nope. Ethernet does not work that way. Ethernet, along with the TCP/IP stack are several layers of error detection and in some laye... | |
| Hegel H590 integrated amp ROON has a software communication protocol called RAAT. When a device is said to be ROON READY it means that the device adheres to the most thorough implementation of the RAAT protocol. Thus the ROON READY device and the ROON Core server can work ... | |
| Are the KEF Blade/Blade 2 Metas a Significant Upgrade from Blade? For me the top of the speaker food chain is the KEF Blade. Everything else is behind them. Now not everyone has the same ears or listening objective as me, but when I heard the Blade 10 years ago I said this is the one to get. I have heard a lot ... | |
| Class D Amplification Announcement I hope it will cost $100K like their bookshelf speaker. Otherwise, how will I know it is any good? | |
| Are the KEF Blade/Blade 2 Metas a Significant Upgrade from Blade? Well I read the part about input sensitivity and output impedance on the internet. I thought everything on the net was true. Bi-Wiring and Bi-Amping Explained - How To Improve Your Audio Setup | Audio Advice Your post is encouraging I also as... | |
| Are the KEF Blade/Blade 2 Metas a Significant Upgrade from Blade? It seems the input sensitivity and the output impedance of the 175XD and the 300XD do not match. So my only option to bi-amp would be a second 175XD. | |
| Are the KEF Blade/Blade 2 Metas a Significant Upgrade from Blade? Any of you Blades owners use 2 stereo amps with Blades. That is 1 amp on the L and R high frequency speaker connection and a second stereo amp for the L and R woofers. I have an amp that I really like, the KRELL 175XD, but I want to have more pow... | |
| musician aquarius r2r dac any good? The VM-1a has 7 tubes and works ONLY with the 2 headphones I listed. I generally do not like tubes, but there are exceptions. With the Benchmark DAC3B, the sound is incredibly detailed, fast, and rivals the very best sound I have heard from ANY sy... | |
| Are the KEF Blade/Blade 2 Metas a Significant Upgrade from Blade? KEF, who put different versions of the Blade speaker in a few rooms–they’ve never sounded better to me. Best of Pacific Audio Fest 2022 | PAF 2022 - Part-Time Audiophile (parttimeaudiophile.com) | |
| Amplifier Longevity Question I had a very good experience with MD last year when I inquired about fixing my MD102. We spent about a week trying to figure out the cause of the problem via email. I live in Goleta, CA near the ocean and surrounded by mountains. I was using the ... | |
| Amplifier Longevity Question @gg107 Why not send in your MD to Canada (or maybe Buffalo, NY) and have them give it a tune up. I made the mistake of sending my MD102 to fix the reception drift and got back a MD108T. The MD108T is great. | |
| musician aquarius r2r dac any good? I have the Musetec 005 that is mentioned above. I am a huge fan boy of that unit. I lent it to my friend for a month and he did not like it for the gear he was testing it with, the RAAL SR1a + CA-1a headphones and VM-1a amp. I love the 005 with m... | |
| Magico A3 vs. Wilson SabrinaX @kingbarbuda I also have a pair of Benchmark AHB2s. Again they drive them well and are highly resolving and quiet. With tubes which is my new revelation they dynamics are great and soundstage is wide. When I went and demoed the Magico A3 I to... | |
| Magico A3 vs. Wilson SabrinaX I demoed the following speakers 2 years ago when I was shopping for a speaker: Vivid Kaya 90 (very fast and similar to the cheaper KEF Reference line) Magico A3 (drivers are not the most coherent) Vandersteen Treo CT (too dark for my ears) TAD... |