zlone
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| Need help finding Nakamichi cassette deck 2 belt I found belts for my BX-300 on Amazon of all places. Search Nakamichi belt, there are a lot of models listed. | |
| Moode/DigiOne Sig issue booting Great! It is a great sounding streamer, you will like it. | |
| Moode/DigiOne Sig issue booting Try this, let it boot up to the dark screen and then on a pc or your phone connected to the same network try going to Moode.local in your browser. You may have to connect the streamer with Ethernet cable at first. If you can get in this way you ca... | |
| Moode/DigiOne Sig issue booting I have a similar setup with a DigiOne and Moode. Since you know nothing about the version of software loaded and it’s configuration, I would recommend that you just load the latest version of Moode onto the memory card. This is not too hard to do,... | |
| DAC diminishing returns You don’t mention which streamer you are using, give this critical component consideration along with the DAC. I have seen significant gains by upgrading mine. | |
| Definitely a good listen @boxcarman Nonoise, I wish I had a local jazz station to listen to. I do not use the internet radio, seems to be about like satellite radio, meaning it sounds washed out. Getting a little off topic here, but wanted to let you know of some bett... | |
| Have you upgraded from a Freya? @marco1 Be prepared to spend a sizable sum to get a significant improvement. I just upgraded from the original Freya to an Atma-Sphere MP 3. The Atma is 10 times the price of the Freya and considered to be one of the better preamps available ... | |
| Balanced versus single ended Just for the purposes of discussion, what if you used an AES48 compliant cable between compliant devices, but used such poor quality wire that both signal wires in a cable negatively affected the sound in an equivalent fashion. | |
| Balanced versus single ended @ditusa The wiring diagram below shows the correct way to make balanced cables compliant to the AES48 standard. Interesting. Are you saying that both amplifiers and cables that are billed as balanced might not be to standard? | |
| Balanced versus single ended If audio components are "truly" built to the AES balanced standard then there is minimal to no sonic differences heard with various balanced cable regardless of their cost or claims. My components say they are balanced, but how does one reall... | |
| Tube noise when gain is increased, tube issue? I have the Freya, no hum or noise at any level. Guessing you have a bad tube. | |
| Sabrina X Amp Suggestions You might take a look at Coda amps, I have the #8 and would say it has a sweet, airy sound. I think the reviews say the same. They will also give you the necessary current and a good amount of Class A performance. The Coda site is unexplainably ou... | |
| Connecting Amp to speakers I have “locking” banana plugs on my Blue Jean cables. I feel these provide the best combination of surface area and positive connection. Erik is right about the spades, I have these come loose on my KEFs. | |
| Surprised by streamer differences @zlone - were you using the coax output from the Node 2i? Yes, I used the coax/RCA output of the Node 2i. In the case of the Pi, I am using coax/BNC. I have heard that USB is consistently better in most cases, however that port is in use on my ... | |
| Surprised by streamer differences I have two streamers, a Node 2i and a Pi/Allo DigiOne setup. The Pi system has been offline while I build it into a custom enclosure with a linear power supply and front display. During this time I have listened exclusively to the Node 2i run thro... |