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| Anything close to Hegel H360 but smaller/lighter? Another option - I was surprised by the size and weight, is the Benchmark Amp, DAC, and Node steamer. Or other brands that fit your price. IFI makes a small dac as well. Price will be about the same or less. Much lighter. Some of these new am... | |
| Surge protection I know battery back up is not a replacement for surge protection, but does anyone use UPS for their low power equipment, such as dac and streamer, or CD/DVD player? I use one for my router and modem in a different room have had improved reliabilit... | |
| 100% USA designed & made DAC Benchmark. | |
| Can someone help me pick out my first speakers? @hoosierinohio I second what hoosier said. In this price range, there will be very different sounds signatures so you really need to listen to see what fits your ears the best. I was shopping for my Dad hears ago and some sounded great and som... | |
| Does Equipment Break In, or Does Our Hearing Adjust? IMO, the more I listen to a song, the more I take in. At first listen, it is a guitar string sound, but after a few more listens, I am picking up the vibration of the string, and a few more, I am focused in on the decay of the string to silence. ... | |
| I Mac or Streamer for source? or is there a difference? What are you using now for a DAC (sorry if I missed it)? I am going to doing what @ptrel is doing. However, I bought a used Node 2i and am playing around with it too and will compare it to the computer. I am using Qobuz on the Node controlled by a... | |
| Rose 150B or New Streamer??? I was looking at the Rose - gorgeous and well made item. I decided I wanted a separate dac and steamer. Alot of people go with a lower priced streamer due to the ever changing environment for software and apps as well as other factors . . . an... | |
| A different kind of (inexpensive) Audio accessory. Good idea. The tool I rely on is a small mirror (and a flashlight or two). The mirror is not perfect but it does often help when I can't get my head back there or when my eyes don't focus too close or too far away. I can read stuff and light st... | |
| ETHERNET CABLES @soix I will definitely try an expensive ethernet cable to see if I can hear a difference after I buy a separate DAC. I will only do it with a blind test though because otherwise it would be meaningless. I will put a blindfold on or put up a bar... | |
| ETHERNET CABLES @soix Mostly what I am doing is sharing the technical details of what occurs inside Ethernet receiver. There were some earlier posts that were providing technically incorrect information regarding Ethernet receivers and the signal. I have alwa... | |
| ETHERNET CABLES Everyone keeps focusing on the cable and noise that may couple into the signal on the cable, but the key here is what occurs after the signal leaves the cable in the Ethernet receiver. In a 3 or even 10 foot run, a tiny amount of noise can couple ... | |
| BluSound Node and Node 2 @soix "But, if you’re going hard wired I think the Zen Stream is hard to beat" do you mean hardwired from switch/router to Zen or hardwired from phone/tablet to Zen? I am hardwired Ethernet from switch to stream, but would be wireless from pho... | |
| ETHERNET CABLES @jerrybj I don't find his posts be snarky. A forum should welcome diversity in thought and input. Every aspect of music reproduction is influenced by the technology and it would unfortunate to lose that perspective. | |
| ETHERNET CABLES This thread is an example of personal truth and absolute truth. One group really believes that the 3 foot network cable affects the sound and the other group greatly believes that it does not affect the sound. @fredrik222 is spot on, however at th... | |
| Anyone successful hooking up a computer through a processor? I run a computer HDMI output from a video card (4k capable) into an input of an AVR receiver so I can watch content on Youtube and downloaded content. Works great. Can watch netflix and Amazon too. I installed an 4k fanless video card in the co... |