antigrunge2

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Riddle me this....
@mahgister @lewm  On this one I have to unfortunately disagree with you both. In my experience somewhere around half of all recordings are polarity inverted. While that means, that it doesn‘t matter which way you connect your speakers, the actual... 
Riddle me this....
Recordings are phase inverting about 50:50. The only thing that changes is that records that were out of phase now will be in phase and vice versa. That is why a switch to invert phase is highly desirable in a digital component.  
Is there a ceiling limit on what you are willing to pay for an audio component?
Thou shalt not buy speakers higher than thy ceiling  
Is simpler better?
Simpler in terms of absence of unnecessary cabling, I/O and PSU interference: definitely. Also, high efficiency speakers with low powered tube amps can do wonderful things Complexity however is a must in the current development stage of digital: ... 
The new Linn LP12 50th Anniversary edition
@perkri  not sure I‘d call those cosmetics even ‘working’  
The new Linn LP12 50th Anniversary edition
Digital designer doesn‘t J.Ive (jive) with analogue. Gratuitous gounging of the unsuspecting  
SET Lovers, what's the one solid state amp you love(d)?
Atmasphere Class D  
Schroeder Method on BNC clock cables
Yep, those with a 10m BNC port. And btw, I don‘t know any that contain a $7k clock. and that includes MSB and DCS. Ladder DACs are less clock dependendent but ultimately less transparent.  
300b lovers
@donsachs  not being an EE myself I may have this wrong, but isn’t IT a long established superior way of coupling? Nobu Shishido’s Wavac EC300b with its superb Tango transformers is a prime example of the technique, isn’t it?  
Need advice on what to purchase to hold 1TB of music and connect to my new Innuos Pulsar.
Just add a good quality SSD NAS to your network  
300b lovers
Thin air, the thoughts‘ most likely origin aka ether also happens to be the medium most difficult to reproduce in hifi. Maybe your quest for perfection there will ultimately answer your deep question as a 10 year old boy? Panta Re…and never mind p... 
Innuos owners. Chime in
@thyname  In your setup it should be easy to compare Sense to Roon. You might find that Sense sounds materially better.  
Innuos owners. Chime in
Many thanks  
Innuos owners. Chime in
@jon2020  Care to elaborate on benefits of queue cache clearing? It is per Innuos reserved for service personnel and I don’t understand why it would improve SQ  
Innuos Network Isolation Switch and Reclocker (Phoenix)
Innous asks you to buy two separate Ocxo clocks in addition to the streamer clock to clean up input and output lest you buy the Statement. Interestingly their newest streamer Pulsar incorporates USB reclocking. None of their equipment offers I2S c...