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| Fuse upgrade on Marantz SA-10 & Marantz UD9004 Before this thread is drug down into a flame war, let's just ignore any negative comments and move forward. | |
| Fuse upgrade on Marantz SA-10 & Marantz UD9004 The fuse is likely mounted on a circuit board very close to the IEC power cord inlet. You would have to take the cover off and potentially remove other circuit boards that are mounted on top to get to the main A/C power input board. Since both o... | |
| OPPO 205 or Bel Canto PL-1 I have no experience with the Bel Canto, but I think the Bel Canto is probably presents much better sound quality. However, it's going to be 15 years old. Unless you can find somebody to re-cap the Bel Canto, the Oppo is likely to have much bett... | |
| 5.1 or 7.1 AV Receiver that allows Surround to Switch to Zone 2? I have never seen any equipment that does a "surround speaker" zone 2, so imhififan's suggestion is likely your only option. | |
| Marantz 5014 avr vs marantz 7706 processor The 7706 processor is going to have a much better power supply and better layout for the DAC and discrete analog output stages. The result is better/stronger bass and an overall smoother sound. It will still have the Marantz sonic signature whic... | |
| How do I play YouTube music from my IMac thru my Conrad-Johnson amps? Streaming Youtube from sources such as Roku, Amazon FireTV, AppleTV uses a really crappy youtube app and sound quality (as well as video quality) will be pretty bad. Streaming using the web browser on the actual iMac computer always gives superio... | |
| Bose question I don't know about atmos speakers, but I have found that the surrounds don't necessarily need to be "exact" voicing as the fronts. They need to be close in sound, but if you have go with a different manufacturer it is not that bad.The front 3 spe... | |
| Oppomod femto clock upgrade Oppo 205 After doing a bunch of mods (including different clocks) on my LKS DAC, the type of clock used for the ESS Sabre chips is quite important and will drastically change the character and sound quality of the DAC. I'm not sure what that femto clock d... | |
| Parasound a21 upgrades I was in the same boat. I had both A21 and several JC1. The A21 has 5 fuses that affect sound quality (1 on back panel and 4 internal). I could never get the amp to sound good regardless of what fuse I tried because it deviated too much. You c... | |
| Solution for Schitt Loki wall-wart power supply? @jetter - this assumption is so easy to make because 99% of the time, these small units just use a real "wall-wart" switching power supply so a linear power supply upgrade would work just fine. However, when I look at possible upgrades to linear p... | |
| Solution for Schitt Loki wall-wart power supply? Just finding this thread. To add more detail, the Loki "wall-wart" is actually just a small transformer. If you look on the back of the Loki, the power socket says "16 VAC". This means 16 volts alternating current. The "wall-wart" transformer ... | |
| What HT processor HDMI 2.1, and does that matter? HDMI 2.1 is so new that there aren't good testing methods for this. In reality, it is supposed to mean that the cable will support up to 42.6 Gbit per second data bandwidth. Many manufacturers will "say" that it's HDMI 2.1 certified, but who can... | |
| Neotech solid vs Dueland tinned vintage - spades? bananas? nothing? Since you are mentioning spades/bananas, I assume you are talking about speaker cable. If you use Neotech solid core, make sure you do a variety of awg size. Like, use 16, 18, 20, 22 awg conductors for each RED / BLACK speaker connection. If yo... | |
| What HT processor HDMI 2.1, and does that matter? ARC is never as good as direct source. Usually I connect sources directly to the HT Processor. Then use the HDMI output on the processor to connect to the TV.The HDMI cable recommendation is based on budget. The older Wire World Starlight 5-2 ar... | |
| What HT processor HDMI 2.1, and does that matter? Also, with high bandwidth 4K, some cables can be picky and not all cables will work. |