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| Audio Sensibility Digital AES/EBU, anyone? I have had Audio Sensibility cables in the past. The Signature series is top notch for a pure silver cable. The Impact and Statement series not so much (due to stranded wire being used). I was disappointed in their Statement Analog interconnect... | |
| Arcam SR250 vs Emotiva XPA 2 (gen 3) The Emotiva Gen 3 uses a switching power supply that does not have a whole lot of capacitance. The power supply has 4 x 6800uf caps, but it's a dual rail power supply, so you are really only going to be using 2 x 6800uf (the idea is that the swit... | |
| Neotech NC-P313 vs. Furutech FI-28 Plugs A long time ago I compared the Xhadow silver plated XLR to Furutech gold-plated XLR. The Xhadow was okay, but it had sort of a phasing effect to the sound. The Furutech gold on the other hand sounded so natural and organic. It is warmer soundin... | |
| ethernet connection for Netflix amazon etc. Amazon limits the resolution to 720p and audio to 2-channel stereo on all iOS devices such as iPhone, iPad, etc. However, the Amazon resolution is not limited when using an Android device (android phone/tablet and any media player that uses Andro... | |
| ethernet connection for Netflix amazon etc. The video quality will likely not be better (but maybe). With a streamer you are dependent on how good your HDMI cables are. It also depends on how good the streaming app and receiver is in the OLED TV.7 I think the audio quality will be bette... | |
| Neotech NC-P313 vs. Furutech FI-28 Plugs Furutech/Neotech design is similar in the sense that turning the screw will lower a clamp and close the hole. However, the actual design and parts are much different. You can get a much tighter and stronger clamp on the wire with the Furutech/Ne... | |
| Neotech NC-P313 vs. Furutech FI-28 Plugs The Cardas clamshell is very fragile and not well manufactured. It's almost like "you touch it and it breaks".The Furutech FI-15 clamshell is actually very durable. I have actually switched one of these FI-15 between about 5 or 6 different cable... | |
| ethernet connection for Netflix amazon etc. I suppose you could try using ARC. However, ARC and eARC uses one single-ended data wire in the HDMI cable (usually not even a good wire). Whereas HDMI audio from a streamer source uses the combination of the four fully balanced HDMI signal wire... | |
| Neotech NC-P313 vs. Furutech FI-28 Plugs Phosphor Bronze and Beryllium Copper are copper alloys (probably 92 to 98% copper). They are actually not that bad - I have used them. They are significantly better than the low end brass plugs (like Wattgate). Pure copper is better though. Ho... | |
| New Parasound blows fuse? This sounds about right. The crackling sound was likely something shorting inside like a bad capacitor. When it shorted, the unit pulled more AC power than normal and the fuse blew (which it is supposed to do). Replacing the fuse didn't do anyt... | |
| ethernet connection for Netflix amazon etc. Neither is the right solution. First, HT processors don't have video streaming apps built in for stuff like Netflix, Amazon, etc. Some will have internet audio streaming apps for Pandora, Spotify (the MX122 does). Second, doing the streaming us... | |
| Amp and Processor Depending on what wire he has in his system, the Anthem AVM60 might be too fast and too much resolution for the focal. I have used the Bryston SP3 in my system - uses all discrete Class A analog output stages (just like a high end preamp). It is... | |
| Neotech NC-P313 vs. Furutech FI-28 Plugs I don't know anything about the IeGo plugs. sorry. I've looked at pictures of the IeGo and the wire clamp mechanism sort of reminds me of Wattgate. I think you're better off getting Furutech or Neotech. I love the build quality and design o... | |
| Neotech NC-P313 vs. Furutech FI-28 Plugs ah ok. I have found that unplated copper plugs do not have as much resolution as even the gold-palted. Unplated copper is very punchy in the midrange, but it lacks high frequency detail and I feel that it smears the sound just a tiny bit. The g... | |
| Amp and Processor A comment on the Focal Sopra. The Focal speakers are very fast responding and require a really good full sounding amp (which it looks like you have). Focal can easily go bright and harsh in certain configurations. What cabling are you using (po... |