carlsbad2
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| Shopping for a new TV... this is one deep rabbithole... I've got a 70" OLED which was the biggest available for less than 6 digits at the time. I see they are coming down. May move up to the 100" area. more stuff available in 4k and 4k upscaling. | |
| What would you save in a fire? Nothing audio. every time I replace it, it gets better. | |
| Shopping for a new TV... this is one deep rabbithole... Maybe you didn't mean to come across like this but you sound like a very high maintenance customer that makes me glad I am not a retailer. That said, bestbuy and costco are very good with returns although I don't return much. I did get a defec... | |
| ARE SUPER EXPENSIVE STREAMERS REALLY WORTH IT @newton_john Never tell a physicist he can't quantify something. However, did you see any numbers? I didn't try to quantify anyting. I just used a simple-to-understand method to describe the RELATIVE performance if these items. Unfortunately, ... | |
| Power Supply @kob pretty sure we'd have nothing to talk about. You already know it all. | |
| Audio racks that can handle heavy components 100 lbs is nothing. my amp weighs 300 lbs. I have it on the top of a rack I designed myself of welded 1"x1" x1/8" tube steel. 6.5’ span with zero sag. I will give you an idea. I laid out my equipment and measured how long and high each shelf need... | |
| Let's talk about Silver... I brought home some speaker cables that a friend wasn’t using to try them out. They are 8awg "mil spec" copper with a very nice looking silver coating on each strand. Nice gold plated BFA (aka Z style) banana plugs. Put them in and immediately not... | |
| Would you rent a $14,000 DAC for $75 per day? I think people are missing the point. Rent at $75/day for 2 days to see how it sounds with your system before buying it makes great sense and is a reasonable price. Shipping is a problem as I pointed out earlier. No, people won't pay $75/day f... | |
| Would you rent a $14,000 DAC for $75 per day? Problem is shipping. Unless you live in NY or LA and have a huge market within driving distance, shipping will be a show stopper. | |
| Streamers and software @zlone Thanks for pointing out the typo and I was still in the edit window so I fixed it. Post your results on the solid silver interconnects. I'm going to try to take some data and if I get good data I may make a post about my silver plated spea... | |
| Streamers and software @zlone you went from a copper cable to a silver cable so forgive me for saying it is a no-brainer that it would sound better. I know people get tired of me saying it but digital cables need silver. the current is extremely low so most of the curre... | |
| Good USB C Cable I like DHLabs. but do they do silver usb? | |
| Outlet Requirements People making fun of the 30A circuit. Same people use 10AWG power cords which indeed are what the code calls out for 30A. You can never go wrong providing a more rubust power supply to your amp. And btw, my welder requires a 100A circuit. J... | |
| Good USB C Cable Audioquest makes usb-c. I've had good performance from the Carbon. whatever you end up using, digital cables need to be silver or silver plated in my experience. Jerry | |
| ARE SUPER EXPENSIVE STREAMERS REALLY WORTH IT Quit reading at I2S... When someone shops for a component based on what I/O format they use, I lose interest. Your thread title did interest me. I'll say that a low to mid level streamer achieves a higher percentage of high level performance th... |