carlsbad2
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| Both preamp and power amp have volume controls. Preferred method to control volume levels? Very volume control is a resistive device. the good ones are a resistive ladder. the poor ones are a sliding resistor. It is best to get the sliding resistor out of the circuit. I have a great preamp so I use it for volume control and turn the ... | |
| USB Reclocker @singhm1 I did buy the Farad for the M scaler as well. I have to admit I was doing wholesale upgrades to many components and didn't go a good job of keeping track which one was most useful. I do have a story to tell on the m-scaler. for a while... | |
| My Final System Build in Words & Pictures Very cool. | |
| USB Reclocker Ignore ASR, or use them as a contrarian indicator. One of their videos rated Dave as inferior to a $150 chinese DAC based on their measurements. they just like to cause discussion generating clicks. TCP/IP is a generic term for all the protocols ... | |
| Swiss Digital Fuse Box - "What headroom sounds like" @fleschler I'm glad you've had good luck with aftermarket fuses in your DAC. Indeed, fuses are much more of an issue for amps but glad you hear a difference. My DAC does not have a fuse. Jerry | |
| Best Forum to hear experienced audiophiles exchange thoughts? There isn't a good one. | |
| Update on good Ethernet switch @rjmcinnis I've found that IT professionals can be the last ones to understand digital audio because it is so different that the stuff they have done their entire career and they contribute a lot to the slowness of adiophiles to figure it out. I ... | |
| Update on good Ethernet switch @txp1 Until you run an actual wire to your system, don't bother with upgrades such as this. Jerry | |
| Streamer upgrade - best path forward All high end streamers are good. You need to look hard at secondary considerations. 1. Do you or are you planning to use roon? if so, Aurender doesn’t work with roon. 2. If not, then look at the HMI program for each of them and read reviews. You... | |
| Swiss Digital Fuse Box - "What headroom sounds like" @jasonbourne71 looks like you went ot Uconn with my brother. He got a PhD in English literature, not much more useful than your 2 years w/o a degree. But he is a professor now, teaching other people about 600 to 800 year old plays. I have some ... | |
| USB Reclocker @singhm1 I have the DAVE DAC with the Farad Power supplies and I am very happy with the M-scaler upgrade. It takes excellent internet service to work right. You can't upscale a poor digital presentation. Adding a reclocker is on my list of thin... | |
| Swiss Digital Fuse Box - "What headroom sounds like" @jasonbourne71 I usually ignore you since you are farther toward "nothing matters" than those you criticize are toward "confirmation bias". as with most things in life, the answer is in the middle and you’ll never find it locked into one side or t... | |
| Swiss Digital Fuse Box - "What headroom sounds like" @recklesskelly I'm certainly not trying to argue. I'm sure you saw my post of fire above and I know not everyone will agree with me. Here is my skeptical viewpoint on what the investigator blames a fire on: they sift through the ashes, and ca... | |
| Swiss Digital Fuse Box - "What headroom sounds like" @lalitk I don't understand your problem. the box has a short pigtail and will plug in where your current cable plugs in. then your current cable plugs into the box. Now putting this box in series with your $5000 cable strikes me as a head scra... | |
| Swiss Digital Fuse Box - "What headroom sounds like" @recklesskelly Yes they are a big company but next tie you have a component fail and the fuse didn't blow (I just had this happen last month) call buss up and tell them you'd like them to pay to fix it. I don't think you'll get far. Jerry |