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What are the signs of caps going in an Amp?
Speakers are about the same age as the classe? I had a speaker that would distort only on certain songs found out it was a loose connection in the speaker. I would try the CD player if  you hear the same distortion you can use the process of elimi... 
What are the signs of caps going in an Amp?
What speakers are you using? 
An EXPERIMENT for those who have never heard differences in cables
I guess I could try 12awg magnet wire which is the same as my speaker cable. But I see no reason to use 24 or 28 awg for a fair comparison. Of course I could try stranded magnet wire better known as Litz wire. Might be fun to give square magnet wi... 
Ok now I am frustrated with streaming
You could try setting priority to the streamer in the router. It might be giving priority to the video streaming which could bottleneck the Node2i.  
USB sucks
Seems someone heard a differenceI'm glad they liked it. What I was trying to get across is using blanket statements like USB sucks because of 1 incompatibility without getting the manufacturer to help troubleshoot doesn't convey useful info.  
Signal chain DAC question
What's the Samsung 9x?  
Signal chain DAC question
If the Samsung has left-right RCA out you could connect it to the integrated using the Samsung DAC.  
Same watts at 8 and 4 ohms?
Don't know about the sonos but nowadays don't most amps go into some kind of protection mode before blowing up.?  
USB sucks
If you build it.....they will come. Maybe their stuff needs reclocking they didn’t build it right in the first place. Your DAC wouldn’t negotiate with a Zenith right? Buy one of these reclock things that will fix you up. 
USB sucks
The market for USB clean up devices is there because people still believe USB is a problem interface from when adaptive or isynchronous transfer was used. Most all modern competent engineered DACs don’t use the clock sent any longer so what differ... 
USB sucks
I've used spdif, optical, usb. They have all been plug and play. Using Benchmark, Topping, Micromega, Anthem, NUCs, raspberry pi4, MiniDSP SHD, Aurender and a few others. I already gave the comparison I notice very little is any difference other t... 
Why the truth is not in them ??
Amen ^^ I live in the heart of the bible belt. Drunk on Saturday rail against alcohol on Sunday never a more hypocritical bunch have I ever met. 
Why high-end cable manufacturers don't post measurements?
Mr. B4icu it's not relevant what distance the wire and DF of amp without taking into account the impedance swing of the speakers. You keep on pushing battery cables and I'll stick to reality.  
USB sucks
@bilaltataThat’s similar to my experience. I’ve tried an Aurender, Benchmark DAC and a few others, I’ve noticed very little if any difference from a simple NUC running ROCK in my office and a little raspberry pi4 as a bridge connected USB to the A... 
Why high-end cable manufacturers don't post measurements?
you can get it in 0, 00, 000 and 0000 thicknesses.I prefer MCM / kcmil guage for truly reference cables that are good up to a mile.