djones51

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Are manufacturer AC cables good enough?
yabe1951 You had a contradiction, your intellect said wire is wire should sound the same.Your experience said no the wires sound different, better. When humans have dissonances they try to resolve them it’s just what we do. You solved yours by dec... 
Interesting Fed Ex encounter...
The video showing a man in a FedEx uniform get out of a FedEx truck going in your house and carrying the box to the truck should be enough.  Call FedEx find where to email the video. They have tracking in those trucks they should be able to figure... 
Dedicated 20 amp circuit - Electrician laughed!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_law 
Religious music for less than devout
Since this is for less than devout. Curtis Mayfield: (Don't Worry) If There's a Hell Below We're all Gonna Go 
Interesting Fed Ex encounter...
Send it to FedEx they might be able to get a truck number  or some identifying  mark off the video. 
Replacement Fuses
When I bought my Anthem they included a spare fuse 😊 
Graphene for audio
Depends on what the graphene is for. It’s used in my speakers as an anti corrosive on the magnesium drivers. Tossing sheets with a graphene coating on top of amps,dacs and such doesn’t make much sense I don’t see how it would do anything to the so... 
Dedicated 20 amp circuit - Electrician laughed!
Theories are never proved. Ohms law holds in a ohmic device. Calling it a "law" was simply a convention it could have been called Ohms obersvation or Ohms theory. http://oer2go.org/mods/en-boundless/www.boundless.com/physics/definition/ohmic/index... 
New to Streaming RPI4 and Hifiberry DAC + DSP
I use roons OS. Connect the pi4 by ethernet have it on your network with the windows computer make sure DLNA is enabled share your music library and Volumio should find it. Use a tablet to control or phone I like a tablet with a large screen. 
Your Pick Between These Two...
JA Perspectives , listening to them now and acoustic instruments sound like they should as if I'm sitting in the hall listening to them play.  
MSB Diamond DAC V
Once you've reached transparency in DACs, your noise floor is ridiculously low which even some inexpensive DACs will do you're paying for features. Some DACs add coloration with tubes, filters etc.. which negates transparency but some people like ... 
RCA outputs to COAX input - is there only a splitter or is a extra device needed
I would try the mini plug out with the optical cable first and see how it works. 
RCA outputs to COAX input - is there only a splitter or is a extra device needed
The only other way is use an ADC then any DAC would work. 
RCA outputs to COAX input - is there only a splitter or is a extra device needed
You can't use analog out from the vault to digital in on a dac. There is no splitter to do that. These dacs will work or any other with analog in.https://benchmarkmedia.com/collections/all-products/products/benchmark-dac3-l-digital-to-analog-audi.... 
New to Streaming RPI4 and Hifiberry DAC + DSP
I switched to Qobuz from Tidal for that reason. I use a raspberry pi4 as a roon endpoint.