fuzztone
Responses from fuzztone
| Review of ultraRendu / opticalRendu Not a fan, returned both. Both had shoddy support that was shoddy for me. They had no player OS, depending on Roon. Glad it works for you. | |
| Building your music digital music collection It is faster to play what I want to listen to from collected files, by genre, artist, album or track etc. Unrelated to audio, I rip ALL video because I detest waiting for DVDs and streaming to get to the actual program when I could be immediatel... | |
| One DAC to Rule it All No. Any proof for you is in the listening. | |
| Can I turn my 2-way Bookshelf speakers 90°…? I have faith that you can do it It works OK for some of mine, at least for rears. | |
| Add a digital coax in /out tube pre-amp SPDIF to and from an old preamp? Silly. Get a DAC with enough inputs for your needs (remote controlled if you know what’s good for you) and plug its analog output into an aux input on the preamp Or get modern an buy an all-in-one like an A20, o... | |
| Beatles CD box set Bright? No EQ? | |
| Berkeley Audio Design and MQA? Naughty naughty. | |
| A phono preamp with equalization selector Infinitely adjustable on a Parks Puffin | |
| Triode Wire Labs Spirit II XLRs and DH Labs Revelation XLRs: a comparison I believe you. There is usually very little difference in SQ between ANY cables. Form factor is often more important. | |
| Volume levels Gain only variable by 6dB. | |
| Volume levels A cursory glance at analogplanet’s .pdf seems to ignore surface noise. What are the best examples (stats) of this floor per dollar spent for repro (TT +) equipment? 25+ years makes it somewhat irrelevant as far as format comparisons. | |
| Volume levels Typically, digital sources have higher output gain than that of a TT/phonostage. So when wired to a preamp, the TT’s lower gain means you need to turn the volume control higher than digital sources. Not if you can balance levels. I can do it in... | |
| AARP article on streaming hirez audio United Healthcare. Not a fan. | |
| "Happy To Be Stuck With You!!!" Money not tight here. Just can’t do the r & r thing any more. Happy with current repo equipment. Always working to refine the music track collection. | |
| Old phones as streaming sources Better off using an old smart phone for a dedicated wireless control of a designed "streamer.' It just needs to be on the same network. |