jwillox
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| Upgrade my CD player or futile effort? OP, is streaming in your future? | |
| Demos - To Charge a Fee or to Not Charge a Fee? @isochronism “I recall a sign above the counter of various service shops stating their hourly rate. XX per hour. XXXX if you watch.”It’s xx if you watch; xxxxx is you worked on it first. Mine also had,”We’ll make this the best thing you’ve ever h... | |
| Cables that measure the same but (seem?) to sound different @denverfred,Exactomundo 😎I just finished rereading Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds. This is not to say that people who like particular cable more than another or deluded. | |
| older CD transport vs newer ones. As I was looking for a streamer, the Cambridge Audio 851N came up. It is built like a tank and sounded good. But the Technics SLG-700 was a revelation in build and sound quality. Tray load was solid, but one has to carefully place the CD… $3,000 r... | |
| A Surreal Dream full of Audio Knowledge! @jasonbourne52https://youtu.be/UwAookPFWZQ | |
| Thinking Out Loud “I think my problem is that I approached things piecemeal, adding/substituting gear without realizing up front the problems in doing that.”Exactomundo 😎 | |
| Streamer vs. new mac mini for 2 channel system Lumin D2 user here. I’m a retiring IT consultant and hardware person. I have several notebooks around that could be used as a transport feeding a DAC. The D2 frees me from messing with a computer tied to my audio system, and the maintenance, updat... | |
| How important is it to have identical speaker cable length? This depends on the wire gauge of your zip cord ;-) | |
| One box do it all The CA Evo might be cool. Many here don’t think too much about AIO systems, and more are not fans of Class D. The all in one basically mandates class D. These might just work. Will you just be selling off your old separated? | |
| Purchasing from LP Gear There’s no phone number to talk to a human being.There’s also no way to click on an item to put it in your cart.I’m not fond of a company like that. | |
| Purchasing from LP Gear +1 to. tomic601Nobody wants to deal with international shipping and receiving, even for a small box. | |
| Purchasing from LP Gear AR lists that model as discontinued. But there is always the pipeline that lags in supply. The other models you listed are the updated models. Have you listened to the ART9?This series is intriguing, and from a major manufacturer. I may try the X... | |
| Audio deals you bought that seem impossible for the price? When I was selling home audio at Magnolia H-Fi in Seattle, WA, USA (mid-80s), the manufacturers were often ordering a great deal for employees. A few come to mind:1: ADS was just releasing their CD3, which had excellent DACs, filtering, and build ... | |
| Class A Power in A/B amplifiers? Fascinating thread here. OP didn’t know how loaded the question was. The Pass Labs designer’s write up is excellent. I don’t know where this video is at the moment, but an interview with amp designers had John Curl: the question was, “how much bia... | |
| Replacement power cord, Hafler 9180 (Yawn) 🥱 |