mceljo
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| cables vs wire? My experience is very limited, but I have heard a very small difference in a listening test between $7 hardware store wire and a $2,000 pair of cables. In my case, I would be far ahead investing the $1,993 on better components that speaker cables ... | |
| New Apple TV & Airport Express I found my toslink cable today along with a pair of SPDIF cables to use temporarily for my stereo RCA cables and the sound from Apple Lossless files on my iPhone via the Apple TV to tube DAC to tube amplifier resulted in a great sound that at firs... | |
| New Apple TV & Airport Express After picking up the unit and doing a little more online research, what I have is a Maverick Audio TubeMagic D2 DAC w/ OPA627 OpAmp Upgrade & GE5670W tube. I don't even have the necessary cables to hook it up so it will be on the shelf for now. | |
| New Apple TV & Airport Express I will be picking up a used Maverick TubeMagic D2 DAC tonight for a nice price. I made an inquiry with one of the local hi fi shops and discovered it. The tube option just adds to the fun. It has the NOS tube and an upgraded chip, I don't know muc... | |
| New Apple TV & Airport Express I don't think I am interested in a DAC for my AE with Audioengine speakers simply because of how they are used.I may have to get another AE and DAC to connect to my tube integrated. Would it be reasonable for PC iTunes to AE to DAC using Apple Los... | |
| Finally upgraded to Integra 50.5 If you have pre-outs you can use those and separate amplification; however, the receiver has discrete amplifiers so while the mains will sound better you may not hear a huge difference with the surrounds. I have the 50.1 and found a Yaqin MC-30L t... | |
| Focal or Paradigm? They use the same driver or just use the same driver material?It has been a few years, but when I compared Focal to Paradigm the Paradigm speakers were quite a bit more bright sounding. They would have been my second choice, but I would have had c... | |
| New Apple TV & Airport Express The AE is connected to my Audioengine A5+ speakers and since my wife (mp3 files) will be the primary user of these speakers AND they are not used for critical listening, the analog connection should be fine. Certainly not worth spending the coin f... | |
| Tweak or Tin Foil Hat? It is noise in the speakers, but it is not there when the speakers are connected to my receiver, just the tube amplifier. If I unplug the Apple Extreme it goes almost completely away as well. I can't claim to really notice it while music is playin... | |
| Tweak or Tin Foil Hat? I think the cable modem and wireless router will be relocating soon. It helps that my brother-in-law works at the cable company and can easily make sure that we are getting the correct band width at the new port. | |
| Spin Clean seems to add noise to records? Also, if the higher level noise is reduced it would be expected that any low level noise may have been ignored previously and now it is what is left to focus on. You are listening for noise so will hear even the low level stuff that you previously... | |
| The Power of Assumptions Mapman - As it turns out, we often genuinely, as defined by hour the chemistry in our brains react, believe what we assume to be true. When we are wrong, which is not the majority of the time, we can become the proverbial donkey. | |
| The Power of Assumptions Placebo doesn't eliminate the possibility of objective factual opinions. I don't think it is as much a factor on equipment like speakers and amplifiers where the differences can be significant, but for things like cables, isolation devices, etc., ... | |
| The Power of Assumptions I was doing some internet reading on Friday and came across two Interesting studies. One was a depression drug study where they proved that the brain reacted in the same areas and in the same way with the drug and placebo. In fact, the prefrontal ... | |
| Do you demag or destat your CDs/DVDS? I use Blue Jeans Cables because from my research on what aspects of cable design impact spin quality the most. My conclusion was that the gage of the cable reducing the resistance so I have 10 awg cables. Did I hear a difference? Not definitively,... |