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| Great Experience with Feickert Protractor It looks so good I wonder whether it doesn't come out of the same factory. It would not be the first time that has happened to a US or European firm outsourcing to China. | |
| Streaming vs CD transport direct comparison FWIW, I found that ripping CDs to a USB hard disk and playing them through a lap-top running JRiver and out by USB to a DAC definitely improved the SQ over playing the same disks on an Oppo 105 and out through coax into the DAC. And ripping SACDs... | |
| Bluesound vs SOtM I use an SOtM as a DLNA bridge with JRiver on a laptop. It works beautifully. The important thing is to not have your music run through the computer.SOtM USA is having a black Friday sale. They also have an easy return policy.Are you certain th... | |
| Is a balanced XLR cable inherently less critical than a single ended RCA one? I have 25' runs of balanced interconnect between preamplifier and amplifier. I tried three different pairs. They all sound different. One was best. For me it was NOS Discovery Cable. | |
| Whats your favourite track to play to the non hi-fi visitor? "Danny Boy" from Album: "Three's Company We'll Be Together Again" (at 96/24) Javon Jackson, Ron Carter, Billy DrummondYou'll know if your system can handle an acoustic bass up close. | |
| Analog vs digital? @nzastro," Bugger! Now I feel like I have to try n improve the digital streaming.It's a bummer when you have a fussy personality!Could a dedicated hard wired (cat6) streamer/storage unit improve the listening experiance? As I said earlier I'm new... | |
| Analog vs digital? I used to think the same until I learned more about digital and put more into it. My enjoyment is now equal with a nod to digital for convenience. These days I think of the DAC (with the Singxer) as the phono pre and everything before the USB i... | |
| Oppo 105 with DIY LPM is a giant killer (no dac needed) "However, there is still a "digital glare" present when using the Oppo strictly as a transport to send digital output to an external DAC."In my own experience, and with my own external DAC, I have proven this not to be true. Or to put it another ... | |
| Oppo 105 with DIY LPM is a giant killer (no dac needed) At the moment I use my Oppo 105 only to play videos and as a go-between my computer and a TV. It makes a great digital renderer by the way and I was using it as one for DLNA before I got something better. CDs and SACDs are copied to a hard disk.I ... | |
| My Oppo is a bit too bright As I discovered, it doesn't take much these days to get a DAC that will outperform the DAC section of the Oppo 105. So I agree with the others that an external DAC may get you what you are looking for. But I disagree on the suggestion that the f... | |
| Digital Bottom Feeding The OP missed the best inexpensive USB cable out there. Monolith by Monoprice USB Digital Audio Cable. Silverplated solid core. Needs some break-in. Compare to Audioquest. | |
| has anyone tried chinese cables? @thyname,Are speaker wire configurations protectable; are they patented?At the Nordost site I see a complete description of the construction of these cables, but no reference to any patent that I can find.So is there any intellectual property (IP... | |
| Parasound JC2 vs Rogue RP-7 The Parasound has no balance control. That ruled it out for me. The pair of gain controls just don't hack it. | |
| Telefunken vacuum tube E88CC-TK; NOS versus brand new. For my Fosgate Sig phono-pre Musical Surroundings used to provide Chinese 6922 tubes whose principal quality was that they were especially quiet. The pre is all tube w/60db gain, no solid state, no SUT. The pre (while still great) has not been mad... | |
| Oppo UDP-205 Op Amp, Linear Power Supply I suggest that before you do surgery (or spend a lot of money otherwise) on your Oppo that you consider letting the Oppo feed an external DAC. First of all, any modifications, unless they are easily reversible, will kill its resale value. Also, ... |