mikhailark

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Food: what does the typical audiophile eat?
But did you connect your fridge directly to the AC outlet? Huge mistake.  
iFi LAN iSilencer connection
Trivial experiment. Copy a music file to a cloud of your choice. Now copy it back 1000 times. Did any copy came back different?  
iFi LAN iSilencer connection
@antigrunge2 so educate me. RF noise affects all types of data. If that is the case, transmission of plain test files would be affected. You do know that no stream is transmitted point to point or as a complete file. Everything on the net is slice... 
Power Cables
@ghdprentice great, so what is your theory. Cables at data centers are pretty standard, as you know. So what 6ft of expensive cable would change in the rack operation.  
iFi LAN iSilencer connection
@dean_palmer of course it does. This is why the network is designed with recovery. Surely, if you unable to own files from cloud or Netflix is broken, then yeah, time to check cabling and equipment. It is a pretty trivial test - like copy large fi... 
Digital vs Analog experiment
@audioman58 - how does power cable improve operation of network stack in the router? What changes exactly?  
iFi LAN iSilencer connection
@antigrunge2 I well understand now networks operate. I don’t need “opinions”. If there is benefit, it should be described properly, as in what exactly the device does and how does it benefit the unit hardware and software in terms of network opera... 
Power Cables
@knownothing - when analog is involved - sure. DAC, for example. When it is is pure network device - nope. Or else somehow Word files would arrive modified over the Net.   
Would you still pay $10k or more for a turntable not full analog front end these days ?
@total111 - certainly. Conversion to analog is a wholly different subject. The issue is in pure digital, and not just digital like with jitter, but computer networks. Streamers. Routers. Firewalls.  
Tidal removing all MQA
@jl1ny - unfortunately, often digital material is mastered much worse than analog. I basically went back to get better sound. I don't often play LPs, I record them in 24/192 and play the recording. Remember reel-to-reel days?  
Is the idea of audiophile listening a dying concept as boomers die off?
You can tell by crazy prices. The industry survives on shrinking population. They sell fewer and fewer items and end up raising prices to compensate. High end industry lost its connection with customers long time ago. It decided to focus on a few... 
iFi LAN iSilencer connection
Won't make any difference. Ethernet does not lose any bits. Stream goes literally via hundreds of switches, converters, routers, coax, fiber, satellite links and nothing ever gets lost.  
All around headphone amp recommendations
I like my new Denafrips Artemis better than my older Pass Labs HPA-1. Artemis is Class A and tends to run quite warm. It is brighter than HPA-1, but quite a bit more detailed in the bass region. My tastes are classic rock, new wave, punk, metal, ... 
Kondo DAC : Why no reviews ??
Is it finally proper 24/96 at least? 20 bit DAC chips from yesteryear don’t cut it anymore...  
Power Cables
@ghdprentice may I suggest you study network protocols and operating systems? So tell me, how does performance of your computer changes when you upgrade its power cable. I’d love to hear. Still waiting for an explanation what is exactly a "built ...