mitch2
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| Aries Cerat Helene vs MSB Premiere DAC vs Lampizator Pacific 2 I have a Helene on its way here and I am curious about where you Helene owners source your E280F input tubes in the USA? Also, do you have a favorite GZ34/5AR4 rectifier tube? I have read that the rectifier tube is important to how the Helene so... | |
| What might pair well with a combined Laiv Harmony uDDC and Laiv DAC? You can add the Singxer SU-6 to the list provided by @mbolek. Most of those provide adjustable pin settings for I2S and they also provide other various outputs such as AES/EBU and S/PDIF via RCA and/or BNC. The Holo Red mentioned previously has ... | |
| Background vibration and your system. Many manufacturers take their own stab at resolving possible issues for their own gear. I say possible issues since every system location is different with different external influences, like flooring type, size and support of nearby speakers, rac... | |
| Have you reached your end point with this addictive hobby? @audioman58 - I have been over here in Japan the past two weeks and seeing Crowns everywhere. I don’t remember seeing any back in Michigan. They are so sweet! | |
| Have you reached your end point with this addictive hobby? I certainly could be, and probably should be, but for some reason I have a new DAC on the way. I don’t understand why this stuff happens. | |
| Background vibration and your system. @deep_333 - I switched from spikes to Herbie’s products, to damped springs and then to these platinum silicone elastomers, which can be easily sized for the equipment or speakers being supported. The springs worked great but the silicone elastomer... | |
| McCormack DNA 500 vs DNA 225 upgraded Different designs. The DNA 500 and 750 are bridged designs while I believe the 225 is a stereo amp. | |
| Background vibration and your system. @erik_squires - There has been research resulting in useful products like those from Townshend, SRA, and other companies that many here benefit from. The most prevalent applications have probably been in mitigating vibrations acting on turntables.... | |
| Background vibration and your system. I never understood hard footers. The company I retired from does quite a bit with vibrations related to construction activities as well as background readings and we designed suspension/damping systems for machinery and in one case for auditorium... | |
| McCormack DNA 500 vs DNA 225 upgraded I believe Steve is partially/mostly (trying to be) retired, like others of us, so you may not hear from him. He has not had anything to do with the DNA 500 or 225 for many years as Conrad Johnson acquired McCormack Audio and took over those desig... | |
| Fiber Optic Cable I always find it interesting when people share their subjective impressions “in absolute terms”. In my direct comparisons with the only variable being 15M of Ethernet cable vs. 15M of fiber, I heard no reliably distinguishable difference. Enjoy ... | |
| Thoughts on swapping out Audioquest and Transparent cables for Duelund I have both ICs and speaker cables made from Duelund wire, as well as multiple other ICs and speaker cables here. This review is actually about TWL cables that are made from vintage Western Electric wire, which was the impetus for the Duelund wir... | |
| Im going to regret my cable question AQ Type 4’s are pretty good cables, in their newest iteration, which includes a carbon-loaded polyethylene dielectric. There is something harmonically pleasing to me about the solid-core copper in polyethylene. My main issue with them was the re... | |
| Need advice from the gurus. If I didn’t already have a pair of great sounding monoblocks, I would for sure try the Gato PWR-222 Mono Power Amplifiers. | |
| The Sacred Ritual of Vinyl: A Return to Mindful Listening A nostalgic and romanticized flashback to a former time, for me. In my current world, no matter the vehicle, it’s all music and it’s all good. |