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| Vinyl that is impossible to find I don't get the digital on vinyl thing. If there is digital provenance anywhere in release I prefer listening to the streams. The fully unique sound qualities of vinyl can only be appreciated via fully analog releases. And then if original master... | |
| CD's or Vinyl? Physical media already somewhat obsolete in that vast majority of available media is used. Fewer and fewer new releases on vinyl or cd, especially true for cd. I continue to keep in touch with vinyl availability since I still run a pretty nice vin... | |
| Popping sound Hopefully its something simple and/or external to your system. Tube starting to fail would be simplest and most easily resolved issue if issue is in system. If popping doesn't resolve itself via any of the methods suggested above I'd not continue ... | |
| CD's or Vinyl? For many of us cd's have become redundant since we have at least equal sound quality via rips and streams. Vinyl not redundant since it has unique sound qualities, meaning all analog provenance. If vinyl has any digital provenance that uniqueness ... | |
| Audio Grade Ethernet Cable We've long heard the same argument used in regard to AC and the last few feet. | |
| Audio Grade Ethernet Cable I haven't used internet provided modems or routers for many years. Providers servers not more than 30 miles from me so ping times very fast, also have 1gig service so fast download, upload speeds, finally gaming router for low latency. I did ... | |
| Audio Grade Ethernet Cable @cleeds You're correct on that everything needs to be addressed. Streamers are quite distinct from networks, what they are fed is critical. Saying that networks don't matter is akin to saying what's upstream from any interface is not important. Th... | |
| Audio Grade Ethernet Cable Salient point I neglected to address in regard to AC quality. It seems commonplace now that adding lps to every streaming component results in better sound quality, and to this end I see more people adding lps to routers and modems. One of the com... | |
| Audio Grade Ethernet Cable I clearly stated the advantage or benefit of providing clean AC via my dedicated lines and power conditioning to both modem and router. The greatest benefit for diminishing router noise is the disabling of wifi. As for self generated noise, minus ... | |
| Audio Grade Ethernet Cable I should add the one thing I have yet to address is whether the amount of network traffic impacts streaming sound quality, my scheme doesn't address this. This is where the Dejitter Switch X managed switch comes in. With this managed switch a 'tru... | |
| Audio Grade Ethernet Cable Repeating myself. How does putting modem and router close to audio system pollute if wifi disabled? Does a long ethernet cable connected to a switch or streamer magically reduce this noise? Now I'll agree the most optimal solution is likely a... | |
| Tannoy or Volti @charles007100 I tend to hold on to components I like, I like to change out amps and dacs from time to time. | |
| Tannoy or Volti Horn and SET lovers have to admit this presentation may not be for everyone. I believe its general presentation vs what any one individual speaker or system may or may not do. Any particular horn speaker may have unique tonality, timbre, imaging,... | |
| Attention Horn Owners SET and horn lovers have to admit this presentation may not be for everyone. Generally speaking, this is a performers in room presentation, very immediate, up front, sort of like first few rows at concert. Some find this too up front, in your face... | |
| Audio Grade Ethernet Cable So, two schools of thought in regard to whether networks impact sound quality for audiophile streaming. Not here to argue this, non believers can go on using wifi. So, generally we find the following in many audiophile streaming setups, modem and ... |