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| Upgrade my older Linn Sondek or move on? Ha-Ha, I had two friends back in Colorado. Both with Quads, MV-50's and PV-5s. Both ran Denon MC. One a Linn, One a SOTA. Now, the sound from both was fantastic, but they would argue endlessly about their tables! The biggest improvement I hea... | |
| Need a new Class AB SS integrated...$2-3k due to hurricane For a basic amp, hard to beat a Schiit Vidar without big bucks. Anthem and Outlaw also good. Toss on a Schiit or Topping preamp and you pretty much beat most integrated and have enough left over for killer DAC or phone stage. In the integrated s... | |
| Power conditioners and power regeneration Some power products perform a function, some do not. :( A very good surge suppressor: fast diode, spark gap, etc. does in fact help protect your equipment. I suggest a whole house suppressor at the panel as well. Look at the response time. Many... | |
| Upgrade my older Linn Sondek or move on? If one could budget it, I would move on. As great as the Linn was, it was a pain and modern manufacturing has improved for less money ( relative). | |
| Why Can't Modern Tube Manufacturers Make a Proper Tube? There was a UK company originally making medical tubes that came out with updated things like 12 series with considerable improvements a number of years back. Never heard of them since. Basically, the market is tiny and the cost is high if I we... | |
| Ethernet connection for best sound quality Correct pretty much: Incoming, I assume fiber or coax to your service provider MODEM. Please use the provided RG-6 COAX as it will be double shielded and meet FCC emissions requirements. At this level, bits are bits. Modem to a router with Eth... | |
| Ethernet connection for best sound quality I DID NOT CLAIM SUCH! Yea, static on a CD is grasping at straws, but it does at lease exist in the realm of possible in this universe. I did not say it was the answer, I only said some possibility may exist. I don't personally believe any effect,... | |
| Ethernet connection for best sound quality To be clear, I am a hard core "listening is what counts" audiophile and have been for longer than most here have been alive. But I am also an engineer and understand how some of this technology works. Physics are the same for everyone regardless... | |
| Ethernet connection for best sound quality Actually, "digital" is a mathematical concept. There is no such thing as digital in the physical world. But in the transport area, bits are bits. What you do with those bits is where the differences in sound come from. I might suggest a review... | |
| What DAC to buy? The only thing we can really do is use borrow or return policies to listen in our system. I am still looking Gustard, Topping, SMSL, RME, JDS, Schiit, and hope to borrow a Qutest ( big bucks) to see if they really are smoother. I have a very spec... | |
| Ethernet connection for best sound quality Any CAT-5 is fine. All this "audio grade" is pure snake oil. I say that because being a computer systems architect and system admin, ( retired) I know how Ethernet works. You see, there are these things called "packets" that are buffered and asse... | |
| What Horn loaded speaker/ speaker system for $10k'ish and under What is it about the horn sound you prefer? Directivity, dynamics, efficiency, or the :horn" IM? Have you considered something like a older Gedlee that used a compression driver on a waveguide, sort of a horn? Also used a PA style woofer. Or ... | |
| Is low cost DAC worth it? FIRST, look at your player configurations. Where do you adjust volume, buffer sizes, and host based processing? If you have any over-sampling DAC, be sure to test reducing the player gain or if it has any soft clipping features. ( read that "peak... | |
| The mistake armchair speaker snobs make too often I have pictures, but not sure how to post. The control ribbon asks for a URL. Other forums give the option for a local file. I want to imbed, not link. Here is my simple desk, the first system NOT to have any edge to Joni Mitchel, Judy Collins ... | |
| The mistake armchair speaker snobs make too often If using a DEQX, then you might as well by your speakers at K-Mart. :) Yea, I had one. Great for a PA system. Not HI-FI. Not even HT. The last thing I want to do to my stereo is add a $2 A2D and D2A in the chain with Op-Amps worse than 5558's ... |