rbstehno
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| Stereophile review of the $30,000 tekton speakers At these speeds, if you placed the speaker with no feet on a stand and the stand was blocking the 4 holes, wouldn’t each speaker have lift off or at least move around on the stands? Was this port/hole speed tested in the review? | |
| Some thoughts on ASR and the reviews Most measurements are worthless to me. Very few measurements I would look at: speaker sensitivity (this will tell me what kind of amp I would need to make them sing) Does an amp double in power from 8 ohms to 4? Is the amp class A or A/B, how m... | |
| Opinions on PS Audio Direct Stream DAC (Mk 1) Old technology? You are dead wrong! It’s fpga based. I preferred this dac over many others costing 2-3x more at the time. I used Ethernet, never usb. If you want to increase the sound quality of the mk1 DS sr dac, get their airlens and use the i2s... | |
| eBay eBay didn’t charge a fee on shipping and the last time I bought something, they didn’t charge me a fee on the tax. in the past, you would see a widget for sale on the cheap but the shipping was 10x more than what it actually cost to ship. | |
| Stereophile review of the $30,000 tekton speakers I have heard other tekton’s in the past, their cheaper speaker than these $30,000 pair. I didn’t like the cheaper pair either. But the Tekton crew on agon was doing everything they could to promote the tektons as the best speaker out there for eve... | |
| Hegel comparison The dacs inside the Hegels are a comprised version of their standalone dac. I had multiple top of the line Hegel integrated amps in the past and never used their internal dacs. I actually had Hegel at an audio show compare the difference between t... | |
| PS Audio Direct Stream Mk2 DAC - How good is it vs Mk1? Weiss, Bricasti? Pursuitofnow - who did your upgrade? How much was it? Even with the mk1 upgrades, the firmware upgrades to the mk2 will just keep making the mk2 better and better. I use Ethernet and the new mk2 doesn’t have Ethernet so I would have to get their s... | |
| What makes One Music Server Sound Better than Another? Why have a computer in your listening room? Why use usb and all the gimmicks are trying to make usb better? Years ago when I used a dac with usb, I had the Auralic Aries server because I thought it sounded better than Lumin and Aurender, plus the ... | |
| DAC with i2S I2s is superior to usb/coax/toslink. The other protocol would be Ethernet if you want to keep the server in another room, which is my preference. | |
| Need a big favor picking a preamp I had the top of the line Classe mono-block amps a few years back. I used to own all Classe gear 20 years ago too. Give the new Classe preamp an audition. Another very good preamp is the PS Audio BHK signature preamp. I sold my Classe gear and wen... | |
| Streamer Selection - Thoughts Requested Please! Audiotroy, I used to use USB many years ago. Sure it worked, that doesn't mean much when the sq of USB is so bad! Why are there tens/hundreds of tweaks from companies to try to improve the sq of USB? Have you heard of the reclocker? How about the ... | |
| Home network Fibre optic vs Ethernet If I was going to rewire my house, I would go with cat6/7 cable for future needs. We don’t know what bandwidth will be needed in 5 or more years. How about streaming 4K/8k for example. Fibre has many advantages and some hurdles. Fibre is hard for... | |
| Streamer Selection - Thoughts Requested Please! Fuzztone- what’s noisy on a Mac mini? The hardware, fans, disks? IMO, Mac minis are much quieter than most other computers, which is what EVERY dedicated server is. Also, I believe these factors that weigh heavily on sq: ) a server of any kind i... | |
| Streamer Selection - Thoughts Requested Please! Been there, done that, and left that. Been down the software route on computers for almost 20 years ago, then went to a dedicated Auralic which I thought was the best at that time over Aurender and Lumin, then got a dac that uses Ethernet and i2s... | |
| Ethernet connection for best sound quality I have built enterprise networks since the early 90’s, you will not have any problems using cat5/e cables for a 1G network. If you have issues with cat5, check each cable to make sure it’s terminated properly by using a Fluke meter. Also, you do... |