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| Any holes in my streaming rig? To the OP Gaps in streaming rig? The streamer seems quite good, but you probably meant to ask about your network. You have dipped a toe in with there furutech cable. The rest is quite a hole that $1000s could certainly be spent trying to fill ... | |
| Is fiber optic internet Firstly, the difference that may or may not be heard changing between copper, fibre and wifi seems to depend alot on how revealing your sound system is, how low the noise floor is, and how noise each network device generates. I am quite sure the ... | |
| Adventures With Subwoofers Feim my Adventures with Subwoofers, here are some things that seem critical to solving integration. Firstly, low end highlights smearing most. If your source is allowing smearing, focus on that otherwise the rest will be a battle. For example, n... | |
| Experience with stacked subwoofers? I'm counting that as 12 subs @hifidream! | |
| Experience with stacked subwoofers? Hi there, this discussion caught my attention in my weekly update. I have dabbled in this space and have a few points to consider. Its necessary to consider the desired outcome, if it includes accuracy attention can be given to many things, for ... | |
| use of ChatGPT for HIFI @emergingsoul my system was not inspired by AI, it was inspired by humans. | |
| use of ChatGPT for HIFI If by 'real life' for a living, it's nothing to do with AI, programning or computing . I've learned about AI tools from researching, using and querying them. Beware if you ask AI to explain itself, because to specifically ask about the latest mo... | |
| use of ChatGPT for HIFI AI is quite good for doing this ... Discussion Summary The discussion on the Audiogon Forum focuses on the utility and limitations of AI tools, particularly ChatGPT, in the context of High Fidelity (HIFI) audio systems. Participants share their... | |
| Wifi vs ethernet revisited @debrajray I use Cisco from Afterdark Audio because I havent got around to Finisar. @sns I used to have those concerns and avoided wifi. Then I spent some time with Auralic Aries G1, tried my best wired solution with daisy chained ERs and Gigafo... | |
| Wifi vs ethernet revisited Hi folks The topic caught my attention, and I'm glad it did and I read thru to the latest post. There were many things I read I had a xomment in mind, but too many to remember, so this is more general. Firstly, I use WiFi to connect to my Dev... | |
| An Audio Conversation with ChatGPT Ive been tinkering with AI: ChatGTP, Gemini and CoPilot. ChetGTP gave a quite informed and refined answer, which indicates the OP has built up a ’memory’ in ChatGTP of similar enquiries from to and fro interrogating its responses from which ChatG... | |
| Best Dedicated Streamer Just some observations that might be helpful to consider. It seems the best results from streaming are achieved via reclocking the digital output and serving up the cleanest, lowest jitter and distortion signal to the DAC. The magic is in the co... | |
| Busted! Reviewer copies manufacturers sales page in review? Media containing so-called reviews are mostly motivated to make the reader want what they don't have, maybe not now but eventually. Curiosity leads to purchase, and the spending of money continues the cycle. Marketing copy is the same. Both re... | |
| Basic switch....should I upgrade? @lalitk Great reply! In my view there are 3 key ways to deal with noise in a system 1. Power source: conditioning, cables, distribution 2. Ethernet: isolation, cabling, conditioning, devices 3. Grounding @kennyc In terms of value, judge a... | |
| Basic switch....should I upgrade? @fredrik222 As I said there is the ethernet digital, and something else. Really I was just popping in here to suggest people consider SFP+ switches and to highlight that audiophile switches not only do the digital as required but some also seem ... |