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| Alternate screw down clamp for VPI Aries The record weight alone does not do the job of the clamp. It is not a substitute. There are alternate clamps out there if that's what you want to do. Do a search.The very best solution for SQ is a ring weight + center weight. There are alterna... | |
| What makes for a “proper” soundstage for Symphonic music? More specifically,Front: First violins, second violins, cellos, violas, bass (could be slightly back), cellos and violas can be exchanged ORFirst violins, cellos violas second violins, bass.Then Woodwinds L to R: Piccolo, flutes, oboes, English ho... | |
| Age of masters One such collector was HW of VPI who used such tapes to guide his TT production. His stated goal was to make his TTs sound like these tapes. | |
| Age of masters For the Mercury Living Presence story: https://trust-your-ears.simplecast.com/ | |
| Age of masters Mercury is about to re-release its entire classical catalog. Some of the masters are as much as 70 years old and still sound great. | |
| Final Report, Canare 4S11 Speaker Cable I have been using various inexpensive speaker cables for years including Canare and Supra. Several month ago at the suggestion of someone who knows cables very well I tried Furez FZ124AS 12-4 at a bit over $1 a foot. I had to terminate them my... | |
| Replace Macbook into Oppo with Lumin T2 for streamer/DAC? The unmodified Oppo 105, which I own, does not contain a high performance DAC by today's standards. Many not very expensive separate DACs can provide far higher SQ. That being said, if the 105 satisfies you, an expenditure on an expensive high p... | |
| Amanero audio drivers Over the years I've been using an Amanero board (with LKS and now Musetec DAC). I've had many Windows 10 upgrades. Never had a problem with Amanero driver or any other driver. You may have a problem with your windows or computer rather than th... | |
| Amanero audio drivers I've been using Amanero USB to I2S boards for about 4 years with a Windows 10 driver. No issues. What problem are you having? | |
| what is the purpose of the analog part in the DAC The real sound is made outside the chip by power supplies, filters, clocks, and analog stages. I think all too much attention is paid to the D to A conversion.As a vinyl veteran I like to think of the digital to analog converter (be it DS chip, m... | |
| CDP or DAC? "The real sound is made outside the chip by power supplies, filters, clocks, and analog stages." So true. | |
| CDP or DAC? @aolmrd1241Yes, of course. My Oppo 105 has had streaming for a long long time. But the question for me is always SQ, just like whether reading data off a CD or off an HD yields better SQ. Will the combo unit stream as well as a dedicated streamer-... | |
| Museatex Bitstream DAC A well implements sigma delta DAC does not have these characteristics. But there are a lot of cheap DACs out there selling by advertising the well known chip inside. Expensive ones too that are not worth the $$.There are some really fine DACs ba... | |
| CDP or DAC? I realize that everyone’s entitled to his or her opinion. BUT this thread gives me the impression that some contributors are in a time warp writing as though it’s 10 or 15 years ago. Physical media has really gone the way of the 8-track tape, exce... | |
| CDP or DAC? Getting digital to equal the quality of a $15,000+ analog set up is not an easy task. You must do everything right. You can begin by tossing the idea that you want to play physical disks. Start ripping your CDs and SACDs to a hard disk. Not only b... |