robhny
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| USB cable recommendations I borrowed several USB cables from The Cable Company last year. I needed to connect my Mac mini to a newly purchased PS Audio MKII DAC. My clear favorite was the Kimber Cable KS CU, which I thought sounded the most natural and dynamic in my sy... | |
| Upgrade CD transport/player vs. Sacd transport/player If you have a sizable cd collection, then I would focus on getting the most out of it by pairing a solid cd transport with a great upsampling DAC. I bought a PS Audio MKII DAC primarily for streaming, only to find that I generally preferred to li... | |
| My CD-player stopped working. Does it make sense to invest in a new CD-transport? If you already own a lot of CDs and you like your DAC, then yes. I bought a CDT this past summer and TBH I more often prefer to spin my old CDs rather than stream. I collect some indie music that isn’t available on streaming services, so there’s... | |
| Need a new CD player. Suggestions please. I would add that I wouldn’t abandon physical media. Stream if u want but keep that cd collection too. You never know which artists will pull their work from streaming services. | |
| Need a new CD player. Suggestions please. this year I gifted my Marantz CD 60 (a nice player) to one of my kids and focused on replacing it with a transport in a rough range of $750-$1,500. A transport rather than a player because I have an excellent DAC. After a few weeks of research e... | |
| Reasonably-Priced Linear Power Supply for WIMM Pro Plus Streamer iFi makes some solid LPSs at a few price points. | |
| Speaker wire for Pure Audio Project Speakers... advice needed....! Of the cables you’ve listed, I’ve only heard the Cardas Clear. They were the best I heard but obviously pricey. I was underwhelmed by the lower priced Cardas speaker cables. I have a Clear Beyond phono cable and balanced ICs and they were worth... | |
| Need Ideas on speaker cables I have borrowed a number of sub-$1,500 speaker cables from The Cable Company in recent months. Cardas, DHLabs, Shunyata, Kimber & RSX. I thought the highest value for the money were the RSX cables. They get out of the way—transparent & ... | |
| Building a second, vinyl focused system. Speaker advice needed! (<$10k) I’m still using the Audio Physic Virgo speakers I bought around 25 years ago. I would say they meet all the criteria you list, and all types of music on vinyl sound great played through them. Used Audio Physics could be a good way to go. Someda... | |
| Power Cords/ Conditioner/Surge Protectors If you're going to experiment with power cables, I wouldn't bother trying to upgrade any component other than your amplifier first. I couldn't hear a difference when connecting audiophile power cables to any other component until I tested an upda... | |
| Shakti Stone I bought one because I'm a big believer in reducing EMI effects and tried it on various components with no apparent benefits. I was about to write it off as snake oil until I rechecked where the transformer was located in my 1990s Krell preamp. ... |