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Some of you might want to read this book. Lots of parallels. In the Garden of Beasts: love, terror, and an American family in Hitler’s Berlin Erik Larson Scribe Publications Pty Limited, May 30, 2011 - History - 464 pages Berlin, 1933. William E. Dodd, a mild-mannered academic from Chicago...

For me F1 is FUBAR. Until Brundle finally spoke out and exposed the key technical/rules problem, people were blowing off Verstappen's complaints as sour grapes. Turns out he had a big point. I cannot imagine how frustrating it must be for a driver with his talent not to be in total control of...

Noise (and to a lesser extent maybe timing) IS the problem for streaming audio - it's not data integrity.

I hate the new formula (unapologetically Euro green) and Apple TV distribution. A video game for the super rich and a real turkey! Have gone from an avid fan to no fan.

$10K? From TAS review: "As with Wadax’s Reference products, the Studio Player is built to a very high standard of construction. It is made from more than 4500 discrete parts distributed over 40 separate printed circuit boards. The power supply is elaborate, with distributed regulators next to...

This review was by Tom Martin (Nextscreen Chairman and CEO).

I like Martin's model for describing what he hears and his comparisons with similar products to provide context.

Mike, any thoughts on how Conductor sounds relative to Qobuz Connect?

Rirmo, thanks for sharing. I have one too on Mike B's recommendation. Happy with this cable, although I have not compared. Nice to see a top cable at a sane price.

Tom Martin of TAS gives a very favorable internet review of the T3X. An important strength of his reviews IMO is his willingness to position the product under review against others he's heard...

The best I've tried so far that's within reason (for me) is the Shunyata Alpha-X NR. Replacing an Alpha V2 NR to my Esoteric K-01XD with the Alpha-X was a wow moment.

Anyone have experience with the new Aurender NH10 Network Hub?

With streaming I think what is done in the last few meters is about cleaning up noise and perhaps slight timing anomalies riding along with digitally encoded data in an analog medium.

The new Grandioso N1 is currently the only Esoteric offering with their second generation discrete component DAC. Ref my post above, the ARC pre that I auditioned prior to choosing the solo was the Reference 6SE.

mostly baffled, I have a solo and a K-01XD. I bought the solo under somewhat different circumstances from yours - after upgrading from a Gryphon Diablo 300 integrated halfway to separates, first a Luxman M-10X amp and then what pre? Luxman had not announced their matching C-10X pre, so I...