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Is a server required with a digital director or is the director the streamer also. What aboit stored files. Does the director search a NAS for music?

Cascading SPD is the best defense against lightning. 3 levels of MOV is required to knock the initial jolt to under 40 volts. One at the service, one at a subpanel and one in a power strip. And yes yes yes on the protection on the data network. Optical is excellent protection. Data ground...

I use ultrasonic too. I have Tergital in the water. I have to rinse when done. Hence the 0 Water counter top filter hanging over the edge of a table into a bucket, rinse 1. Than a spin clean with pure water rinse 2. Then dry. I brush with Lyncole between untrasonic cycles.

Well, thank about it. If you are a one step machine, how would you rinse the detergent off if you used one.

You still need detergents to break oil from hands and food. Detergents work on mold also. The detergents are really a surfactant that let the water penetrate deeper into the grove. Otherwise there is a charge on the vinyl that repels the water and it won't get to the bottom of the groove...

Look at whatsbestforum and find Timas Do It Yourself Record Cleaning Machine. Or some thread title along that line. Its super long. In it, Neal Atin, I believe talks about chemicals to clean a record. He answers my questions on using brushes and distilled water with Lincol and Tergital...

I may try a KT120 sooner than later. They had a fat juicy sound in my CJ Premier 140. Less resolution.

I have not tried Sophia. JJ are solid KT88. They are dead quiet in my system. They are good but not great. Seem to lack some sort of life. I have Shuguang Hidden Treasure 50th anniversary in now. A better tube for a sense of life. Good extension and bass. It is a little noisier. The JJ...

I don't understand "Matching doesn't mean same brand". It means exactly that. A CH Precison amp and pre. Or a Boulder amp and pre. Or a Luxman amp and pre.

Most of the High $ systems are matched amps and pre. It could just be justification for selling $140k in gear to get $200k in gear. Money does not matter to many people. I personally like my tube amp. I like tubes in particular when done well. I have had tube amps I was not impressed by. I...

I had my Dartzeel NHB 108 model 1 and Orchard audio at my house and both at a friends house. The Daetzeel was notably better on many levels. My friend still bought the Orchard as it was good, and $2700 compared to over $12k used Dartzeel. I also had the Atmasphere mono at my house with the...

Some people have heard there is a Square D QO panel recall. These are good panels. I specify and provide them for clients all the time. I have gone to the Schneider Electric (Square D) website and found the recall is based upon "The wire binding screw within the lug body could potentially...

This is some of what I use. I cut corian into 1.5" squares. I dimple the top and put a soft bead in the center. The bead material matters a lot. I use Drusey. Lava is similar. My preamps like a bead. The server and dac do not like the bead. They like a piece of insulation under the...

I got an amp back from repair. This amp has thousands of hours of use on it. The repairs were mostly changing the way it was internally grounded. While the amp was out of my system for 3+ weeks, I had another amp in. When I put the repaired amp back in, I was immediately aware the deficiency...

I was reading TAS Issue 306. Analog Focus - SME Model 12A by Paul Seydor. On page 49 Paul says "short of mastertapes, there is no way one can with absolute certainty pronounce one component truer to the source than another. But thanks to DSD........ you can come pretty close". He finishes...