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It seems that we have had different experiences with streamers. That’s ok.
I can only go on my personal experience, and that has been that I hear zero difference in the streamers I have auditioned...

I am certainly in the minority here but a streamer is a trivial digital to digital converter that, assuming you have a capable DAC, will make little to no difference in the sound of your system. ...

Dave - do you have a DAC?

On one hand you have the defacto 17" wide consumer units that derive from the 19" EIA standard for rack mounted gear. And the half width gear from the likes of Benchmark and Bel Canto. Smart...

DVD’s have about 5 GB (4.7) of data capacity while Blu-Ray has a capacity of about 25 GB. So yes, as an optical storage media Blu-Ray is much more challenging. All other things being equal I’d expect...

I am a pragmatist when it comes to high end audio. I’ll buy stuff that I think makes a difference. Most accessories I’ve auditioned lately just don’t.

A few folks here have found that simpler is...

DAC’s are a deep subject and range from $100 to $100000 with little objective difference in specifications but dramatic differences in sound quality. A little more about your system and what you’d...

If you’ve been to a live concert you’ve heard the seminal work of Bob Heil, one of the foremost live sound engineers ever to grace our world. He was instrumental in developing the Grateful Dead’s and...

This is exactly the correct technical solution. Eliminate all the electrical interfaces between home network, streamer, and DAC. Go optical Ethernet directly into a streamer/DAC combo.

The...

For man-jewelry we used to be kind of limited to just watches. But now that we have audio bling on our side the sky’s the limit. If only Patek Philippe made stereo gear. Then we’d really be in...

a) Yes
b) Yes
c) Yes, Mogami 2549 for the balanced interconnects. Speaker wire is Kimber 8TC which is multiple twisted pairs, unshielded.

I also measured the field strengths at the cable...

I bought a bunch of used Shunyata shielded power cables about 5 years ago. 3 x 1.5 M venoms and 2 x 1.5M Diamondbacks. Just to try out. Being an engineer by trade I trend toward the objective...

I saw the video on his system a few years ago. It was (ahem) a bit more positive than this article. It’s a shame how badly he treated his family. Nobody gets out alive but what a sad end to his story.

Good point, this makes a lot of sense. I’d have to go back and look at some reviews to see what it is they’re actually reviewing, a complete record playing system or just the turntable. With...

Being the DIY person that I am, the first thing I’d do is pop the cover and see if there is an option to change the amp to 230V. It’s usually much less expensive to add a second primary winding to...

Some author once said the cartridge is vibrating like mad at the end of a long stick and how that stick controls and dissipates energy is important. I thought that was a pretty good analogy. It...

I agree. I’ve always thought the cart was most important, then the arm, and finally the table itself. That doesn’t seem to jibe with ‘conventional wisdom’ where the table itself seems to be given a...

Would you put a $2300 cartridge on a $600 TT?
I just did and it sure surprised me. The title is a little misleading but now that I have your attention here’s the chase scene.

I have an...

Yes. Easy peasy. Just do it. Yourself! :)

If you are not using the MC input then swap the two tubes from that input section into the MM section. Put the tubes from the MM section back into the MC...

It could be. Have him check out the N number. :)

Jason Stoddard and Mike Moffat are both outstanding audio designers. Among the very best. I’m glad they teamed up and decided to do what they do. Everything I’ve purchased from them performs well...

Dan makes a fine product. Like anything handmade in very low quantities there can be problems.

My beef about the video is that we didn’t get to hear about what Dan did to make it right when...

PPMEL IA here. Currently inactive. I soloed when I was 16, got my private @ 17.
I owned a Grumman Tiger AA-5B for many years. Good times!
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Electrolytic capacitors are electrochemical devices, not purely electronic devices. Almost like a battery. Their lifespan is the limiting factor in most electronic devices today. A rule
of thumb...