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| Is USB audio dying? It makes sense from a practical standpoint to get rid of the separate network transport and USB bus. I have a Raspberry Pi running piCorePlayer, and all it does is read the stream from LMS on the ethernet connection, decode it to PCM, and send it... | |
| what is the best Kt88 to get Interesting, I love the Preferred Series KT88s in my Rogue M-180s. Overall excellent, colorful, dynamic, very good bass, with a creamy top end. They replaced an octet of KT-120s. I did get them for nearly half price during a Black Friday sale. ... | |
| Classical composers, symphonies Some great discs with American symphonies:https://www.amazon.com/American-Masters-Roy-Harris/dp/B000009CYH (Harris, Thompson and Diamond)https://www.amazon.com/Ives-Places-England-Ruggles-Treader/dp/B000056TKF (Piston: Symphony No. 2)https://www.a... | |
| Vandersteen 2CE Signature Speakers My guess is that the speakers were not set up optimally for bass, which did not become apparent until music with a lot of complex and "thick" mid-bass was played. The thick mid-bass sound will compromise midrange transparency and make the speaker... | |
| Vinyl VS Digital The 1600 seems to be highly regarded on VinylEngine:https://www.vinylengine.com/turntable_reviews.php?make=Technics&model=SL-1600 | |
| Tidal and Squeezebox Since the LMS Tidal plugin doesn't support Master playback, you have to use something like a laptop to run the desktop Tidal app.The only way I had to play back from my laptop was by running a long USB cable to my (non-MQA) DAC in my equipment rac... | |
| Vandersteen Treo Speaker Cable Suggestions Another vote for Anticables ("true" bi-wire configuration). The stiff -- though quite malleable -- wire makes it easy to keep the cables off the floor, and I really like the "medium" spades they use on the Vandie end. | |
| Tidal and Squeezebox Instead of another Touch, I recommend a Raspberry Pi with piCoreplayer. Very easy to put together and set up. And a Digi+ card if you want S/PDIF output. https://sites.google.com/site/picoreplayer/home | |
| how do you set VTA onthe SME 309 tonearm? VTA is adjusted while the clamp bolts (the bolts that lock the rack slider also lock the pillar) are loosened. | |
| amp for vandersteen Quatro maybe vandersteen 5a Try to audition Rogue tube gear if you can. I use a pair of M-180 amps. Very natural sound and easy maintenance. | |
| 6922 tube selection If you're going to spend $46 per tube, then I would try some of the NOS tubes that Upscale Audio or tctubes offer. I didn't find the Genalex anything special, and the ones I had were not very quiet. However, this sort of thing is very circuit depe... | |
| Preamp tubes... Psvane or Genelex? I would suggest some RCA Clear Tops. | |
| What is you TIDAL setup? I'm using ickStream, iPeng, a Squeezebox Touch, and an Auralic Vega DAC.There's a big downside to this in that the Tidal library is not at all browsable using ickStream. There's no ability to "drill down" beyond the 100 items listed for a genre (a... | |
| Vandersteen 5 HP Filter settings for RCA unit Input impedance specs can be a "nominal" value, and the actual impedance can drop in the bass frequencies. So I would always check with voltmeter readings taken at the amp outputs for 100 and 1000 Hz test signals (you want the ratio of amplitudes ... | |
| Classical music comps Get the Decca Sound box:http://www.amazon.com/Decca-Sound-Analogue-Years-Limited/dp/B00E0H8KAQGreat repetoire, great performances (with only a few clinkers), great Decca sound. |