ljgerens
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| Apple vs Amazon My experience with iTunes has been very positive. I started ripping all my CDs as either AIFF or ALAC lossless files about 8 years ago. I really can't tell any difference between the two. I have 4 systems in different rooms and I stream my ripped ... | |
| New iMac, no more Optical out! Help with DAC, best bang for buck? All you need is a 2nd generation Apple Airport Exppress or 3rd generation Apple TV. These are available used for $40 to $60. You can than stream your music wirelessly from your iMac to one of these devices and use their optical output to your reci... | |
| What do you listen to when no one else can hear it @bdp24, I was not apologizing for liking The Ventures. Typically I listen at moderate levels but when I listen to The Ventures I like to crank it up. I usually only do that when nobody is around. I do not have their 1965 "On Stage" album but I hav... | |
| What do you listen to when no one else can hear it I like to listen to some of the 60s guitar music classics, especially;The Ventures -Yellow JacketApachePipelineDuane Eddy -Rebel RouserCannonballGhost Riders in the SkyThese all sound so much better on my all digital systems than they ever did whe... | |
| Analogue-free system Like @whitestix I was a longtime user of analogue sources. I made the transition to digital 6 years ago and never looked back. My transition to digital music has been nothing but very enjoyable. After I burned all my CDs I rarely ever played a CD ... | |
| What’s in your system today that you also had 10 years ago? KEF Calinda speakers that i purchased new in 1979. Used them in my main system until 2003. Moved them to a secondary system where I still regularly listen to them. I can listen to them for hours on end without any fatigue. | |
| What solution to clean silver and gold contacts? @ Terry9This is a well known electrochemical reaction to remove sulfur from silver and form aluminum sulfide. I have not studied this myself but I believe it is effective. I cannot comment on whether or not micro pits form using this method. If it... | |
| What solution to clean silver and gold contacts? Perchloroethylene also called tetrachloroethylene is very effective at removing hydrocarbons but not silver sulfide or metal oxides. Also it is a known carcinogen so care should be taken when using it. Although not as effective, ethanol is safer. | |
| What solution to clean silver and gold contacts? I should have said silver metal does not readily form an oxide layer in air at room temperature. There is some oxidation but it is slight in comparison to sulfide formation. | |
| What solution to clean silver and gold contacts? I forgot to mention that you can use a chemical cleaner to remove silver sulfide. These chemical cleaners are acidic formulations that are not supposed to be abrasive but still etch and pit the silver surface on a micro scale and are not really en... | |
| What solution to clean silver and gold contacts? I did this experiment back in the 90s with silver in upstate New York. We exposed clean silver prepared in ultra high vacuum to ambient atmosphere for various lengths of time and found a monolayer of silver sulfide formed between 5 to 10 minutes. ... | |
| What solution to clean silver and gold contacts? Silver does not form an oxide layer. In fact it is very difficult to oxidize silver under ambient conditions. The black tarnish is silver sulfide which affects the conductivity. Depending on the amount of sulfur in your local environment, silver c... | |
| I need help getting this all to work? I have a system very similar to what you presently have and have been using it for over 4 years without any issues. i have never had a dropout or failure to play music. All you need to do to get started is a DAC, amplifier, and speakers. You may w... |