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    "Long-Term Equipment Loans: A Win-Win for Everyone" by Robert Harley, The Absolute Sound

    Long term short term, the end review doesn’t change. Every review in TAS is a glowing positive, most of the time a gushing positive. How does this help a reader of the mag? It doesn’t. I cancelled TAS a year ago because there are other reviewers that will state when a component isn’t up to the...
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    Are Ethernet tweaks/gimmicks turning out to be like the same in the USB space?

    usb is the worst connection and your better dacs don’t even include usb. I2s is the best but most dacs don’t include it and nobody wants to pay more for it
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    Are Ethernet tweaks/gimmicks turning out to be like the same in the USB space?

    For a decade or more, I went thru applying many of the USB tweaks to try to better the sound quality of USB to the dac, some made a little difference, others nothing, and others made things worse. After playing wasting my money on USB stuff and dac, decided to get a great sounding dac with...
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    Wilson Audio Chronosonic XVX First Impressions

    Oh boy, Harley is going to do another review of an audio product with the outcome being very favorable, like the best he has ever heard, top of the line, and highly recommended. No different than any other review in TAS or stereophile.
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    Femto NVME SSD, test version

    Too bad somebody can throw a few terms around and the gullible audiophiles buy into this. You know, there have been computers that use m.2 nvme for their boot drive for years, this is nothing new. Look at the apple MacBook Air computers. You have to ask why the OP is using SLC not MLC, TLC, 3D...
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    Cable Modems

    I’m sure if you are getting 100Mb up and down but only you can determine if it’s fast enough for you. I had the ATT 1Gb fiber for many years ($60 a month) and we streamed everything with no delays and a very quiet network. 1 benefit of the higher speed option is unlimited data and at 1G speeds...
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    Femto NVME SSD, test version

    What "effect" are you talking about? "you are just jealous": of what? because you have name ssd? I have had these (actually enterprise grade, not the units you buy online or thru Best Buy) over 6 years ago. I have documents on enterprise vendors websites on how to implement and tune million $$$...
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    16” Mac Book Pro To Launch by End of October

    I have used apple since the apple II days. The most powerful/elegant OS for an end user. I can run any flavor of Linux or god forbid windows on my Mac. I was in IT for many years and MS Windows was the worst OS, always having to update the OS for virus's, always reboot for some reasoning. "Plug...
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    Femto NVME SSD, test version

    You know this thread is bogus, right? You will not be able to hear any difference of sound quality between a HDD/SSD/NVMe device. How can you? Each of these devices are storage mediums and the data read from these devices has to be placed in computer ram before sending it out on any port. So...
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    The argument for/against room treatment

    I agree. I would actually state the room is the most important component in the system, probably equal to synergy. A bad room can make a $1M system sound like sh$t, where a good room can help a so so system sound better. I doubt this poster ever had a treated room or they would understand the...
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    Isolation Transformer and Balanced Power versus PS Audio Regenerator

    I never trust a review from a dealer that only recommends what they sell and bad mouth products they don’t sell. The only way to tell what product is best for you, especially at $5k-$10k prices, is to audition them in your home with your equipment. If you do purchase 1 of these units, you want...
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    The argument for/against room treatment

    you cannot have a reference system without treating the room 1st. Speaker placement will only get you part of the way there. No speaker placement will get rid of 1st reflection issues or what issues corners cause unless your room is outside, then you have other issues.
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    Here’s what I’m looking for...

    I'm with you, but dsd128 content is almost non-existent, at least from what I have seen. That's why I'm waiting to see what comes out, maybe a new bridge iii card will be produced. I hear its in the works but will run their own server software and not support Roon
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    Here’s what I’m looking for...

    Tony22 - why do you think the bridge ii is limiting? Limiting in what regards? There are so many pluses using a network connection over say USB and allows you to use a server in another room. I also have been looking at trying the I2S input but haven't found a clean solution yet. If you do and...
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    Your DAC replacement thoughts please

    Not at all. If you look into this dac, it handles everything you need. I don’t have to worry about jitter, upsampling, a clock, powerbase, and connections. This dac provides more features than most dacs. Check these facts: * Class A+ Stereophile rated DirectStream DAC converts any digital input...
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