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    Hopkins' System

    Be careful on speaker wires like this even individual wires not twisted Some amps need the interaction between wires without getting into why what may happen is the amp goes into oscillation it will nuke some speakers. mid and tweets go fast unless fuse or Circuit protection. just saying
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    Hopkins' System

    The top video where is this from as a source ? it’s very good for a video
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    Sharing a few system videos from last night‘s listening session

    I have this on vinyl and digital. I had to buy a few albums to get a good. if you can find a good pressing it’s extremely dynamic. a good bud turned me onto this album
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    Why, oh why, does vinyl continue to blow away digital?

    There are many posters to attack Mike L is not one of them period Even if we choose to disagree with him , clearly he is top of the league in many respects I don’t think I would ever put the time into what many do here. If anything learn from him and others like him This is an advantage of...
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    Sharing a few system videos from last night‘s listening session

    Do you have this album it’s a cd ?
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    Sharing a few system videos from last night‘s listening session

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    Sharing a few system videos from last night‘s listening session

    Can you give us a link to the album please this song sounds like an album I got on vinyl is this a Brazil album?
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    Post Your Frequency Response Curve!

    Does anyone consider to remove one set of speakers in the room first ? there both not little box speakers I get possible why Ron don’t and why he tried his other woofer towers Ron asks honest questions and as who he is many try to help but most all tip toe around the obvious taking...
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    How Good a CD Transport is Required to Sound Better than Streaming?

    Any cd transport is doing a lot more then just reading data you can take 3 different cd transports and use the same cd and it’s pretty obvious most times it’s why a cd transport is important and needs to be heard and understood next is cable to transmit data if a made for the purpose to...
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    How Good a CD Transport is Required to Sound Better than Streaming?

    If you use j river to burn cd s the various methods are shown flac stock uses a compaction to store and reply like a zip file In audio this means we loose data period there is a setting to use no compression This makes it better no loss of data wav does not compress but stores the meta data...
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    Sharing a few system videos from last night‘s listening session

    Thanks I should have time tomorrow to boot things up and thanks for an honest conversation I never could get a straight answer from jussi a while back about on the fly up sampling we had big arguments on CPA and other forums. I’ve been using combos main boards for years have you tried...
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    Sharing a few system videos from last night‘s listening session

    OS is win server stripped 2018 I think my reason to try pro is offline up sample to compare the main board running roon server is a Xeon processor server board the second board as end point is low power 4 core Both os are custom built for audio so no GUI as a start unless I change the script...
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    Why, oh why, does vinyl continue to blow away digital?

    Great post Mike that truly is a direct compare opinion to understand to have this as a point is just wow. and I thought dsd1024 would Finally get us there wow.
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    Why, oh why, does vinyl continue to blow away digital?

    Correct me if I am wrong but it’s my understanding spidif and AES are the same except AES is balanced so transmission cables can be longer and less induced noise. now jitter I think is considered noise ?
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    Sharing a few system videos from last night‘s listening session

    Carlos I need a little help with hq player it’s been almost 8 months since I’ve turned on my server so I’m sure HQ player is out dated what do I buy ? just latest update Do I buy pro ? thanks in advance
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    Ron’s New System

    Your very welcome Mike always a man to ask for honest feedback
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    Ron’s New System

    Ron I used felt pads or blankets to move mine I don’t know how much each woofer towers weigh but I doubt it’s as bad as mine are
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    Ron’s New System

    I thought this was closed lol. what you said is very true I think bass being correct non dsp is a time trial event Marty’s room is about perfect 1db I think how long and what he did what’s needed. I’m sure you are one who I would admire efforts and success Mike
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    Ron’s New System

    Ok that thought is out but have you done pink noise at various loudness levels I am not sure why but changing the loudness shows more then just one loudness and can vary next is if you turn off the woofers what is the room info ? Last I wound turn off the main and just the woofers and then move...
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    "She Used to be Mine" From Waitress Musical

    My choice above all for this reason First vocals while sitting at a piano can’t compare to same while standing Next is the musicians add layers to vocals this is purely observation and opinion but sitting or standing is a fav of mine
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    Ron’s New System

    Are the woofer towers servo ?
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    Speakers isolation from resonance and angry neighbours — Critical Mass Center, Revopods, EVP.

    A source you need to consider is the amount of acoustic energy being produced your system even if you have complete physical isolation This is only a start
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    Speakers isolation from resonance and angry neighbours — Critical Mass Center, Revopods, EVP.

    https://vibrasystems.com/files/products/crmp-cork-neoprene-pads.pdf This will help to decouple low freq but not eliminate There cheap and as a start if you answer a I’ve questions it would help anyone offering help
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    Speakers isolation from resonance and angry neighbours — Critical Mass Center, Revopods, EVP.

    A few questions what floor are you on ? Are there neighbors above or below or both ? if you places vibration absorbers below speakers and actually de coupled the low freq is this all you need ? Compared to complete acoustic sounds as the goal ?
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    Mark Levinson on today’s audio industry

    I’ve tried nos on a few dacs I Own it does not sould musical but after reading more it’s definitely worth trying again also does anyone hear a difference between native dsd and dop dsd aside of the display ? I can’t yet some lay claim to must be native now my comment is based on listening...
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    HQPLAYER and High-Rate DSD Playback

    I have this one as well. It’s close to linear psu one thing in toying of the years is this on a Linux os be it nas or server the psu is much less important on a nas it’s almost impossible On a server it more obvious another thing I do is use a separate psu to spin the disks alone and a...
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    HQPLAYER and High-Rate DSD Playback

    Silence is deafening lol. someone answer please. If not I’ll give an answer later not to be rude but a possible reality check of audio sound
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    REVIEW: Lucas Domansky Music Server (LDMS) Minimax

    I live in two states so 2 servers , his products are the most versatile servers I’ve used audio is what we like in our systems. His products can work towards as well His tech support is always available and great. I highly recommend any of his products
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    HQPLAYER and High-Rate DSD Playback

    here is my two cents and I’ve also used roon hq two pc setups yes HQ player can be an important change compared to jriver where they are more centered roon has had its ups and downs as its design is heavy cpu usage. Where j river is light Im not a fan of up sample if on the fly And built...
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    Mark Levinson on today’s audio industry

    so how many great testing dacs sound like crap ? pick another brand already lol Think dcs or msb pick some other letters hahaha

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