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    Mark Levinson on today’s audio industry

    A great idea Ron and your the right person to interview him. Ill bet he jumps at it big you tube numbers will follow ask
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    Mark Levinson Interview

    Think Infinty and genesis until Gary stepped in I think it was loosing money in the pursuit of better sound I get the better sound part but there needs to be a bottom line you can’t have both unless it’s an investment sink hole to use losses did mark design ?
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    Wadax World Premiere at Munich Highend

    If I understand it’s a end point how ever we call it I know end point is a roon name but it says simply It can be Seen as a network Dac Correct me if I’m mistaken To me this is an amazing player and puts plenty of nails in the competition I think At the cost of other players of media , the...
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    HQPLAYER and High-Rate DSD Playback

    Carlos do you use roon ? Do you use two pc Boards ? I’ve had two pc main board systems for many years your comment of pcm and dsd is I think spot on and do prefer pcm for this reason roon kills music in many ways but has gotten better what is your pc server setup ? what kind of PSU used ?
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    HQPLAYER and High-Rate DSD Playback

    Carlos what dacs do Chip less as stated I am interested in this. as very little files are available I assume you up sample Is this done offline or on the fly ?
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    HQPLAYER and High-Rate DSD Playback

    I have a few ss dacs that do 512 and one for 1040 Not sure if native
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    HQPLAYER and High-Rate DSD Playback

    Can you explain chip less I understand native and Lampi had or does have chip less I had it and owned a newer trp too now the chip less still used chips it just did not use a pre made processor like most I can say this on dsd compared to pcm red book red book when the Dac has the right...
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    Wadax World Premiere at Munich Highend

    Even if this does not do local files it’s still a good thing for me in the end I can burn cd,s even sacd Tidal has some non red book and mQA and I’ll bet Q buzz is soon. cost and one box still makes this good I think. I do feel for ones who have spent big bucks on high end Wadax products...
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    Wadax World Premiere at Munich Highend

    The spec voltage is SE or BAL ?
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    Wadax World Premiere at Munich Highend

    I asked People attending there to go on Wadax , pillium rooms all felt very high quality in sound overall I think it was great showing happy for you Elliot
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    Wadax World Premiere at Munich Highend

    thanks still does or has anyone did this before ?
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    History of Wadax.

    lol it was a joke but did have a point lol no body is happy to see a new and re engineered Model of the same product cheaper if they own the more expensive version
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    History of Wadax.

    I truly understand your point on HQ player it is the only playback software that allows us to adjust to the recording method used I can’t recall the types but after reading and using it’s drop downs it was obvious of its merits As we talked what killed me is too many choices I do wonder do...
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    Wadax World Premiere at Munich Highend

    can some explain the Akasa cable is it optical or power or both ?
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    Wadax World Premiere at Munich Highend

    To me I would still use a preamp but it’s very interesting that they allow for gain and imp output This ideal puts them way ahead of most I can’t think of anyone who does this
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    History of Wadax.

    You have not mentioned the elephant in the room Us , the observer and conclusions. I’ve never spent nor would I spend what a full stack wadax or other top tier multiple box digital but some do and I’m happy for them. your opinion or points I respect but they are a invalid points without your...
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    History of Wadax.

    Rex when you spend let’s a car all options 90k Last year car and the new 2025 model all options is less expensive A few things are very apparent 1 your car last year model is worth less unless there is tangible facts. 2 tangible evidence is scarce in audio as by its nature it’s an...
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    Wadax World Premiere at Munich Highend

    what Wadax needs to do is as MSB and other makers have done Create a chain that’s makes for the higher data rate Now having said the above I do want this product , yes wish it had Network storage but this is not a deal breaker for me my side hope is roon or j river they also have a desktop...
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    Wadax World Premiere at Munich Highend

    Correct me if I’m wrong but it has digital outputs but is limited as all transports
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    Wadax World Premiere at Munich Highend

    does anyone else use the native streaming service ? I’ve used this method on my own streamers to completely bypass roon.
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    Who Can Answer My Six Easy / Tricky Subwoofer Questions?

    I’m sorry for not giving a better reply when i said to use the amp output terminals for subs I only mean for signal input to subs and assuming they have both line and speaker level inputs and are self powered. now having said this that’s a nice receiver and yes dedicated subs line level is a...
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    Ground loop

    They make a combo rca xlr with dip sws. But look up placement of model. Models allow at start or end and some anywhere. Not all the same also if you shunt inputs and still hear hum line an amp good luck lol
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    Munich HighEnd 2024

    I watch videos of super cars like this There was one the rear spoiler was shaking as it was driven this was a new car
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    Ground loop

    There are plenty of silent or near silent Audio products in audio there are trade offs to get a sound at times I’m guessing but ill Say the silent ones have a completely isolated psu and case grounding input to output have you tried any form of iso max inline line level iso devices I have a...
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    Ground loop

    I only have one question. Is what you did to fix it NEC Code compliant lol. it’s great to measure but a grounding issues are soo low in current and voltage I’m not so sure it’s helpful glad your system is working great now.
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    Who Can Answer My Six Easy / Tricky Subwoofer Questions?

    subs need to be powered off of speaker terminals now this is not an absolute but here is a reason why amps play to your speakers and have there own sound due to loads so if you use a preamp out you have now placed an Additional load on your preamp this effects how the speaker sound if you...
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    Rhapsody.Audio Listening Rooms

    https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fexternal-preview.redd.it%2FPHi2z1TkJ2qbXVm2_epxY4y6oVqhR5zHpF-ltA4obAw.png%3Fwidth%3D640%26crop%3Dsmart%26auto%3Dwebp%26s%3D300aa1f67664e5b626abe233bb2eb5dc81c9a1bf&tbnid=vF_6-4KoKb7ssM&vet=1&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.reddit.com%2Fr%2Felectroni...
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    Rhapsody.Audio Listening Rooms

    Tubes can be looked at and tested you can’t imagine what goes on with capacitors fake names and if you test it’s most times correct now weigh it or open the can to see what’s happening inside Tiny caps soldered
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    Rhapsody.Audio Listening Rooms

    Any videos to share lol just kidding
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    New Ethernet Noise Control from CAD

    The emo en30 is not a filter , it’s a simple galvanic insolation transformer Weather this product sounds good or worse in using it does show a need for network isolation in my view. I’ve read comments it makes the sound softer or various changes I don’t doubt anyone’s observations but I do...

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