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  1. analogsa

    Westminster Lab Monologue phonoamp - a new 2023 product

    Yup. Especially those elegant CF covers that preclude all discussions of parts quality ;)
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    Merging+Nadac

    The PS with the freaky custom heatsinks looks a lot more impressive than the bare bones ESS dac board.
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    Vintage amps VS today's amps

    Imho, current crop of amps are head and shoulders above the best from 30 years ago in resolution and speed, especially in the upper frequency ranges. Which is not very surprising as the old amps had to make early digital listenable.
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    Vintage amps VS today's amps

    Rated at 2000hrs @85° C. For every 10° below that capacitor life doubles. Realistically, even the hottest heatsink does not exceed 60° C and cap temperature is very unlikely to ever reach 55° in any audio equipment. With the possible exception of one French amp :cool:
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    Grimm MU1 vs Aurender N30SA vs Taiko Audio

    The timing of the bits is a red herring. It matters at the dac data input generally speaking (in many dacs the data input is not particularly jitter sensitive anyway), but it's really unimportant in the ethernet packets. There are all sort of mechanisms aligning, bufferring and reclocking data...
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    Hi-Fi is NOT a subjective hobby.

    Do you know what "objectively" means? Is there a metric for imaging? Out of all the qualities we attribute to a system, imaging is perhaps the most subjectively interpeted and most difficult to quantity. To many listeners it is also of the least importance.
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    Best phono stage?

    Oh, cmon, you cannot possibly be so uninterested in other manufacturers products. Prima Luna examples. The film caps are there only to reduce the switching spikes. The diodes only blockers are only good for offsets exceeding 0.7v, still sufficient for reasonably well designed toroids.
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    Best phono stage?

    Nothing i enjoy. Equally true of the versions with caps or just diodes. The ones with caps are also super sensitive to the cap audio quality. The issue of humming toroids is also unpleasant, so i guess one has to choose their own poison. My choice is a toroid designed for low flux density which...
  9. analogsa

    Best phono stage?

    DC blockers are another can of worms, never liked what they do to the sound.
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    Kuzma Stabi R compared to a Garrard 301/401??

    Please do tell more. Never heard that term.
  11. analogsa

    Allnic's AUT-8000 Step UP Transformer now with variable impedance loading!

    And better resistors. Overall, much sexier look from the outside.
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    Kuzma Stabi R compared to a Garrard 301/401??

    IME and obviously according to my taste it is the slate and not the Garrard that is responsible for: "The Garrard can overwhelm sometimes with certain records and get fatiguing and slightly harsh, too in your face and too ruthless with poor recordings" A Garrard on wood sounds nothing like...
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    Kuzma Stabi R compared to a Garrard 301/401??

    What is the plinth on the Garrard? Material? Construction?
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    Are Ethernet tweaks/gimmicks turning out to be like the same in the USB space?

    IME disconnecting from both sides is much preferable than just from the dac. I guess between the two possible hypotheses explaining the audibility of LAN infrastructure i have chosen the one dealing with noise, both transmitted and radiated.
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    Are Ethernet tweaks/gimmicks turning out to be like the same in the USB space?

    Not sure what you mean by "signal". It affects the sound of a system when disconnected from the dac by emitting RF noise in the room. Very much like it affects the sound when connected to the dac.
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