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    Relationship between driver and power tubes

    One aspect often getting lost is the relationship between driver and power tubes. On my Wavac EC300b I use different driver tubes depending on which 300b tube I am using. With Takatsukis the best result is achieved with Tungsol 6l6G coke bottles, using more high powered 6L6GCs (eg. JAN Philips...
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    Mains Purifier or Network Switch

    In simple terms, clean power and clean ethernet are separate issues. The former is best addressed by a separate power spur and active or passive power conditioning. Ethernet cleanup requires switches and/or fibre conversion as well as isolators and switches depending on the chosen approach...
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    Do I really need an " Audio Grade Network Switch "?

    The Etherregen tricked out with a decent LPS and reclocked with a quality clock is no slouch. In my system I use a netgear and an Lhyaudio OCXO switch in front of it. Daisy chaining switches is actually an alternative to going fibre, which in the conversion process has its own challenges with...
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    Reality is Cruel : Cybershaft new Ultimate OCXO 10M Clocks Shootout OP20 vs OP17

    Not sure the video proves anything other than the fact that cheap Chinese clocks may have more phase noise than the Volumio’s internal clock. In my experience reclocking the Etherregen with an Antelope 10m clock has easily demonstrable benefits amply defeating the presenter’s thesis
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    Reality is Cruel : Cybershaft new Ultimate OCXO 10M Clocks Shootout OP20 vs OP17

    When comparing clocks paying attention to the BNC cables used is important. Other than obviously using the correct ohmage, avoiding any source of vibration on the cable is crucial. My best results come from using Black Ravioli pads as dampers at both ends. Every little bit counts….
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    InnuOS is on a roll

    Just updated my Zenith Mk3 to Sense 2.6.0 Wowza!! Another significant increase in sound quality particularly relating to dynamic range and separation of instruments. InnuOS comtinually improves performance and user interface of its Sense app. The Qobus integration is exemplary.
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    Are you an audiophile or a music lover?

    Et -et, not Aut-aut. That OP dichotomy simply doesn‘t exist. Music lovers that don‘t care for sound are simply an oxymoron. On second thought the opposite may not be true…
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    Preamp shootout...Predictions on which will be the best?

    I went from Accuphase C200 to Graaf 13.5b while I was still predominantly listening to Vinyl. It all changed when I got the Audio Aero Capitle Mk3 as a CD player. It had a great analogue section which I further upgrated with better transistors and capacitors. I now go direct via an Antelope...
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    Tube Dampers

    Having tried Duende Criatura, EAT and several others several years ago whose names I forgot I have found only one that doesn‘t kill dynamics: Mad Scientist Tube Toppers. He though seems to have stopped making them… On small signal tubes, putting a 1/4in ball of Bluetack works pretty well, too.
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    Looking for RCA interconnect recommendations for Audio Note Shinri 300b

    Auditorium23 or if you feel rich Shindo
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    Ethernet cables

    https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005003924584091.html
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    Schroeder method on BNC clock cables

    On a whim, I doubled my Sommer Cable 75ohm BNC cable between rubidium clock and DAC using BNC T-junctions. The resultant improvement in clarity, sound staging and impulse response was simply revelatory. It goes to show that in digital audio better clock means better sound.
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    Supertweeters - What's the good, bad, and ugly? Anyone using successfully? Anyone try and decide against?

    I have been using Murata ES103B’s for the last 20 years on my Duevel Bella Luna omnis. They add air and bizarrely un-sludge the bass. With the omnis they also contribute to a more precise sound stage. They do require very careful set up to be equidistant to the listener with the tweeters to...
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    MQA Declares Bankruptcy

    The only question remaining is how a major streaming service like Tidal ever got hitched to this crap. Maybe senior management was sitting on their ears? Good riddance!
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    Analog Pre-amplifiers in a Digital Streaming World

    This is obviously ground that has been furrowed many times. There seems no debate that dacs require attenuation, not amplification. The argument against passives of impedance mismatches doesn’t apply to 99% of modern dac and power amp designs. Conversely no argument that I am aware of has been...
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