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    Taiko Audio SGM Extreme : the Crème de la Crème

    Since routers and APs for home usage continue to generate noise, polluting our home electrical grid network no matter how many audiophile routers/switches we use for our hi-fi system. I wonder if you could share some configurations or experience that can reduce this type of interference. For...
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    Good mid-price audiophile switches

    The problem is how dedicated your dedicated line was. If it was coming from the same building, then it won't help with isolation.
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    Good mid-price audiophile switches

    I believe the only way to achieve 100% galvanic isolation from the mains is by connecting your entire hi-fi system to a battery, such as a Stromtank or similar device, and disconnecting it from the mains. Oh, and make sure the earth is not connected.
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    Good mid-price audiophile switches

    There is nothing in the world that can 100% remove noise. It still gets dumped into the power grid through grounding, polluting downstream equipment. Although my music server does not connect with the home network, the sound quality is still affected by changing the power supplies of the home...
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    Sound Quality of new roon versions (builds)

    It was reassembled by a Chinese CAS enthusiast a few years ago to integrate with his optimized Windows 8.1 OS. However, the author has already stopped updating it due to the dramatic degradation of sound quality in newer versions, and he has lost interest in it. There has been some discussion...
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    Sound Quality of new roon versions (builds)

    Actually, it's the opposite, honestly. With a highly optimized Windows kernel and services, Roon could be better than other music streaming applications. The version of Roon I'm using has been reassembled by someone and stripped of many unnecessary functions/codes. It has also been integrated...
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    Sound Quality of new roon versions (builds)

    Before importing, you can configure it with an ipad or PC client but not mobile.
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    Sound Quality of new roon versions (builds)

    It's the reason why I keep using version 1.7. In my opinion, I have found that earlier versions of Roon have the most natural sound compared to other players such as HQP, JRiver, JPlay, and Foobar. I cannot find any other substitute with the ability to remotely control and with an even close...
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    Sound Quality of new roon versions (builds)

    One of my friend made the comparison when there are so called good sounding version published but he's disappointed everytime. Actually, it's also a pretty normal logic that more fancy functions lead to sound degradation. Disabling DSPs, removing filters, import files using metadata from files...
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    Sound Quality of new roon versions (builds)

    Since I do not stream, I never update my ROON beyond 1.7 Build 511. Not any single new version sound better than that.
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    QSA - Lanedri and the Audiophile Version of the Philosophers’ Stone

    I believe QSA is just similiar to SCHNERZINGER which claim of the "atomic bonding" technology and actaully are all being processed by some sort of burn-in machine. If anyone ever been tried to listen to cables processed with Telos QBT, the sound signature are so much different that it really...
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    Selecting a remote device for Roon : iPads vs iPhones vs Tablets ...

    That is the "fault" of ROON, it has been coded for different profiles among remote devices such as android, IOS tablet/mobile phone and Windows. The differences is due to the data communication amount.
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    Introducing Center Stage 2M

    I've just purchased a set of CS2M 0.8 to replace my CS2 0.8 between the component and the Black Platinum platform. Are there any good to replace the spikes under the Black Platinum platforms with the CS2 0.8?
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    Femto NVME SSD, test version

    Why not? Changing parts in PC just like changing components in a CD transport. The noise pattern are all different among the HDD/SSD and NVME. Everything matters.
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    Taiko Audio SGM Extreme : the Crème de la Crème

    By using the Belkin lightning ethernet adapter, just press the slide button on your iphone to put it in sleep mode will also disconnect the belkin's power, which has the same effect of disconnecting the remote devices.
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