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  1. Macattack

    Aida Owners?

    I am considering moving from Sonus Faber Stradivaris to a minty pair of Aida 1st Generation. After a few conversations with owners of Aidas, I have some conflicting view points. Either they love them or they couldn’t sell them fast enough. Would any existing or previous owners of Aidas...
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    My brief time spent with Antipodes K40

    I spent 24 hrs with a 30hour old K40 this week. It was connected to my second Buffalo switch and then to my DAC by Supra Cat 8+ cables. My DAC is a Bricasti M21. Due to the delay in configuring it or my incumbent souped up Win 7, I3 silent PC (JCAT NetCard XE, fully powered by HD Plex...
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    No Handshake

    Trying to get the connection from the SFP output of my Edge Router X-SFP to a Sonore Optical module then Ethernet to my Bricasti M21 to see each other. While I can see ‘light’ coming through the cable, the Bricasti and Router fail to handshake. I have rebooted the router and the Bricasti in...
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    Metadata source for dBPowerAmp?

    I recently tried to rip some CDs using dBPowerAmp after almost 14 months off. However, there are no functioning metadata sources for DBPA. I know Gracenote is working with iTunes but DBPA has been my go to ripper for 5 years. Does anyone have a suggestion or solved this issue?
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    Input humbly requested

    Hi folks, I am a Digital only Audiophile and have decided to significantly alter my front end. I have a custom Win 7, Esoteric K-03X, connected via Shunyata Alpha USB feeding a McIntosh C1100 PreAmp. The PC is fed via a 25’ Supra ethernet cable into a Gigafoil V4 (with Keces Power supply)...
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    Craig’s Humble System

    Humbly submitting my room and system. The room is 16’ x 24’ x coffered ceiling max height 12’. I have the speakers on the long wall offset towards one corner. Pretty happy with it. Since these pics were taken, I have moved the PS Audio P10 to support only the front end and installed a...
  7. Macattack

    Jumping in?

    I am running a customized Win 7 PC as a ROON core to an Esoteric K-03x as my all digital front end. The Esoteric is clocked by a Cybershaft OP17 Limited OXCO clock. That train uses Shunyata Alpha cables. I am an avid reader and watcher of this forum and have taken more interest in the...

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