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    Lynx e22 as an actual dac?

    The inside of your computer cabinet is full of overheated noisy devils that fill audio with noise and make it sound like a steam train. ... At...
    Post by: Thad E Ginathom, Apr 15, 2024 at 1:54 PM in forum: Digital: DACs, USB converters, decrapifiers
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    Nearfields for audiophile listening?

    Oh, that's bad news. With my hearing loss, I shouldn't be able to hear a HF hiss at all. But my ears are just weird and in some ways I'm more...
    Post by: Thad E Ginathom, Apr 15, 2024 at 3:18 AM in forum: Speakers
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    Nearfields for audiophile listening?

    Sorry, I've lost the plot. Are you talking about the JBLs?
    Post by: Thad E Ginathom, Apr 14, 2024 at 4:29 PM in forum: Speakers
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    The Funny/LOL Thread

    Looking good! But incomplete... It needs a bag. And some pipes.
    Post by: Thad E Ginathom, Apr 14, 2024 at 2:05 AM in forum: Random Thoughts
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    Nearfields for audiophile listening?

    For years, I worked on the basis that if you needed +4, you knew you did, and I used it when I had a DAC that had balanced "pro" output. Yep....
    Post by: Thad E Ginathom, Apr 12, 2024 at 8:16 AM in forum: Speakers
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    Musing About "Endgame"

    I'm much the same. I just want the gear that does what I want to do. I have, for instance, a very nice 85/1.8 lens. I'm aware that that those who...
    Post by: Thad E Ginathom, Apr 12, 2024 at 7:14 AM in forum: General Audio Discussion
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    The Funny/LOL Thread

    Evergreen! And always will be relevant.
    Post by: Thad E Ginathom, Apr 12, 2024 at 6:48 AM in forum: Random Thoughts
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    Musing About "Endgame"

    I have a friend who, when I show a picture, always wants to know what lens? Was it raw or camera jpeg? What does it matter who it's parents were!
    Post by: Thad E Ginathom, Apr 10, 2024 at 9:38 AM in forum: General Audio Discussion
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    The All Purpose Advice Thread - Part 2

    I can say a quick word or two about it in practice. I use a Linux system, with JACK audio, and Calf plugins. Control, patching, etc is via...
    Post by: Thad E Ginathom, Apr 9, 2024 in forum: Advice Threads
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    I'm just going out. I may be some time.

    I'm just going out. I may be some time.
    Profile Post Comment by Thad E Ginathom, Apr 9, 2024
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    The Funny/LOL Thread

    I'm hopeless at sums. On the other hand, maybe this means something like I stink, therefore I am?
    Post by: Thad E Ginathom, Apr 9, 2024 in forum: Random Thoughts
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    No mention of replacing all the internal wiring with silver? Or crossover components...

    No mention of replacing all the internal wiring with silver? Or crossover components with"audiophile grade?" Annual polishing of the silver cables?
    Profile Post Comment by Thad E Ginathom, Apr 9, 2024
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    Four minutes. You couldn't take four minutes off work? The entire office couldn't take a few...

    Four minutes. You couldn't take four minutes off work? The entire office couldn't take a few minutes off? Should have been compulsory. Should...
    Profile Post Comment by Thad E Ginathom, Apr 9, 2024
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    The Funny/LOL Thread

    [ATTACH] (Pharmaboy reads Google results)
    Post by: Thad E Ginathom, Apr 9, 2024 in forum: Random Thoughts