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I didn't realize that the Definitive Technologies had a self powered bass component. The pictures on the website don't show any cables going into them and I didn't see a power cord input. Yeah, agree with AJ, keep away from the DT, you are asking for trouble and most likely disappointment.

Hmmm... again, not sure what significant improvement one of these models has over the other. Yeah, the Definitive Technology, uses side firing bass woofers, and that may have a bigger influence in some rooms (especially small ones). But it's not like side vs front bass woofers are some magic recipe ...

In all honesty I would put both these speakers roughly in the same category. I think the CAV50 will have ample power to drive both speakers. The Klipsch is more sensitive, but the focals are overall sensitive speakers as well. So unless you plan to blast them in some huge room, you will be perfectly...

I guess this jives with the "high end is swelling well" that we have been hearing from manufacturers.

That is a good thing for our hobby,... even if it causes some frustration for us!

Once more than one thing is changed, I find it impossible to determine the cause of a grounding issue,... if that was the cause of the dropout in the first place. But in all honesty, a single fraction of a second dropout every few hours of listening probably wouldn't bother me too much. If it was ha...

AnotherJohnson wrote: ↑Thu Dec 22, 2022 7:51 pm And if you couldn’t, buy the Rega Planar 3 with RB300 arm.

And that is exactly what I had!

Are the QC issues with the low end models only? It would be rather appalling if a high end turntable had QC issues.

It's good customer service to have them look it over before delivery. Good on them.

So point one is that HEOS is simple, free, and versatile. The interface is simple too … to the point of it really not being competitive for a user who wants the nice extra info provided by BluOS or Roon. And although it supports Amazon UHD, it is not compatible with QoBuz. The BluOS app does suppor...

I'm glad to here Cruthfield is offering good support. Bluesound support is pretty good as well. There is a 30 day return policy with the Node so it really is a safe bet. I hope the rough start does not tarnish your view on the Node. The first time you set up the device there may be a delay as it upd...

Well, that of course is a little disappointing to say the least.

Don't give up, sounds like you may have received a lemon. The refund policy is excellent so you won't be out anything even in the worst case scenario.

Congrats on the new Technics player. Technics has such a great history with turntables and the look and design is so unique. One of the last few high end manufacturers that use direct drive. But they figured it out and perfected the system. The SL-1210G is visually great. That huge pitch adjuster is...

A little bit back on topic to the ART88, I was reading the January issue of Stereophile and they actually have a 1/4 page "article" about the ART88. This is surprising as I have not seen one mention of CJ in Stereophile in the past few years. I was beginning to think there was some kind &q...

I really don’t see why it would be. The ND8006’s only ground plane is the 5101’s coax shield. The 5101’s ground plane is on the P20, along with everything else but the LP12 motor controller. Gremlins, that's the reason. I've had those little bastards mess with my system before. Never saw one of the...

Well, another year roles by. I hope everyone had a good year and best wishes to all. CJ has been continually growing and we just passed 2800 registered members. We also celebrated our 10 year anniversary this past summer. I can't believe how time passes so quickly. Again, a big thanks to all our mem...

Well, it's that time of year. Hope everybody has a wonderful, safe, and healthy holidays this year. Best wishes to all.

If we think it's a ground issue, you can try go get around that by using a toslink connection instead. Under ideal circumstances, everything should be plugged into that awesome P20.

I don't think this is a streaming issue, that is typically not how interrupted streams cut out.

I figured it was an integration problem. Unfortunately, I don't see other services releasing that level of data to Roon. Access to even the most basic API has been a challenge for most audio makers and only a handful offer integration beyond Spotify/Tidal. Apple probably doesn't care about the Roon ...

However, one thing I did notice is that the larger the panel, obviously the larger the room. These things really opened up in quite a massive room, so there's no point in trying to squeeze these things into average to small rooms, it just won't work. I think this is where quite a number of setups g...

Quboz is great. I think they found a niche market for those that want to stream, yet still buy albums. They have a great selection of hi-rez audio content. They are not the cheapest service for pure streaming, but I think they are the least expensive overall if you plan to stream and also buy an alb...

In my experience dropout via digital can be caused by a number of factors. It could be a bad connection(most often encountered with toslink), it could be static build up (possibly more likely if they are different grounds). If streaming, it could be data stopping, but typically these are longer drop...