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    Gray reacted to Al ears's post in the thread Quad Platina Range. with Like Like.
    Yep, I keep everything separate from my amplifiers. No idea why the streamer is so expensive, and why would you need the same DAC chip...
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    Gray reacted to The_Lecht_Rocks's post in the thread Quad Platina Range. with Like Like.
    New Platina range been released. The amp appears to be an absolute cracker, loads of power and finesse and priced (£3500) fairly...
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    Gray replied to the thread Quad Platina Range..
    You must've seen the amp review on AV Forums - I like the look of it, if only because it's a fairly good visual match for my tuner 🙂 Of...
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    Gray reacted to Jasonovich's post in the thread Does streaming make us lazy? with Like Like.
    All my three HiFi setups have a digital transport where all my music formats are stored DSD, Wav, Flac. It is lazy as streaming. This is...
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    Gray replied to the thread Does streaming make us lazy?.
    Has always been the case for me - long before anyone streamed, mobile disco operation meant the next record had to have been thought...
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    Gray reacted to nopiano's post in the thread Does streaming make us lazy? with Like Like.
    It’s definitely too easy to be restless, and be searching for the next recording instead of paying full attention. A week ago I had an...
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    Gray replied to the thread "Stevie Wonder fans"....
    Great song - nicely covered by both of those 👍 1-3pm New Years day will be the best continuous 2 hours of music that Radio 2 has played...
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    Gray reacted to Jasonovich's post in the thread "Stevie Wonder fans"... with Like Like.
    Changed my mind, Once in my Life is my favourite SW song, Superstition 2nd. Love this song to bits! View...
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    Gray reacted to DougK1's post in the thread Question Balanced Headphone Cable with Like Like.
    I got the balanced cable for my HD650's from a guy on eBay. It was a pukka Sennheiser cable converted to balanced. I'll see if I can...
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    Gray replied to the thread Question Balanced Headphone Cable.
    Very wise Barnaby If you don't hear a difference between balanced and unbalanced, it will be nothing whatsoever to do with the cable...
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    Gray reacted to Barnaby's post in the thread Question Balanced Headphone Cable with Like Like.
    Thankfor that Doug. I’m not minded to chuck my money at one though as the Sennheiser ones aren’t that cheap and so you buy a cheap one...
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    Gray reacted to DougK1's post in the thread Question Balanced Headphone Cable with Like Like.
    I've tried balanced cables on two sets of headphones. Apart from extra volume I found very little different between balanced and...
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    Gray reacted to manicm's post in the thread XLR versus RCA with Like Like.
    Here's my rule - if a component is truly balanced, and not piggy backing off the unbalanced topology, then use the balanced socketry.
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    Gray reacted to nopiano's post in the thread Question Balanced Headphone Cable with Like Like.
    Thanks, Vincent. Your reasoning seems quite logical, and I’m happy to defer to your knowledge. I knew I was taking a bit of a risk...
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    Gray reacted to Vincent Kars's post in the thread Question Balanced Headphone Cable with Like Like.
    No. Balanced as used to connect gear at line level is a hot (the signal), a cold (the reverse of the hot) and a ground. At the receiver...