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Recent content by Racingsnake13

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    External DAC via USB or Optical straight from a Mac?

    I've recently subscribed to Tidal and am playing via a cheap optical cable from my Mac to my Onkyo AV. The improvement over my old Apple TV sourced 256kb AAC over HDMI to the Onk is significant. Got me wondering whether more improvements can be squeezed for minimal cost. Reading the Chord...
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    Audioquest Dragonfly with an Onkyo TX-NR905 through front USB port??

    Suspect you are right. I might be the first to try it. Will let you know!
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    Audioquest Dragonfly with an Onkyo TX-NR905 through front USB port??

    I;m contemplating getting an Audioquest Dragonfly, primarily for on the hoof use with my macbook. However I am wondering whether this is likely to work through the USB port on the front of my Onkyo? The manual for Onk states it is just for external drive connection, but hoping it might work for...
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    Tips to identify positive/negative speaker cable ends buried in walls

    Thank you CnoEvil. Really interesting solution. I'll be giving that one a crack!
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    Tips to identify positive/negative speaker cable ends buried in walls

    I was recently flooded out of my house resulting in my whole house being gutted. Unfortunately the plasterers managed to lose the marker labels I had left on my speaker cables buried in the walls to identify corresponding ends. Now I am back in and hooked back up my system, I cannot tell with...
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    A perfect AV Receiver to partner Monitor Audio Gold Surround system

    I'm just in the process of researching a new AV receiver after my 4 year old Onkyo TX-NR905 has given up the ghost. It was a great receiver but I felt I got the partnership with the speakers wrong. For movies it was near perfect but for music it was too bright, especially with guitar rock at...