Recent content by Uncle Rusty

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    Soundstage greatly improved on WiiM system by turning off EQ

    This is standard/best practice, especially if you are using a dedicated DAC and not using the internal DAC on the WiiM Streamer. I use the WiiM purely to provide an output for Tidal and other streaming services, while my RME DAC handles the actually digital to analog conversion. You should...
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    Best Elac speakers: budget to premium

    Why does every single review site and article online praise the low-end Elac speakers, but completely ignore their mid-range and more premium speakers as if they don't even exist??? Sure, the Elac UF5/UB5/Debut B.5 and so on are good speakers for the price, but they are not even remotely Elac's...
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    Rega Elex-R - Mild Distortion/Whine when using Pre-Amp Out

    Thanks for the information again. I think I am going to end up returning the sub and either going sub-less or going with one of the ported models to get the type of bass I want. Honestly for listening to 95% of the music which I like, the UF5s provide plenty of tight bass which is why I think...
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    Rega Elex-R - Mild Distortion/Whine when using Pre-Amp Out

    Thanks for the reply! So, I will mention that I did pick up the Rega Amp used on Audiodogon, but from what the seller indicated it's less than a year old and he was upgrading to the the Elecit-R. I live in the United States and there are very few Rega dealers here at all aside from a handful of...
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    Rega Elex-R - Mild Distortion/Whine when using Pre-Amp Out

    Hello fellow hobbyists, I've always been an audiophile at heart but not until recently was it that I upgraded to a "real" HiFi setup, coming from various mid-range priced consumer headphones and PC speakers, so I'm relatively new to some of the nuances of balancing this type of equipment but...