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The last time we went through this tariff mess, tariffs did not apply to existing inventory (already imported). It might be that by NAD raising the MSRP and dealers responding by increasing price to existing inventory (in the US that is) there is an increase in profit.

Thing to consider for construction practice: When soundproofing a basement it might create a moisture situation (especially wrt outside walls). One neighbor after creating a real quiet basement home theater (it was tightly sealed) ended up turning what appeared to be a relatively dry basement...

I have no direct experience with starlink (so I looked at the online docs), but I have installed a lot of multiple building networks. If you have a starlink ethernet adapter connected to a starlink router in one building you should be able to extend the ethernet to another building. But be...

I live near an airport. What is common practice in my area is insulation, sound isolation clips, staggered studs in walls, and the use of multiple layers of drywall or QuietRock Drywall You need to have a contractor that understands noise isolation construction practices as the best material...

If you were on the fence about a lifetime Plex Pass, you may want to buy it before April 29, 2025. For more details see the Plex notice at: Plex Pricing changes Highlights on price changes (there are also other changes described at the link above): New USD prices as of April 29, 2025 will be...

At WiiM Expands High-Fidelity Sound with Vibelink Amp, Now Officially Released Tidbits: "... including four TI OPA1612 op-amps and a TI TPA3255 amplifier chip,..." "The Vibelink Amp will be available for US$299, with global availability"

The house was built during the "great depression" after the stock market crash, so my guess is that a lot of building materials must have been hard to get. The wire mesh in the walls is much finer that typical "chicken wire" used in this application. I have an AP in the courtyard (to cover it)...

Thanks, the courtyard is great (this is San Diego, so it is good to use for most of the year). Yup those are sonos AMPs at the bottom. They connect to in-wall speakers for background music (parties etc). Having them hardwired (the wifi is turned off) makes multi-room playback work perfectly all...

Ooops I guess my home network was a bit of a hobby that got out of hand a bit. Let's see if I can justify my madness.... My house is a u shaped single story house that was built in the early 1930's. All the thick stucco/plaster walls are supported by wire mesh (so it is a set of Faraday...

Saw this in a product announcement for Spring 2025 release: Teac AP-507 Teac AP-507 Manuals

I use three of the illustrate (dbpoweramp) products (1) dbpoweramp (music converter, cd ripper and batch converter) Music converter and cd ripper does what you think Batch converter makes processing of multiple files and has a lot of useful functions I recently decided to add a plex...

I just saw this on the NAD site "... announce the debut of its groundbreaking Modular Series at Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) 2025,.." " ... Attendees can visit NAD Electronics at stand 2H700 to experience this innovative lineup designed to redefine custom installation audio." "The Modular...

I ran into this looking for FiiO S15 information. It is kind of an overview "review". Link: a FiiO S15 overview Keith

I had a similar situation. When I tried Mack's Original Soft Foam Earplugs (33 dB NRR version) the noise went away. These soft foam plugs had a different fitment and did not move out of the ear as much overnight.

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I just spotted this NAD M66 launch training video on youtube.... NAD M66 Launch Training

Be careful in using low quality (low numbers in drive writes per day or total bytes written type specs) SSD as a cache. The ratio of writes to read in a SSD as a cache application are often much higher than what the workload exhibits. if your workload is accessing a larger % of your total...

I have been running two all SATA ssd arrays (Synology) at home for at least 10 years. Both arrays are running 4 SATA SSD drives in a RAID 5. The reason I went all SSD at first was to get rid of the drive spindle whine of HDD's (it was driving me crazy). I have been using samsung pro SATA SSD...

You might find some help in your bios settings. Some of the more recent intel CPU/bios combinations appear to have settings that attempt to mitigate CPU Voltage Regulator noise. For example one of my fanless devices has the following in the bios menu: Advanced → Power & performance → CPU -...