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| PADIS vs Furutech fuses Regarding the fuse breakin device shown at the link Nonoise provided, which I hadn’t previously seen, one of our other members recently asked me for advice as to the specific parameters that are involved in constructing such a device (which are no... | |
| Schiit Yggdrasil -- 21 bit? Shadorne’s technical points and the statements in the video he linked to all make sense to me, at least theoretically, as does the response by Mmeysarosh. FWIW, though, I took a close look at Figures 6 and 7 in JA’s measurements of the Yggdrasil, ... | |
| Bi-amping with DEQX active crossover Thank you, Lalit. Glad I was helpful.Soma70, I see in your system description thread that you already have the DEQX HDP-4 in your system, and that your present monoblock amplifiers are Xindak XA8800MNEs, described as "200w (8ohm) / (400w/ 4ohm), C... | |
| Can Levinson 512 be directly connected to a headphone ? Assuming the headphones have a standard 1/4 inch plug the adapter shown at the following link would be suitable, as it is designed for two-channel applications:https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/222622-REG/Hosa_Technology_YPR_257_Stereo_1_4_Fe... | |
| Can Levinson 512 be directly connected to a headphone ? I can’t say at this point what the problem may be, of course. But here are some thoughts:1)First, are you sure that the adapter is intended for two-channel applications, and therefore keeps the two channels separate from each other and from the gr... | |
| Can Levinson 512 be directly connected to a headphone ? The 512’s specified output impedance of 10 ohms seems low enough to provide results with most headphones that are at least fairly reasonable. You would have to use its variable output capability, of course, to control the volume, and to keep the v... | |
| Magico S5 vs KEF Blade 2 vs TAD Evo One vs YG Kipod II Sig w/pwr bass Dlcockrum 10-19-17 shadorne has ATC SCM-100A powered loudspeakers. ~$6K. They are really great speakers by all accounts, especially for rock at high SPLs. ATC claims that these are used by several top mastering engineers by name and they probab... | |
| Is it OK to use an 8 Ohm tubed amp to power 16 Ohm speakers? You’ve received many excellent comments above, from particularly knowledgeable members.I would ask, though, if you are certain about this statement which you made in the initial post: The Air Tight is factory-set at 8 Ohms and is switcheable to 16... | |
| PADIS vs Furutech fuses Geoffkait 10-17-2017 ...the measured results are consistent with listening results - the best sounding direction is the one with the lower resistance. In some past fuse-related threads I provided the following summary of the direction-related resi... | |
| Tekton Double Impacts Bill (Grannyring), I just want to say thanks for the characteristically nuanced, thorough, and well written comments you provided about the DI earlier today. And, more importantly, to express the hope that the unrelated issue you referred to resol... | |
| Schiit Yggdrasil -- 21 bit? Hi Shadorne,I'm not sure that what I said in my previous post came across clearly. It amounts to the same thing the OP said, which you've agreed provides 21 bits of resolution, but described and perhaps implemented in a different manner.What I de... | |
| Schiit Yggdrasil -- 21 bit? I don’t think you’re missing anything, defiantboomerang.Shadorne, if we denote the magnitude of the maximum possible output voltage as V, I’m envisioning that one DAC chip is controlling generation of output voltages between 0 and +V, with the oth... | |
| Schiit Yggdrasil -- 21 bit? How can the DAC be 21 bit if the chips are 20 bit? The two DAC chips on each channel are described as being used in a balanced configuration. So I would suspect that one chip handles one half of the eventual output voltage range and the other chip... | |
| Magico S5 Speaker - SET UP ADVICE PLEASE - Tow-In - Etc. Should I have mixed the yellow and red rather than combining red with red and yellow with yellow? Yes.Connecting red and yellow to different channels is necessary when only one sub is being used. But it defeats a lot of the benefit that using two ... | |
| Magico S5 Speaker - SET UP ADVICE PLEASE - Tow-In - Etc. If by "spliced them together" you mean that the red wire from one sub is electrically connected to the red wire from the other sub, and the yellow wire from one sub is electrically connected to the yellow wire from the other sub, that would be wro... |