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| Is DEQX a game changer? Hi Andrew,I’m not sure I understand the first paragraph of your post just above. If you are using an external DAC via the HDP-5’s balanced analog inputs, aren’t you then still using the HDP-5’s built-in DAC as well, and also inserting the HDP-5’s ... | |
| CD ripping A .m4a file can contain either ALAC (lossless compression) or AAC (lossy compression) audio data, among other formats. Many or all versions of iTunes can create .m4a files from imported music in either of those formats. The OP should check the "im... | |
| Does the heat an amp puts out have any effect on the sound quality ? Does how hot an amp runs have any effect on sound quality ? A definitive answer can’t be provided without knowing if how hot the amp is running is normal or abnormal for the specific design. If it is running abnormally hot for some reason, in othe... | |
| Exotic vocal Kathleen Ferrier (1912-1953), most notably as far as I am concerned in her 1947 recording of Brahms' Alto Rhapsody.As someone said in a comment to the video: This has to be one of the most beautiful and moving pieces in all of Western music. Reg... | |
| Is DEQX a game changer? Ozzy, looking at the photos of your setup and room in your system description thread I suspect that you would want to do something along the lines of what I did for the speaker calibration measurements. Namely moving the speakers to the center of ... | |
| Need Suggestions for speakers up to $15K new/used I agree with Erik that connecting a REL or other sub to outputs of the Constellation preamp should work fine. And despite what REL may have told you connecting a sub or subs that accept speaker-level inputs to the amp should also be possible. Si... | |
| What's the deal with idler turntables and do they have a place in modern HiFi? ct0517, I didn’t notice the question you posted yesterday about the laptop until I looked for it just now. All I can suggest is that when it becomes practicable for you to do so you create a bootable cd or a bootable flash drive containing the fre... | |
| Beyond Ayre Pass and Rowland Ricred1 8-20-2016 10:19 am edtCharles,In addition, I really respect the way you respond to threads. An emphatic +1!Richard (Ricred1), I have no knowledge of the sonics of the Aavik U300, but personally I would be concerned that its lack of balance... | |
| speaker and interconnects, how nice do I need In looking at your system components I see a couple of technical factors that will work in the direction of reducing sensitivity to cable differences, compared to many other circumstances, but that have nothing to do with your system being on the ... | |
| Why do so few low power amplifiers using 300B have balanced inputs? No. That is the same as single-ended. Ralph, yes, it would amount to a single-ended connection. But he wants to use his existing 5 meter balanced cable to connect to the single-ended input of the amp he is considering. It seems to me, given th... | |
| A little help on choosing amps I have no particular knowledge of the sonics of the Burmester. It (or at least the MK2 version) is a fully balanced design, however, and driving it with balanced inputs is highly recommended. Assuming the MK1 has a balanced input impedance that ... | |
| A little help on choosing amps I suspect that the input impedance of the Burmester is much too low to be a good match for the LS17SE. As with many ARC line stages and preamps the LS17SE has a recommended minimum load of 20K. The input impedance of the MK2 version of the Burme... | |
| Why do so few low power amplifiers using 300B have balanced inputs? Audiobrian, your question gets into the fact that most XLR-to-RCA adapters connect the inverted signal on pin 3 to ground (pin 1). That can be appropriate for many preamps that have transformer coupled outputs (as yours does), but would not be sui... | |
| Why do so few low power amplifiers using 300B have balanced inputs? What would be the point? Depending on the design of the specific preamp that is being used, perhaps less sensitivity to cable effects, less susceptibility to ground loop issues, and in some cases perhaps better sound from the preamp’s balanced out... | |
| Balanced interconnects vs. Analog I suspect that the correct model designation of your W4S integrated amp would be STI-500, not SSi-500. If so, it is described as a fully balanced design, and the following statements appear in its manual:The line-stage within the integrated double... |