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| Are audiophiles still out of their minds? Geoff, the relevant part of his post was: The problem is, there is too much misinformation/aka: b**s*** posted on this forum about TL and cables with fantastic magnets inside by posters who every man and his dog on here knows are NOT [emphasis add... | |
| Will an Isolation Transformer Help My Digital? The ARC CD3, at least in its first version, had a specified power consumption of 40W max. I would think it very unlikely that the power consumption of the Mkii version is much higher than that. The wall wart for the QuteHD DAC is described at the ... | |
| Will an Isolation Transformer Help My Digital? Lak makes a good point about acoustic noise being a potential concern with the Topaz isolation transformer or other comparable devices. I couldn’t find meaningful data on the Topaz model 91095-22 linked to above, but I found this datasheet coverin... | |
| Should I replace my driver? My question: is there any reason NOT to do this from a sound standpoint? I would just confirm with the factory or the repair facility that the replacement would be the exact same make and model as the original driver. Assuming that is the ... | |
| Are audiophiles still out of their minds? It appears to me that in the initial reference to "genuine audiophile" the poster was simply using the word "genuine" to mean something along the lines of "sincere." In other words, in contrast to an audiophile who is attempting to disguise an int... | |
| Jeff Rowlands Amp and Dac vs. VAC amp and DAC Well, Jon seems to have posed a mystery for us to have some fun with. I certainly don't have any background in cryptography, but I note that the number of characters in "SWCRABVHWI" is the same as the number of characters in "JRDG 625S2" (includi... | |
| The best separates between $2500-3000. Moving on from the original Rogue Sphinx Intg.. Sunnyjim 6-21-2016 4:57 pm EDT I have seen a used ARC 150.2 amp on ebay which is 150RMS. It looks clean but was, according to the seller was issued in 1993 which means it is 23 years old. It got mixed reviews, some loved it; some claim it is gar... | |
| Possibly dumb question: can I use two cable runs for each channel, not bi-wired? Simply doubling wires to the same terminals does not double the impedance. It halves it. However, since he mentioned he was using shorter wires, for example say to half the original length, the impedance would be the same as before.Dan, I’m not su... | |
| can you alter the gain of an amplifier? Interesting suggestion by Erik. A number of people have reported here and elsewhere that they have found Jensen transformers of various models to have essentially no sonic downside, while a few have reported a slight loss of transparency.A minor... | |
| can you alter the gain of an amplifier? Perhaps in some cases, but I wouldn’t recommend it without first giving the designer/manufacturer some idea of how much you want to increase the gain, and getting his or her blessing. For example, if the solid state amp uses a considerable amount ... | |
| Will an Isolation Transformer Help My Digital? Hi Lowrider,I read through the prior thread that I think you are referring to, to refresh my memory. Given that the noise was considerably less when you used the CDP’s stock power cord instead of the upgraded power cords you tried (the upgraded co... | |
| Using 4 mono blocks For splitting RCA outputs I’ve used this Audioquest "hard y-adapter" with good results. However since the XP-20 provides two pairs of RCA outputs but only one pair of XLR outputs I presume you are referring to XLR y-adapters. While there could ver... | |
| Are audiophiles still out of their minds? Wattsperchannel 6-19-2016 11:48 pm EDT Al, I understand your points. I guess I was presuming if a person was going to take the step of using a wire with superior properties (capacitance, inductance et. al.) they would take the steps to engineer th... | |
| Considering buying a CD transport Cooper52 6-15-2016 3:05 pm EDT My current disc spinner is a Cambridge Audio 751BD which I’m now mostly (except for SACDs) using as a transport, as I vastly prefer the sound of my Bryston BDA1 DAC to what comes through the CA. Even through the Brys... | |
| Are audiophiles still out of their minds? Wattsperchannel 6-19-2016 5:34 pm EDT I can’t think of a scenario where a combination of the variables you list would make well designed AC wires perform worse than romex (save for an extreme example of a reduced voltage drop leaving voltage above... |