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| Digital cable length- SPDIF vs AES/EBU- 1.5 meter for either? I would not be surprised if cable designers do in fact lack knowledge. There’s one well known cable company that sells a digital 110 ohm cable, terminated in RCAs, which is way off base because SPDIF protocol calls for a 75 ohm cable while a 11... | |
| Pass XA30.8 vs Luxman m600-a vs Hegel H20 Thanks very much for the nice words, Bob. Glad my post stimulated a thought that proved to be helpful.Best regards,-- Al | |
| $15,000 Speaker Does Not List Freq Response Specs Fmalitz, thanks very much for providing the info in your post above. I have a couple of questions concerning the following statement:Finally, and I’ve left the most intriguing aspect for last, it cannot be compared to any other speaker in terms of... | |
| How important is customer service in your decision to pick an audio product (company)? Al, I've found than when something gets 50/50 rave/bad reviews its usually very good but finicky in terms of placement, upstream components etc.Yes, that rings very true, Schubert, and that has often been my perception as well. But while for me ... | |
| How important is customer service in your decision to pick an audio product (company)? I research this product and if I find positive reviews AND it does not have too many problems AND looks to offer good customer service I can move forward to buy it. +1. If my research reveals a poor or dubious reputation for customer service, o... | |
| Would you be more likely to buy new gear out of state if there was no sales tax I could not find anything saying it is our responsibility to total up our purchases and somehow pay at tax time. Bill, Google "sales and use tax" (with the quotes) plus the name of your state. That will lead you to an informational pdf on the subj... | |
| Would you be more likely to buy new gear out of state if there was no sales tax Bill (Grannyring), you have not misunderstood what has been said. If your state charges sales tax for in-state purchases, its residents are almost certainly also liable for use tax on out-of-state purchases of items and services that would be subj... | |
| Would you be more likely to buy new gear out of state if there was no sales tax There's no violation of any laws.Yes there is. For example, according to this reference provided by the State of Pennsylvania's Department of Revenue, "all states that impose sales tax also impose use tax," use tax being applicable to purchases o... | |
| Pass XA30.8 vs Luxman m600-a vs Hegel H20 Good! So it may very well be ok to connect the speaker to a balanced amplifier. It hadn't occurred to me that it might use a two-prong AC receptacle. But a rear panel photo I just found via Google shows what appears to be an IEC type C18 inlet,... | |
| Pass XA30.8 vs Luxman m600-a vs Hegel H20 A potentially VERY IMPORTANT POINT that needs to be looked into before choosing the Pass or Hegel amps: Both of these amps have balanced outputs, meaning that their negative as well as positive output terminals have full amplitude signals on them.... | |
| Toslink/optical cable recommendations Kijanki, agreed on all counts, aside from the last sentence :-)I would add, with respect to the mention of "a little of black magic in this hobby and placebo effect," that there are probably also many cases in which effects are correctly perceived... | |
| Toslink/optical cable recommendations Ghost, yes it would seem that a 2” radius would make this cable be quite accommodating for most setups. Yes, I agree. It’s always good when a specific quantitative perspective can be obtained on things that are matters of degree. My perception has... | |
| Abacus Passive LDR Corrected link shown below. The http:// which appears by default in the box where links are entered had gotten appended to the end of the actual link, and should have been deleted before entering a link already having https://https://www.audiogon... | |
| Standard output voltage for RCA line-outs DAC/CD/Streamers, etc? Czarivey, yes it is certainly not always 2 volts, even in the case of a player or DAC which exactly conforms to the 2 volt standard.As I indicated, the 2 volts (or about 3.1 volts in the case of the OP’s DAC) refers to the "full scale" (maximum) o... | |
| Standard output voltage for RCA line-outs DAC/CD/Streamers, etc? Also, all kinds of adaptors seem to be deteriorating the signal due to additional connections... On top of that the amps I am planning to use are all unbalanced, so I don't have an option of converting unbalanced into balanced signal. If by an... |