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| Most achingly-beautiful music Speaking of popular songs from the 1950s, another one that I feel deserves mention in this thread is Al Hibbler's 1955 recording of "Unchained Melody."The 1965 recording of that song by the Righteous Brothers, BTW, is probably the best known of th... | |
| Tube Watts vs. Solid State Watts - Any credence? Hi Mapman,In your last sentence you probably meant to say "drawing" rather than "delivering," the former (referring to AC **input** power) being consistent with class D's very high efficiency. While dynamic headroom, of course, has to do with the ... | |
| Tube Watts vs. Solid State Watts - Any credence? Yes, that all sounds right to me, Bruce. It's a very powerful, robust, and undoubtedly dynamic sounding amp. Despite, and in a sense because of, the fact that it has essentially no dynamic headroom in the technical sense.Best regards,-- Al | |
| Tube Watts vs. Solid State Watts - Any credence? Bruce (Bifwynne), from John Atkinson's measurements of your ARC Ref-150:All taps behaved similarly when it came to the maximum output power. Into a load twice the nominal tap value, the Ref150 clipped (defined as 1% THD) at 90W (19.6dBW, fig.4). I... | |
| Headphone Amps? The problem with using pre-outs is that you would probably not have a convenient means of disabling the sound from the speakers while listening to headphones.It looks like your AX-7e has tape outs, which presumably are "ahead" of the volume contro... | |
| Tube Watts vs. Solid State Watts - Any credence? Mapman, my point is that without further information one doesn't know whether to view a "good" dynamic headroom spec as the glass being half full or being half empty, so to speak.And my perception over the years and decades is that a "good" dynami... | |
| Tube Watts vs. Solid State Watts - Any credence? Large amounts of dynamic headroom can be viewed two ways: The amp can put out a considerably greater amount of power for relatively brief periods of time than it is rated to deliver continuously, or the amp can **not** sustain power outputs that a... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD 10-13-15: TbgI have no idea what the last post is on this thread as I am tired of always having to spend time going through all the pages. As an alternative to Mike's suggestion, near the bottom of whatever page opens, just above the "post your re... | |
| Most achingly-beautiful music I responded in this thread a few years ago, citing Chopin's Piano Sonata No. 3. On a very different note, and at the risk of taking some heat for being a sentimentalist, I'll mention "Tammy," by Debbie Reynolds, from 1957.Regards,-- Al | |
| RCA Interconnects - Max Length My guess is that in most cases that would work well. FWIW, I've had fine results with 12 foot runs under similar circumstances, although with just a single dedicated line for both the preamp and a stereo amp.Best regards,-- Al | |
| RCA Interconnects - Max Length I don't think an all-purpose specific answer can be defined. It depends on the output impedance of the component driving the cable (the lower the better), on the capacitance per unit length of the cable (the lower the better), on the susceptibilit... | |
| Upgrade to Windows 10 for USB 2 I can't answer your question, Pete, but what I can suggest is that before upgrading you create an "image" containing the entire contents of your "c" drive, with the image file stored on either a second internal drive or an external drive, so that ... | |
| How important is the amp? Early in my career as an electronic circuit designer I released to the mechanical designer a circuit design I had created for a printed circuit board. The mechanical designer asked me to specify which interconnections within the module were critic... | |
| DAC drops out when Furnace starts or stops. HELP Doug, I should clarify my earlier comments about digital cable length by adding that they only pertain to electrical (non-optical) S/PDIF and AES/EBU cables. My comments don't apply to USB cables, in part because the risetimes and falltimes of USB... | |
| Recent sound deterioration shrillness, ringing Thanks, Mofi. And your questions are good ones. BTW, I myself learned about this issue with certain ICEPower class D modules (which as I indicated may or may not pertain to the Peachtree 220) just a few months ago in this thread.A passive speaker ... |