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| Jeff Rowland The output of the DirectStream DAC is transformer coupled, and in that sense can loosely be considered to be passive, but unlike resistive-based passive preamps it has an output impedance that is low enough to be comparable to that of most active ... | |
| External Drive Help P.S. to my previous post: To be sure it's clear, when I said that "I agree with Michael's comments re Western Digital," I was agreeing with Michael/Sufentanil's statement that he "disagrees with the blanket statement that WD are unreliable."I've u... | |
| External Drive Help I agree with Michael's comments re Western Digital, and about the inevitability of drive failure. I would put it that backup strategies should be based on the assumption that any drive can fail at any time.Regarding online backups, though, a point... | |
| Jeff Rowland 03-09-15: Ricred1Speakers are as follows:the rear of the speakers are 4' 2" from the front wall8' apart, 4' 8" from sidewalls, I sit 10'away, my head is 6'away from the rear wallI have 2 GIK Soffit Bass traps in each front corner from floor to cei... | |
| Jeff Rowland Ricred, what can often be a very major contributor to lack of bass impact is the acoustic effect of the rear wall (the wall behind the listening position). I can't tell from your system description photos what that distance is, but under typical i... | |
| USB cable hype 03-09-15: AxleMy question wasn't about the cable's effects on SQ. It was about failure: At what distance does a vanilla USB cable start to fail? I'm sure the answer varies with drivers and date rate. For example, we know that PCM should travel far... | |
| Amp and preamp on same outlet? John & Jim, ROTFLOL!! Thanks!!Best regards,-- Al | |
| Balanced/Unbalanced question ZD, my speculation would be that the center pin of the RCA input connector on each channel of your Ayre amp is electrically connected to pin 2 of the XLR connector (the non-inverted signal pin on the XLR connector), and is processed through the sa... | |
| Jeff Rowland Hi Dan (Islandmandan),I found this impedance curve for the HPD 315he, which confirms (as might be expected for a Tannoy) that its impedance characteristics are very benign. (If the link just opens at flickr.com instead of opening at the specific p... | |
| Proac problem: tweeters or crossover? Regarding my suggestion of a test record or CD providing 1/3 octave warble tones, Stereophile's Test CD 3 appears to be suitable (specifically tracks 17, 18, and 19), and is available here. Further description is provided here.A possible limitatio... | |
| Jeff Rowland I'm not familiar with the specific amp, but in general I would not expect a bridged amp to provide good results when driving your particular speakers. As can be seen in the impedance curve shown here, the impedance of your speakers is in the vicin... | |
| Proac problem: tweeters or crossover? Twoleftears, as you may be aware tube amplifiers having output transformers should not be operated without a speaker or equivalent load being connected, especially when signals are being put through them. Assuming you are still using the Cary SET ... | |
| What companies, out of Business, did you LOVE??? P.S. to my previous post: To clarify, the 1951 prices I mentioned were per monoblock.Best regards,-- Al | |
| What companies, out of Business, did you LOVE??? Yes, that's right Larry. As far as I am aware Brook was the only manufacturer (or at least the only USA manufacturer) of directly heated triode audio amplifiers intended for use in the home (the Western Electric/Northern Electric products being th... | |
| Amp and preamp on same outlet? If Al is still following this thread he can do a better job of translating the info from page 22 of the owner manual than me.Hi Jim,I can't do that with any certainty, because as I see it the specs provided in the manual are both ambiguous and inc... |