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| High Current vs high power I, of course, agree with all of Ralph's (Atmasphere's) well stated points. I would just add that the miniscule amount of time for which a "high current" amp can provide large amounts of current into a dead short (10 milliseconds, or 1/100th of a s... | |
| External HD VS Flash Drive Sound Quality Question I'd appreciate an explanation I can understand as to why Power cords & digital cables make a dramatic difference with transports, but not with an hd.I attempted to explain that, with respect to digital cables, in my post in this thread dated 8... | |
| Anyone try Mogami Neglex for balanced interconnect You are most likely referring to Mogami Gold Studio balanced cables, which are based on their no. 2534 Neglex quad microphone cable. It is very widely used in pro audio and studio applications, and more than a few A'goners have reported using it i... | |
| McIntosh MC240 Question I took a look at the schematic, and as JJ and TLS indicated the design intentionally provides different sensitivities on the two sets of inputs, to provide flexibility for differing applications.Zd, looking at the schematic I see that in this part... | |
| Possible Desktop Speakers? Jim, a point that needs to be clarified further is where you will be listening FROM.Will you be doing any serious or semi-serious listening from positions other than at the desk? In other words, does sound quality at positions elsewhere in the roo... | |
| Specific question for BADA USB converter users. 08-24-13: AudioengrAl - at 192 sample-rate, the frequency is only 50MHz.Steve, note that I said that "the risetimes and falltimes of USB 2.0 signals would seem to have to be able to SUPPORT a clock period of around 4 ns (approximately 1/240 MHz)."... | |
| has anyone else tried Lloyd Walkers latest tweak Benjie, I've never known a little humor, such as Bruce often brings to these forums, to be either stupid or harmful.Regards,-- Al | |
| The Gear to drive Mini Maggies Lowrider makes a good point, essentially that the amplifier has to be in its comfort zone when providing enough current to drive 4 ohms. My impression, though, is that among 4 ohm speakers the Maggies represent relatively benign loads, as the "pha... | |
| has anyone else tried Lloyd Walkers latest tweak Bruce, check out the Nagra amplifiers linked to near the bottom of this page. :-)Lew, Benjie, et al, my initial post in this thread, dated 8-17-13, quoted in its entirety the explanation provided at Mr. Walker's website. Which was that it works by... | |
| Specific question for BADA USB converter users. 08-24-13: AudioengrAl - risetimes may be a bit faster with some USB interfaces, but the length minimum still applies.Thanks, Steve. Based on your experience I don't doubt that 1.5 meters is a good length for a USB computer-to-DAC cable. The ration... | |
| The Gear to drive Mini Maggies 08-24-13: SchubertYou can run them with 100 watt SS or 50 watt tube, but they will not do all they can do with less than 500 watts a side at 4 omhs,stable to 2 ohms. Proved many a time, to many people. An EE Professor cum audiophile at U of Wiscon... | |
| The Gear to drive Mini Maggies Jim, welcome to Audiogon :-)Aside from the issues the others have (correctly) raised, I'm not certain that the Mini Maggies would give you what you are looking for. You mention your PC desk, which is the kind of application they appear to be inten... | |
| Need more outlets Alexs, as an owner of Daedalus speakers I don't doubt that the Power Broker is well designed and beautifully crafted. However its $2499 price ($3899 with the higher cost power cord option) is many times what the OP wants to spend. See his post dat... | |
| Need more outlets Kng, you probably didn't see a post earlier in the thread where the OP indicated he was reluctant to invest the cost of a Furutech e-TP60, which is less than $400. The PRS-6 appears to cost around $3200 if bought new.Regards,-- Al | |
| Rel Strata 2, Is it 4 or 8 ohms? What you are referring to is the impedance of the driver within the sub. But your amplifier does not see that impedance. It sees the input impedance of the sub's "high level input," which is a circuit that in turn feeds into the amplifier that is ... |