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| Square waves or 1's and 0's? 04-03-13: KnghifiIt's 1's and 0's.Kng, while 1's and 0's are certainly being COMMUNICATED between the two components, the references to the signal, and to the possibility that it might be a square wave, would appear to indicate that what is being ... | |
| Using two sets of speakers at once? How come I don't hear of more people doing that? One reason is that the sounds from the two speakers are unlikely to arrive at the listener's ears with proper time alignment. That will result in comb filtering effects, which can generally be expec... | |
| Volume affected by uneven lengths of spker cable?? The five foot length difference you referred to, or any other length difference that is likely to occur in a home environment, will result in no perceivable difference in volume. Period.With respect to possible sonic effects other than on volume, ... | |
| Protection circuitry on mufi kw500--help? Thanks for letting us know, Deb.I just found a couple of threads, including this one and another one at a different forum, indicating that the outputs of the KW500 are bridged. Which means that its negative output terminals, as well as its positiv... | |
| Square waves or 1's and 0's? Hi Lynne,The most accurate answer is probably "neither."A square wave, in the context of electrical signals, is a voltage that alternates periodically between a higher voltage level and a lower voltage level, spending an equal amount of time in ea... | |
| Protection circuitry on mufi kw500--help? The one thought that occurs to me is to try disconnecting everything from the outputs of the amp, and to try plugging the amp directly into the wall outlet, without the power conditioner. Then see if the amp stays on normally.Although it would see... | |
| Who Will Stand the Test of Time? Assuming that some semblance of civilized society still exists in 300 years, it is inconceivable to me that the music of 20th century classical composers such as Prokofiev, Stravinsky, and many of the others who have been mentioned will not have w... | |
| Best short-lived band? The Blues Project.IMO. Regards,-- Al | |
| Which Coax Cable Do You Prefer Using? Emerson, a point to keep in mind is that the length of the cable, and the relationship between that length and various characteristics of the signal being provided by the particular source (characteristics that are almost never specified, such as ... | |
| Should the better AC cable be used on Amp? Source? Obviously the answer cannot be predicted with any certainty, but it seems to me that you can tip the odds of achieving optimal results at least slightly in your favor based on the following:1)If the power cords are not the same gauge, put the one ... | |
| Phono interconnect under $500 used 03-28-13: DougdmaUsing your [Atmasphere's] logic, since most cartridges sound different even when using balanced cables then the phono cartridge is not supporting the balanced standard.Dougdma, I fail to see the logic in YOUR statement. Ralph did ... | |
| Phono interconnect under $500 used Zd, if you haven't already seen it there is some good further discussion of Ralph's point about the balanced line standard in this thread.Caution: Long sentence below; not sure how to put it more simply :-)Ralph, in the case of a phono cable thoug... | |
| Are the XLR outputs of OPPO BDP-105 true balanced? A P.S. to my previous post, just to add to the confusion :-)In addition to the possible interpretations I described previously, the expression "true balanced output" can also be used to distinguish between the situation Elizabeth described, where ... | |
| Are the XLR outputs of OPPO BDP-105 true balanced? From the description of the BDP-105 at the Oppo website:The stereo output offers both XLR balanced and RCA single-ended connectors. The balanced output features a true differential signal path all the way from the DAC to the 3-pin XLR connector. B... | |
| What tube pre amp match up with a solid state amp Wolf, don't take any guff from any of those components. Tell them they better toe the line, or else!Best regards,-- Al |