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| Left channel fading in and out Marek, after checking the turntable as Zd suggested, what you should do is to interchange the left and right channel connections at various points in the signal path, perhaps starting somewhere in the middle (e.g., at the outputs of the preamp). I... | |
| Why does the copy sound better than the original Thanks, Jim. Will do, probably tomorrow.Best regards,-- Al | |
| Need help with Apple Airport Express Hi Matt,What software are you using to play back or serve the file? Look in its Options or Preferences menu to see if there is a buffer size setting that can be adjusted. If so, increase it. The size may be expressed in terms of an amount of time,... | |
| Why does the copy sound better than the original From my limited experimentation with CD copies, the original CD sounds better than the copy. Jim, try CD-R's made by Taiyo Yuden (now part of JVC). Also, if you haven't, burn them at a much slower rate than the burn speed they are rated for.The pa... | |
| Looking for suggestions on good BNC cables Digital cable performance is dependent, among many other things, on the relationships between the length of the cable, the risetime and falltime of the signal being provided by the component that drives the cable, and the propagation velocity of t... | |
| XLR & RCA caps IMO shorting plugs are likely to be a superior alternative to caps for RCA inputs, if in fact either one accomplishes anything at all. (Shorting plugs should not be used on outputs, of course).Whatever a cap may accomplish, if anything, a shorting... | |
| Big Step Up from Totem Hawks? 10k Speakers? The Daedalus Athena should certainly be considered, IMO. See this thread for a good discussion of the Athena vs. some competitive models.Daedalus speakers achieve a very natural harmonic balance, that is easy to listen to but at the same time is "... | |
| Big, big room -- which 10-20k speakers? Rr999, I'd just like to suggest that you indicate to the assembled multitude what kinds of music you listen to. The need for high speaker efficiency, given the moderate power rating of your amplifier, will be especially important if your listening... | |
| Are all external hard drives the same? John, good point about a RAID array of multiple drives not being something that should be counted on as an exclusive means of backup. Some additional reasons:1)If the RAID controller circuitry fails at some point in the future, and if the same or ... | |
| Hi,can i use selfpowered speaker with usb dac? I took a look at the documentation on those models. I suspect it will work ok if you connect the Line In "B" jacks on the main speaker to the headphone jack on the DAC/Amplifier. It appears that the audio connecting cable supplied with the speaker... | |
| Are all external hard drives the same? Greg, unfortunately I believe that it is not possible to transfer most commercially made Blu-Ray discs and DVD's to a computer hard drive, because of copy protection provisions they utilize. Also, even if it were possible in some cases I believe t... | |
| Best reasonably priced classic hi-end tuner If you can do without the more substantial construction and appearance of the McIntosh's, the H. H. Scott tube tuners shown at the link Viridian provided should certainly be considered.I've owned a few of them, though not the highest end models (t... | |
| VAC Owners:Outboard Phono Stage? Alón, re your three questions:1)As you may realize, regardless of whether other interconnections in the signal path are balanced or unbalanced, and regardless of whether the two components in question are internally balanced or not, having a balan... | |
| Are all external hard drives the same? Oldears, "asynchronous USB" refers to an interface between a computer and the USB input of a DAC. When the Oppo player is used to play files that are on an external hard drive that is connected directly to it via USB, the Oppo can be thought of as... | |
| Wiring confusion with JL sub and components Johnny, as I indicated in my initial post in this thread I'd be skeptical that a cheap transformer oriented towards car audio, and perhaps even Carver's Z1 Coupler, would do justice to the OP's system, and to a JL sub in particular. As I'm sure yo... |