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| What Does Holographic Sound Like? Regarding Doug's finding that a longer XLR cable that was not designed for digital applications outperformed a shorter RCA digital cable, that is not at all implausible or surprising.For one thing, it can often be expected that a modestly longer c... | |
| Set amps ? In addition to the power consideration, I would be cautious in pairing a SET amp with a speaker whose impedance varies widely as a function of frequency. See Figure 1 of Stereophile's measurements of your ProAc Response 2.5.Basically, the high out... | |
| What Does Holographic Sound Like? I had the original version of Carver's Sonic Hologram, in his C-4000 preamp (ca. 1979), and later the revised version, in the C-9 Sonic Hologram Generator. The revised version had a slightly less critical sweet spot, and somewhat better sound qual... | |
| Speaker mash up ? Stan makes some excellent points, and for the reasons he states the results in this particular case (as well as many and probably most other cases using a similar approach) would be a sonic mess, IMO. I see in one of your other threads that your P... | |
| "How... Say... These People Dont Want to Hear 09-14-12: HifitimeHave fun Almarg! Maybe a shot or a *few* may help first!Doug was kind enough to describe experimental findings that he correctly anticipated would be of particular interest to me. There was no need to hoist a few (or even any), e... | |
| "How... Say... These People Dont Want to Hear "Let's Talk About Me" -- The Alan Parsons Project (1985).Can't play it, though, because I don't have it.Confession: I found the answer via Google, in about 20 seconds :-)Best regards,-- Al | |
| Parasound A51 - Different Temp Heatsinks? Stan, thanks. Your comments about the overall impedance of series and parallel connected speakers are essentially correct, although as you realize this is a 5-channel amp, with the speakers undoubtedly connected to separate channels. The reference... | |
| What is the best sounding DAC at $2000-$4000? 09-12-12: DevilboyHow do you increase the buffer size?It should be adjustable in the Preferences or Options sub-menu of the program you are using to play the files.Regards,-- Al | |
| What is the best sounding DAC at $2000-$4000? Devilboy, this link works for me, using both Firefox and Internet Explorer on Windows 7 and Windows XP computers, with Adobe Reader versions 9 and 10. The download seems kind of slow, though, so you might have to wait for a minute or so before you... | |
| Another cheater plug thread 09-11-12: NewbeeDon't the rca's connecting the CDP to the pre-amp effectively ground the CDP chassis?Not necessarily. A good design will often have circuit ground and chassis connected together through a low value resistor (to minimize ground loop... | |
| Turntable volume help 09-11-12: Geoffj85 I ended up ordering a jolida jd-9. Hopefully this should resolve my volume dilemma & get better tone in the process. Looks like a good choice, in terms of the specs and based on this review. It should certainly resolve the v... | |
| Turntable volume help A follow-up to my previous post. A reasonable way of introducing additional gain into the system might be to insert a one-tube line stage between the phono stage and the integrated amp. The ASL Line One being an example. I had one in my system tem... | |
| Turntable volume help Geoff, not sure if it's clear that the LOWER the input sensitivity number is, the more sensitive the amp is, and the higher the volume level that will result from a given input, at a given volume control setting. 600 mv presumably represents the i... | |
| Amp Shutting Down, need help Jim -- I don't see the 117V being indicated as a minimum. I would assume it is intended as a nominal value.Best regards,-- Al | |
| Fuses that matter. Hi Dover,I'd imagine that improved contact integrity resulting from merely changing the fuse is the explanation is some cases, but not in many others.I can't see how noise pickup could be an explanation, considering the short length that is involv... |