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| Are my CAT5 and router my weak link? Well said, Bryon.Best,-- Al | |
| Are my CAT5 and router my weak link? 08-14-12: JeffatusWell, I wonder if I make the computer connection to router wireless, then connect the computer direct to the DAC (bypassing the switch altogether).... Does anyone see anything I missed?That's a good question, given that it sounds... | |
| Are my CAT5 and router my weak link? Hi Bryon,Note, however, the statement in Jeff's most recent post that:I need the wireless router on because my iPad controls the computer wirelessly. The computer, via PS Audio's eLyric, then sends the data to the Perfectwave DAC.So if I understan... | |
| Amp preamp impedance matching...can anyone explain? Hi Ralph,Yes, I seem to recall that being true of some of their later preamps and/or phono stages. For the Ref 3, though, the specs shown here, and also in the Stereophile review I linked to earlier, indicate 20K. Although the wording leaves it un... | |
| Are my CAT5 and router my weak link? Jeff, you've got it right, except that it would probably be a good idea to upgrade the router-to-switch cable, in addition to the others. Although that cable will no longer be in the signal path between the computer and DAC, it could still conceiv... | |
| Amp preamp impedance matching...can anyone explain? Lpw, as I indicated earlier what is important is the preamp's output impedance at the (audible) frequency for which that output impedance is highest. That figure will often occur at 20 Hz, especially in the case of a tube preamp (due to the coupli... | |
| Which song you would love to wake up to? Beethoven Symphony No. 6 (Pastorale), 5th movement(Starts at 31:25 of the video)Regards,-- Al | |
| Laying it on the line Courant, I can't stop laughing :-)Your post gets my nomination for best of the week!Regards,-- Al | |
| Are my CAT5 and router my weak link? I just keep thinking about all of the money I have spent for high end gear and their fancy connectors, etc. and want to know if a $120 router will be my weak link. I doubt it. The physical separation between the router and the system would seem t... | |
| Blackness - how quiet does it need to be? Vance (Vhiner), thanks for your comment. This has indeed been an excellent discussion.08-09-12: Nick_srIs the noise floor system dependent? or is it directly the sum of the noise floor of the individual components?Nick, yes, there is a good deal o... | |
| Spectron vs Parasound vs Cary vs ? 08-10-12: AudiozenI dare you to name any other class A/B amp on the market that does not have oveload clipping shut down circuits in the same price range as the Sanders Magtech. As I said previously, I don't doubt that the Magtech is an excellent ... | |
| Blackness - how quiet does it need to be? Al, did I miss something?No, I think you covered it well. The only thing I would add is to re-emphasize the point I had made that some of the spurious difference frequencies that may be created, especially as a result of intermodulation of recorde... | |
| Blackness - how quiet does it need to be? The OP's question, regarding how noise that is not audible beyond a very short distance from the speaker when no music is playing might have audible significance, is an excellent one, that I've pondered myself at times.I think that Kijanki's answe... | |
| Spectron vs Parasound vs Cary vs ? What generates heat is not voltage or voltage fluctuation. It is power consumption, also referred to as power dissipation. In the case of an amplifier, the amount of power dissipated at any given instant is equal to the AC power going into the amp... | |
| Do you believe in Magic? Geoff, thanks for the clarification. Wouldn't that better be referred to, though, as "reaction" of the subconscious mind to the matter around it, rather than as "interaction"? "Interaction" would seem to imply that in addition to the mind subconsc... |