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| Most "Musical" sounding speaker cable under $1000 Nasaman, nothing that I or Newbee have said is inconsistent with the experiences you reported in your post.Regards,-- Al | |
| Most "Musical" sounding speaker cable under $1000 Sunnyjim, the impedance curve of your speakers, as shown near the end of this review, is much more benign than most, being fairly flat, at about 5 ohms through much of the spectrum, and with phase angles that are not highly capacitive at any frequ... | |
| Lossless Files Vs CD's My understanding is that if a CD is in good physical condition, the main reason why it might sound inferior to playback of a bit-perfect computer file is NOT errors that the player can't correct on the fly in a bit-perfect manner, which would ther... | |
| Most "Musical" sounding speaker cable under $1000 Outstanding answer by Newbee, IMO. It is entirely possible that cable A would sound more musical (however that may be defined) than cable B in one system, while in another system cable B would sound more musical than cable A.Regards,-- Al | |
| OK to Use Both Balanced and RCA Inputs? Looking at a photo of the rear panel of the VS115, on page 2 of this document, a jumper is indicated as being required on the XLR connectors (presumably between the inverted input signal on XLR pin 3 and ground on pin 1) when the RCA inputs are us... | |
| matching amps input voltage to source output volta So how much power is the amp actually capable of. Is it for example only 25 watts max ?( a quarter) or does it not work that way. It doesn't work that way. The amp's output voltage (not power) is proportional to its input voltage. Per Ohm's Law an... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? 07-08-12: LewmAl, Why do we care about RF? This is an MM phono cartridge that is probably not doing anything at those frequencies. If RF is picked up spuriously, then all bets are off, I guess. But it's not like bypassing an IC or similar, where w... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Hi Lew,Re your last two posts, I think that it's all pretty much anyone's guess. But FWIW my instinct would be to avoid high value resistors, in part because of the higher thermal noise they generate (which at RF frequencies might not be entirely ... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Gentlemen, keep in mind that a high value resistor, if it is not paralleled with a relatively low value, may in itself generate noise that is significant relative to the output of a MM cartridge. See this Thermal Noise Calculator.For example, 200,... | |
| Some old cables rescued me from computer audio. I agree with Ivan that it would most likely be best to keep the biwired speaker cables separated from each other. They are conducting different currents and different frequencies. Twisting them together can only increase interaction between those ... | |
| HDMI TV input issue Just a guess, but if the HDMI input signals were being provided by cable boxes, perhaps the grounding block that the cable provider should have installed on the outside of the house was improperly installed, or is defective, or is grounded at a po... | |
| TA-2022 input impedance ? BTW, it looks like the figure on page 16 is drawn incorrectly. In the lower part of the figure, the resistor Ri that is shown as being connected to OAOUT2 should be connected to INV2 instead. The figure on page 7 shows that correctly.Regards,-- Al | |
| TA-2022 input impedance ? Right here, Zman :-)The reason the input impedance is not evident from the datasheet is that it depends on the configuration of the surrounding circuit. Assuming that the input stage is used in the inverting configuration shown in the figures on p... | |
| why do we argue? 07-05-12: BryoncunninghamBut when you look at science as a whole over a long period of time, it becomes clear that, however entrenched some scientists may be, their ideas will ALWAYS be revised, elaborated, or altogether displaced by future scienc... | |
| Bryston BDP-1 compatibility Hi DHL,You should probably check with Bryston to be sure, but I suspect that the answer is no. DVDs containing music files or other data have a very different format, data structure, and file system than hard drives and flash memory, which are wha... |