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| Devore Nines and Daedalus Athena comparison? A point to keep in mind is that the Athena is about 5 db more efficient than the 9's, according to specs I've seen. Everything else being equal (including peak listening volumes), that means you will need about three times as many amplifier watts ... | |
| Digital coaxial audio cable suggestions. One meter is a length that will often not be optimal. See this paper. While the paper recommends 1.5 meters, IMO a very short length (e.g., 6 inches or so, or perhaps as much as 12 inches) may also be a good choice, if that is physically practicab... | |
| I give up . . . HD to HD2 Radio Hi Puerto,Would that be this one, or this one? The first one (more expensive) only has 1 feedback comment at NewEgg, which is positive. But the second one (less expensive) has seven comments, many of which describe serious problems.Given also that... | |
| I give up . . . HD to HD2 Radio While of course any hard drive can fail at any time, the frequent failures you appear to be describing should not be happening.Have you been able to determine if the failures are due to the actual drive assembly that is installed within the extern... | |
| why do we argue? Good post; good question.I would make several points in response.First, debates about seemingly implausible tweaks are generally not attempts to save the tweaker from him or herself, and sometimes (although perhaps all too infrequently) do not eve... | |
| Recommendations of Cables to a Sub. Thanks, Vmhf!In saying that most adapters ground pin 3 I was referring to adapters like these, as opposed to adapter cables. If you contact Signal Cable, I would think that they could easily arrange for the cables to be supplied with XLR pin 3 unc... | |
| Fuses that matter. Tom, I'm not sure that I understand your last two posts, but I believe that the implication of what you are saying is that any effects of the AC line fuse on the current flowing through it will be directly and identically reflected in the current ... | |
| Is this dangerous ? 06-10-12: BifwynneListen to Al!!!!And to Johnny also, of course.Thanks very much, Bruce (Bifwynne).Best regards,-- Al | |
| Recommendations of Cables to a Sub. Yes, summing the two XLR outputs together with an XLR y-adapter could cause problems, depending on the design of the amp. Using XLR to RCA adapters might also cause problems, though, especially if the adapters short XLR pin 3 (the inverted signal ... | |
| Amp & Speaker matching The only loss is about 20% of the power rating or 1 dBHi Pehare,That may be true for some of Roger's amps, but it is by no means true as a general rule. As I indicated earlier, the amount of power loss is dependent on the output impedance of the a... | |
| Is this dangerous ? Unplugging the receiver is probably the best and safest way.No it is not. As discussed in the link I provided earlier, when running one amp with the other unplugged you would be applying the full output voltage of the amp that is being used to the... | |
| Amp & Speaker matching Looking at the manual, it appears that there is only one output tap, which is stated to be optimized for 5 ohms, consistent with the comment by Rrog.My GUESS is that using a 16 ohm speaker on an output tap that is optimized to work into a 5 ohm lo... | |
| Recommendations of Cables to a Sub. I believe you are referring to a line-level connection to the sub, as the sub does not appear to have speaker-level inputs.Assuming that your main speakers are passive (i.e., they don't include a built-in power amplifier), the technical characteri... | |
| Is this dangerous ? Is this dangerous ? Yes, it absolutely is dangerous, mainly to the amplifiers. The outputs of two power amplifiers (or the power amplifier section of a receiver or integrated amplifier) should never be connected together. See this thread for furth... | |
| highly sensitive loudspeakers for single ended poe The Athena and DA-RMa models from Daedalus Audio I believe are within your price range (email them for current pricing), and meet your sensitivity criterion. All Daedalus models are highly regarded for their natural sonic character, their versatil... |