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| Dielectrics and such...?? 04-04-12: JbuenechI have Kimber 3033 and tried to protect them from dust by wrapping them up in a thin plastic sheet, those used to keep food in the fridge. Result was a huge change in sound for the worst. I suppose the reason for that might have ... | |
| Dielectrics and such...?? So what else is there (other than resistance, inductance or dielectric) to consider?Nothing else that I can think of, beyond what we've already said. I don't think that dielectric absorption will be an issue. The electric field between adjacent pa... | |
| Dielectrics and such...?? Hi Kijanki,I suspect that you are basing those calculations on typical numbers for two conductors that are not twisted. See the link in my previous post, though, which shows a photo and the specs of the specific cable. And note that the inductance... | |
| Dielectrics and such...?? Hi Ben,I'm not sure if you are saying that the four cables would be laid out between two parallel strips of wide tape, so that most of what is between adjacent cables is air, or if the tape would be very thickly wound around each cable, so that mo... | |
| "Making Mono" for checking Azimuth 04-02-12: BifwynneAl, what do you think about my use of the small bubble level thingy that comes with my protractor kit? Seems to me that if the air bubble is dead center while the sylus is sitting on the record, azimuth is perfect. Am I missing s... | |
| Annoying Hum SOLVED Swanny, thanks very much for the compliment. It wasn't me, though, as I haven't been a member for nearly that long. It might have been Jea48 (Jim), who has recommended the Jensen version of that device a number of times in comparable situations. H... | |
| Do you believe in Magic? Hi Bryon,Given your disciplined approach to things, a lot of the following has probably already occurred to you. But fwiw here is a list of conceivable extraneous variables that comes to mind, which I think need to be eliminated before the differe... | |
| "Making Mono" for checking Azimuth If you want to supplement Doug's typically excellent suggestion with the test record method, it would most likely be ok to use either of the y-adapter approaches you asked about. The one circumstance in which I would be hesitant to do so is if the... | |
| Quad ESL57s and Anti-Cables? I'm wondering if someone could chime in and quantify the appropriate specs for cables suitable for the Quads.I'm doubtful that it's possible to do that, in part because the answer would probably be amplifier-dependent. For a given signal level, a ... | |
| Quad ESL57s and Anti-Cables? Anti-Cables have considerably higher inductance than the Nordost's, with the difference being greatest if you don't twist the + and - conductors of the Anti-Cables together. In conjunction with the impedance characteristics of the Quad, which as i... | |
| CD Player? PC Music? Naaa Flash Memory Music. 04-01-12: FmnpI don't dispute that the s/pdif could introduce some jitter. But it will much, much less then that introduced by the optical device, mechanical parts and vibrations, Power supply, correction errors, angular velocity corrections, etc,... | |
| CD Player? PC Music? Naaa Flash Memory Music. 04-01-12: FmnpI believe that this article shows that I'm right.Hi Fernando,No, what he is saying is that if a S/PDIF interface is in the path between the source of the signal and the DAC, the presence of the S/PDIF interface will significantly add... | |
| CD Player? PC Music? Naaa Flash Memory Music. 04-01-12: FmnpI don´t know what are the technical reason's that you mentioned but I'll be glad to read them.From this white paper by the noted audio designer Charles Hansen of Ayre:... the standard S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface Format) di... | |
| CD Player? PC Music? Naaa Flash Memory Music. Fernando, my statement that a S/PDIF interface, whether coax or Toslink, is inherently prone to levels of jitter that may often be audibly significant is a statement of fact. I could provide a lengthy technical explanation of the reasons for that,... | |
| CD Player? PC Music? Naaa Flash Memory Music. Although their prices have come down substantially, Tom, SSD's are still quite expensive. They are generally still upwards of a dollar per gigabyte, and somewhat more expensive on that basis than the separate flash memory cards or USB flash drives... |