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| How to best connect active sub to int amp? If the sub only has one input, you will need a Y cable at the other end as well, to sum the L & R channels.No, in this case Michael's almost invariably sage and astute advice is incorrect. Doing that would result in the L & R signals to th... | |
| Balanced XLR to RCA Adapters: Good or Bad? TD, I don't know about the Cardas adapters, but the RCA-female to XLR-male adapters that I have seen connect the ground sleeve of the RCA connector to XLR pin 3, and to XLR pin 1, and to the XLR shell. If the adapter you were using was similar, it... | |
| Itunes ? I was originally unable to find the disc in finder. I did all the things you mentioned. When i checked the box on usb in finder, i was then able to see the hard drive. { i labeled it "music", btw}.When i ran disc utility, it said it couldn't be re... | |
| Trying to ID this peice of classical Brownsfan gets the prize!! Sure sounded like Schubert, though.Regards,-- Al | |
| Balanced XLR to RCA Adapters: Good or Bad? I for one wonder why the SE standard is not BNC instead of RCA. BNC would seem to have the potential to sound better.Yes, RCA's leave a lot to be desired, including the fact that during insertion the signal pin makes contact before the ground slee... | |
| Balanced XLR to RCA Adapters: Good or Bad? The manual for the Aesthetix IO indicates on page 8 that its front-end stage is single-ended, with the second stage converting to balanced, and the rest of the signal path, apparently including a passive equalization circuit, being balanced.So a "... | |
| Balanced XLR to RCA Adapters: Good or Bad? Thanks, Herman. To clarify, my no. 3 was just intended to refer to xlr input connectors, not rca's, which of course are single-ended but make no bones about it :-)Best regards,-- Al | |
| Balanced XLR to RCA Adapters: Good or Bad? I'd just like to offer some clarifications with respect to the references that have been made to "fake xlr equipment." Three different situations need to be distinguished:1)The phono stage provides an xlr input, and has a fully balanced internal s... | |
| External Hard Drive Search Frustration. Help I read that 5400 drives spin slower so produce less noise?In general, yes, although I would expect that there will be exceptions. The design of the enclosure can also significantly affect noise levels. Hopefully one of the others who may be using ... | |
| Oppo BD-95 file capability 01-01-12: SidsspYou can attach any size drive to the oppo as long as it is either FAT32 or NTFS formatted. I have a 2T drive attached and it reads without any problem.Be careful about going any larger than that. Drives that are larger than 2.19TB ... | |
| Which digital IC? Tim, yes it's certainly possible that the results you found will occur in many cases. The cable lengths that will be optimal with respect to the signal reflection effects Steve addresses are dependent on the risetimes and falltimes of the output s... | |
| Which digital IC? I am looking for a few suggestions for a great sounding digital IC in the 1000 to 1500 price range.As someone with very extensive design experience in digital signal transmission, I would offer the thought that although digital cables can certainl... | |
| External Hard Drive Search Frustration. Help I would think that you could temporarily connect the USB drive and the new firewire drive to the Mac simultaneously, copy the files from one drive to the other, and set up the copied files on the firewire drive in the iTunes library.What might be ... | |
| External Hard Drive Search Frustration. Help I already did that with a my Windows file platform and now can no longer use them for my Mac so i must start from scratch.....ugh! Could you clarify why you "can no longer use them for my Mac." Perhaps there is a way of getting around the issue.Re... | |
| Long interconnect cables Is there a certain distance above which it may affect the sound?A generally applicable threshold can't be defined, because many system dependent variables are involved. IMO, though, 10 feet is unlikely to be a problem in most systems.Relevant vari... |