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| will a low 60Hz harmonic hum wear out my speakers? 11-02-11: StringreenHave you tried orienting plugs 180 degrees? If you use 3 wire plugs get a cheater from Home Depot, cut/saw off the grounding plug and try turning (one at a time) the plugs of the stereo. If you come across the culprit, change t... | |
| Which is more accurate: digital or vinyl? Nil, yes the number of samples (for each cycle of each frequency component of the analog signal that is being digitized) increases as you described, as the analog signal frequency decreases. Hi rez also increases the number of samples per cycle. F... | |
| Which is more accurate: digital or vinyl? i figure analog is seeing as how digital is a sampled representation. sampling (digital) can be accurate but it's inherently less complete. there are gaps. Digital is but a sample of the sound. Analog is the entire sound. Although these statements... | |
| Simultaneous XLR & RCA outputs = bad? If I were to reach for a higher-impedance buffer stage to put between the DAC and the Headroom, what would such a beast look like?The Burson Buffer is one example, and seems to be well regarded. 500K input impedance, 15 ohm output impedance. It co... | |
| Ever tried putting a cap inline with RCA for XOVER Be mindful of the units when using the equation Jafox supplied. If frequency is in Hertz, and input impedance (R) is in ohms, C will be in farads (and the answer will be a tiny fraction of a farad). Move the decimal point 6 places to the right (i.... | |
| Simultaneous XLR & RCA outputs = bad? Does the same thing happen regardless of whether the headphone amp is turned on or turned off? It seems conceivable to me that you MIGHT get better results when the headphone amp is on, because its input impedance could conceivably fluctuate unpre... | |
| How is the Speakon connector wired for REL sub? Can I check the amp's negative terminals for continuity to ground with a meter? Or check for continuity between the negative terminals?I was about to post the following response when I saw your subsequent post, which makes this no longer relevant.... | |
| How is the Speakon connector wired for REL sub? Tim, according to several references that I found the speaker-level outputs of your Primare A30.1 are balanced, meaning that both the + and - output terminals have signals on them (as opposed to the - terminal being connected to ground in the ampl... | |
| Burning Burn in question Also, while it is probably very unlikely, I would not totally rule out the possibility that the long-term reliability of the input stages of the power amp could be degraded by exposing them to large amplitude signals for prolonged periods of time ... | |
| Burning Burn in question The current drawn from the dac/pre by your power amp will be well under 1/10,000th of an ampere, and most of the circuitry in the dac/pre has no involvement in supplying it. I doubt that having the power amp connected will have any influence on th... | |
| I didnt know that Did you guys know that? 10-24-11: PhaelonOkay, if I download a CD using iTunes lossless and then transfer it to a quality CD-R like MAM-A gold archive, the CD-R should be at least as good and probably better?Hi Tom,I have no directly relevant experience, but from a techn... | |
| I didnt know that Did you guys know that? 10-24-11: StanwalStereo Review?? I use to read that in the 60s and 70s; didn't it fold up years ago or have I slipped through a hole in the Space/Time continuum?Hi Stan,No, it never folded. Some years back it changed its name to "Sound & Visio... | |
| I didnt know that Did you guys know that? It does seem to me to be technically plausible that many of these reports could be true (and I would certainly expect Learsfool's perceptions to be accurate), although I would expect the magnitude and character of the differences to be highly depe... | |
| The search among the great ones - 20k+ speakers Elaborating on comments that were made above by Marco (Jax2) and Phaelon, in narrowing down your list of candidates I would encourage you to consider the constraints on amplifier selection that each candidate would represent. For instance a speake... | |
| Suggestions for inexpensive desktop system? Hi Dave,I have no experience with it, but I've seen the Audioengine A2, at $199, receive high praise from users here, as well as in the reviews linked to at their website.Best regards,-- Al |