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| speakers for 24/96 audio Hi Bryon,Interesting question, and an interesting paper, which I read through. It strikes me as very intelligently and knowledgeably written, and I see no obvious flaws in the details he presents. And intuitively it does strike me as plausible tha... | |
| Does a Powered Sub need a Preamp? It can't hurt to try it, but relevant specs that would make a definitive answer possible don't seem to be available. The required specs would be input impedance and sensitivity of the sub (which I couldn't find anywhere); and computer output volta... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? "Images Galantes de la Renaissance"-- l'ensemble Polyphonia Antiqua (Pierre Verany PV4791)Schubert, "Piano Sonata in B Flat, Opus Posth., D. 960"-- Leonard Shure, Piano (Audiofon 2010)Debussy, "Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun"Stravinsky, "Fireb... | |
| speakers for 24/96 audio Irv, keep in mind that it is generally accepted that signal can be perceived at levels that are significantly below the level of random broadband noise that may accompany the signal. 15db or more below, iirc. So amplifier noise floor is not really... | |
| Vintage Tannoy - Not even Tannoy Knows Looks like you can download brochures for the amp and preamp (but not the integrated amp) by registering at The Audio Circuit.It all appears to be from the mid-to-late 1950's, based in part on the inclusion of "RIAA" in the phono equalization sele... | |
| What Song Reminds You of Your First Love? "On The Street Where You Live" from "My Fair Lady."Regards,-- Al | |
| speakers for 24/96 audio Shadorne, I am in essential agreement with your last post. As I said earlier:An infinitely long series of samples is required for the mathematics to work out perfectly. The consequences of that will be most significant for spectral components that... | |
| speakers for 24/96 audio Kijanki & Shadorne, you're both basically right but you're referring to different things. Shadorne is alluding to the fact that a low pass reconstruction filter will smooth out the steps and restore an essentially perfect sine wave, if the ori... | |
| speakers for 24/96 audio Thanks, Kijanki. The one thing I would question in your comment is the word "huge." I'm sure that a suitably chosen test waveform comprising a very short burst of high frequency energy, and put through a 44.1kHz a/d + d/a, can result in an error t... | |
| speakers for 24/96 audio 07-01-11: ShadorneOf course, in a studio the signals are manipulated - this creates the need for even greater dynamic range (24 bit or 144 dB) - not that they will necessarily have better S/N but they may want to boost some sounds by 20 dB or so a... | |
| speakers for 24/96 audio BTW, I should have added to my previous post that I am in agreement with all of the technical points Kijanki has made, which I think have been very well presented. An additional point which I don't think has been mentioned is that brickwall anti-a... | |
| speakers for 24/96 audio Irvrobinson 6-30-11:I still haven't heard a piano recording superior to the ancient Telarc CD of Malcom Frager playing Chopin. If you can find it, try Wilson Audio WCD-9129, Chopin's Piano Sonata No. 3 in B Minor, Op. 58 (and other shorter works),... | |
| Replace pwr cord w/IEC socket on vintage gear? Is this related to the transformers and their windings? Hi Ron,Yes, most likely, as stray capacitance in the transformer, and possibly insulation resistance, figure to generally be key factors in the ac leakage I referred to.It's interesting to he... | |
| Is there a cable maven in the house? Lindisfarne 06-27-11:What is the best way to accomplish the connection?The best way is with a suitably chosen Jensen transformer, as indicated above.With respect to the lower cost approaches, using an adapter or an adapter cable will function. How... | |
| Replace pwr cord w/IEC socket on vintage gear? 06-27-11: StltrainsWhen you check phase you reverse the plug and get voltage readings in each position the lower reading is in phase do this for all pieces of gear in a system its suppose to contribute to better sound.Yes, which is what my initial... |