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| How do I open a command console window in a Mac Hi Puerto,I believe that what you should use to enter the "command line" instructions specified in the HiFace manual is OS-X's "terminal" function, not the "console" function. It would be under Applications/Utilities/Terminal.Hope that helps,-- Al | |
| Thiel CS 3.6 mid-range problem Are you powering your equipment on and off in the proper sequence? Meaning power amp on last and off first? And when you turn the power amp off, are you waiting long enough before turning off the upstream components to assure that the amp is no lo... | |
| Power conditioning for computer audio Bifwynne, you might find this thread and this thread to be of interest.While snowed in today, I was surfing around the net and came across this AC regeneration product from PurePower. It looks like the product is used to clean up chaff from power ... | |
| Can't get the M2Tech Hiface Drivers to download I did this last year with no problems and see that the original download is still in the Mac with my latest endeavors showing up as modifications. It might be worth first running the driver UNINSTALL procedure, described on page 13 of the manual, ... | |
| Can't get the M2Tech Hiface Drivers to download I am a Windows person, so I am speaking from a position of ignorance, but did you unzip the downloaded .zip folder (which I believe can be done in recent Mac os's by simply double-clicking its icon)? And did you then locate the .dmg file which wou... | |
| Power conditioning for computer audio If you are using a sound card in a desktop PC, the ferrites may add significantly to the jitter by making the power supply sluggish.Hi Steve,Could you explain why that would be so?I would expect, given that we are talking about a digital output of... | |
| Power conditioning for computer audio Davide256, note that the question concerned "high-frequency noise put back into the line by computers and digital sources," so the wrong tree was not being barked up.Regards,-- Al | |
| Power conditioning for computer audio Hi Paul,I checked the site of one of the distributors I mentioned, Mouser Electronics, and you can order from them in quantities as small as 1.Just enter the Fair-Rite part number into the search box near the top of Mouser's home page. For instanc... | |
| Power conditioning for computer audio Excellent suggestion by Elizabeth. Fair-Rite is a leading ferrite manufacturer. I suspect that one of their "Round Cable Snap-Its" would be suitable, chosen to fit the particular cable diameter. Hopefully one of the distributors they list, such as... | |
| Review: Realistic Minimus 7 Monitor Can anyone compare the sound of the Minimus 7 to the a/d/s L200 or L300?During the early 1980's I had a pair of Minimus 7's and a pair of L300's, each used at various times in a second or third system. I preferred the ADS's, although I can't recal... | |
| Used contact cleaner on Nak BX-300; now broke If you are saying that you did the spraying from in front of the front panel, with the knobs removed, I doubt that it would have accomplished anything anyway, in terms of improving control operation. You have to get the spray inside of the control... | |
| RCA to XLR adapters? My DAC is a Mark Levinson 36. Do you know if this would give a problem?Don't know, but I found some specs indicating that its output impedance is "less than 6 ohms." That is worrisome, because it would mean that large amounts of current would be d... | |
| RCA to XLR adapters? Mikey, yes that's correct, if you want to use your existing xlr cables in both places.However, I would not do that without first either verifying with the DAC manufacturer that it can tolerate having xlr pin 3 grounded, or obtaining an xlr-female ... | |
| More powerful amp for top or bottom? Hi Magfan,Sure. The potentiometer, or equivalent stepped attenuator, can have pretty much any characteristic the designer wants. Although a linear characteristic (or linear taper, as it is often referred to), would be unsuitable for audio applicat... | |
| More powerful amp for top or bottom? Hi Elevick,Those are good questions. The volume control on a preamp or integrated amp is indeed not linear, and will approximate to some degree being logarithmic, which is necessary because our hearing mechanisms are to some approximation logarith... |