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| Dynavector XV-1s loading question. The formula for resonant frequency is given by:res. freq. = 1 / [2 * pi * sqrt (L * C) ].I believe this is the net capacitance, but what I'm not clear on is whether the resistive load is taken into account - whether we're talking about the net cap... | |
| Perhaps we should stick with midfi... The following thread may be relevant, about the conundrum that the better the system the worse many recordings will sound:http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?ymisc&1267312247Regards,-- Al | |
| CD vs. Vinyl what if Master Tape is digital (most common)?1. Master Tape to CD to DAC to amp2. Master Tape to DAC to LP to ampBoth have one D/A conversion. Perhaps quality of D/A conversion is important since most of LPs now comes from digital Master Tapes?Hi ... | |
| CD vs. Vinyl Back around 1984, Dave Wilson put out a test record entitled "Digital -- How Accurate?" Both sides of the record contained the same music, consisting of ragtime piano and a jazz trio. Both sides were produced from the same master tapes, recorded o... | |
| Amp level versus line level inputs for subwoofers The interface between amp and main speaker is highly complex, and the signal that is present at that point reflects not only the sonic character of the amp itself (and what precedes it), but effects that depend on the speaker as well. Those effect... | |
| Have you tried matching a stereo to your hearing? Mceljo, your option (4) is expressed a little differently than what I was addressing as option (1), but I think that similar reasoning applies in both cases.My thought was essentially that an electronic correction for the response curves of a part... | |
| Have you tried matching a stereo to your hearing? I think that three different things are being talked about here, which are not being adequately distinguished:1)Adjusting the system to compensate for the Fletcher-Munson Effect. This is what I interpreted the original question as referring to.2)A... | |
| Getting FM broadcast on phono mode In addition to Tobias' suggestions, there are a number of specific suggestions in the following threads which may be helpful:http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?eanlg&1244258368http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?htech&1230309974BT... | |
| Tubes on top and Class D on the bottom Mfsoa, you may not be realizing that the question concerned pairing an amplifier rated at 300 watts (into the 4 ohm impedance which the speaker has at low frequencies) with an amplifier rated at 3.5 watts.Please see my earlier post regarding the i... | |
| The CD player is dead....... Onetwothreego: A well designed dac will not have jitter issues either.I would put it that a dac that has extremely good jitter REJECTION capability will not have jitter issues.An example being the Benchmark dacs, which are pretty much immune to ji... | |
| Tubes on top and Class D on the bottom Not a good idea.First, you won't be able to match the gains with the volume control on the N3 because, I'm pretty certain, the gain of the M300 is greater than the gain of the N3 when the N3's volume control is set at max.Second and more important... | |
| Pioneer House Sound from the 70s Stanwal: This was the period of the great distortion race, when everyone wanted to add another zero to their distortion figures using massive amounts of feedback. Measured great, sound? not so much.I second Stan's comments. Personally, I would avo... | |
| Digital Amps vs Solid State Amps Are there class C amps?Yes, but they are not used in audio:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_amplifier#Class_CAlso, re "Digital Amps vs Solid State Amps," I'm not sure it's clear that "solid state" has nothing to do with amplifier class. It ... | |
| The CD player is dead....... Are you saying cd players don't suffer from jitter just because they are cd players?A well designed cd player will have jitter issues that lie somewhere between minimal and none, because the relevant clocks are generated internally and are only tr... | |
| The CD player is dead....... Very good point, Mapman. I should add to my previous comments that my listening is 90% classical.Best regards,-- Al |