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| where to find blank disks for denon dcr-w1500 Clever opening line to your post! LOL.A minor point first: I believe that should be CDR-W1500, not DCR-W1500.I'm not 100% certain, but I believe the reason the unit won't work with cd-r's that are not designated as being for audio is NOT due to an... | |
| Which matters more, DAC or transport? I second the comments by Kijanki, Shadorne, and Dave_b.The two-box approach adds a great deal of complexity, criticality, and opportunity for error and compromise in the design of each component, in the component matchup which is selected by the u... | |
| Clipping While amplifier clipping is most likely to occur as a result of high volume bass notes, the resulting speaker damage is most likely to affect the tweeter. That is because the abrupt discontinuity in the waveform that occurs at the clipping point c... | |
| Output tube radiation exposure - thoughts? Lonestarsouth -- I think that the comments provided by your EE friend are good, and are likely to be completely correct.I too, btw, am an experienced electronics engineer.In regard to my comments about OLDER televisions, though, I would like to of... | |
| Cozi fan Tutti, EMI or Angel Records? Although I don't have and have not heard that particular recording in either edition, I would suggest going with the EMI.EMI recordings issued in the 1960's, 1970's, and 1980's generally had a well-deserved reputation for excellent sonics. A goodl... | |
| Output tube radiation exposure - thoughts? Well A1marg... what amplifies operate at 30 kVa? Not even the huge WAVAC amps run near that.Both Honest1 and I said very clearly and explicitly that the concern about X-rays would only arise in the case of tubes that operate at far higher voltages... | |
| HELP I need information about interconnects What you want is a "speaker level to line level converter." Google that phrase, WITH the quotes, and you'll find a number of choices.Your Bose unit is not a preamp. The term "receiver," in the context of an audio system, is usually used to refer t... | |
| Output tube radiation exposure - thoughts? Honest1: I thnk it has more to do with the voltage the tubes operate at, rather than the frequencies they are amplifying. I don't think there is a problem until you start getting into much higher voltages than any audio amplifier uses, But at thos... | |
| Output tube radiation exposure - thoughts? Doesn't seem like a concern at all, to me, in the context of an audio system. The key distinction with respect to the situations you mention about shipboard equipment being that in the audio application the frequencies involved don't radiate throu... | |
| XLR or SE cable? Beware of reviewers who use the word verisimilitude.Depends on the perspicacity of the particular reviewer.-- Al :) | |
| New or Old DAC I don't know. There may still be a conspiracy unfolding....at the very least, some real chain-pulling and at worst, truly gross conceptual error Life IS too short for (this) type of behavior .Huh? What are you talking about, Ben? Or are you just... | |
| Is this clipping or just high SPL? Another possibility is inter-channel crosstalk through the amp's power supply or internal grounds, which would figure to be worst when the signals are both high amplitude and high frequency.Regards,-- Al | |
| New or Old DAC PettyOfficer -- I agree with at least most of your previous post, but I think that a misunderstanding may have arisen in this thread due to the term "power supply" being used by different posters to mean different things.No one is saying that the ... | |
| New or Old DAC I am still awaiting an answer! How is A.C. Current that has been Rectified to D.C. Current, and is Voltage Regulated, and now supplies Analog as well as Digital Stages, Analog Based? Direct Current is Direct Current regardless if it is supplying A... | |
| Anti-Cabls Ic's alternatives? Resolving is not measurable because it is not even definable. Every person has a different concept of "resolving".True. And my suspicion is that Muralman is, intentionally or not, referring to "resolution" in a technical sense, while most audiophi... |