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| Whats on your turntable tonight? Ghosthouse 10-7-2018 Reading the notes on the back cover of the album ["Child Is Father To The Man"], John Simon is credited for a variety of roles. That's the same John Simon as worked on The Bands 1st & 2nd albums as well as S&G's Boo... | |
| CDs Vs LPs P.S: Regarding the mention of 96 db and 55 db in my previous post, to be sure it’s clear I should add that those numbers refer to two different things. The mention of 55 db refers to the dynamic range of the music (meaning the difference in volume... | |
| CDs Vs LPs As is usually the case, I am in 100% agreement with the post by Larryi. As an illustration of his point about dynamic compression of classical recordings, I’ll mention that I have had occasion to examine the waveforms of a couple of classical orch... | |
| best preamps Some of the preamps that have been mentioned have output impedances that are too high at some frequencies to be optimal (or even suitable) for use with some power amps. Some of the preamps that have been mentioned have input impedances that are to... | |
| Zero autoformers -- how to measure impedance? Good point, Roger! Thanks.Best regards,-- Al | |
| A DAC that crushes price vs. performance ratio @andiosI’m pretty certain that you meant "sin(x)/x," short for "sine(x)/x." Which of course has nothing to do with sinuses :-)I’m also pretty certain that research of published measurements of various non-oversampling DACs will show insignificant ... | |
| First Watt J2 @Kalali, yes, it is certainly understandable that the maximum power ratings of the two amps into 4 and 8 ohms would be misleading as to which is the current source amp and which is the voltage source amp, since **usually** doubled maximum power ca... | |
| Greenhorn question: Beware! I agree with Larry that in this case a parallel configuration would provide too heavy a load for most amps. And while a series connection won’t be a problem for the amp, it is likely to result in poor sonics. The main reason for that is that since... | |
| First Watt J2 I think that you've interchanged the mentions of the two amps. The J2, with its 0.4 ohm output impedance, behaves pretty much as a voltage source. The F2, with its 15 ohm output impedance, is the amp that behaves as a current source.But to answ... | |
| If aftermarket premium power cords work, why won’t short runs of premium XLR cables work? Thanks for the clarification. Looks like Ralph interpreted the question correctly. In this case I suspect the answer is even less predictable than what he stated, because I doubt that anyone here has detailed knowledge of what is in the "network b... | |
| Right Angle Adapters Hi Bob,I’ve had good results with Audioquest’s own adapters, costing $14.95:https://www.audioadvisor.com/prodinfo.asp?number=AQICE90Note that you’ll need to select either the center pin down or the center pin up version of the adapter, depending o... | |
| If aftermarket premium power cords work, why won’t short runs of premium XLR cables work? I think that what Handymann is asking is that since a well chosen power cord is often said to provide a benefit, despite its short length relative to the much longer length of the wiring that is upstream of it, why wouldn’t a short length of XLR c... | |
| Kinki Studio EX-M1 I’ve also noticed that when I’m increasing or decreasing volume by holding down the volume button, I’m getting pops from the speakers, usually after increments of 4-5 (apart from the resistor clicks). Should I be worried @benlzy, the only suggesti... | |
| Weakest link - a different question? An excellent question. In my case I combine a multitude of approaches:1) I compare results listening via speakers with listening via my very revealing Stax electrostatic headphones. Headphone listening, of course, takes the room, the speakers, and... | |
| Kinki Studio EX-M1 @Benlzy, after looking at interior photos of the amp, and specifically at the vertically oriented printed circuit board that is adjacent to the input connectors at the rear, I’m guessing that the XLR input is received single-ended. Meaning that on... |