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| Electrostatic Headphone Energisers David12 & Folkfreak are correct that the McIntosh MHA100, as well as pretty much any other general purpose headphone amplifier, would be unsuitable for use with Stax electrostatic headphones. For several reasons: All Stax electrostatics produc... | |
| We Need A Separate Forum for Fuses One of the goals of a good designer will be to minimize the sensitivity of the performance of his or her design to extraneous factors, such as the vagaries of incoming power, expectable differences in the characteristics of other system components... | |
| Classical composers, symphonies Speaking of Borodin (mentioned by Twoleftears), and given your predilection for Russian romantic composers, check out Telarc’s 1978 recording of excerpts from his opera "Prince Igor," Robert Shaw conducting the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. The foll... | |
| Can a power cord increase the resolution of an Class D (SMPS) amp by more than 5% ? The concept of a dielectric conducting any signal in the audible spectrum of 20-20hz is ridiculous What I said is that the electromagnetic wave associated with a current propagates essentially outside of the conductor, and therefore propagates via... | |
| Can a power cord increase the resolution of an Class D (SMPS) amp by more than 5% ? The problem I have with the thrust of Al’s post is that he seems to be making the argument that the audio signal - I.e., the electromagnetic wave, the photons - is independent of the copper conductor and only depends on the dielectric characteris... | |
| Can a power cord increase the resolution of an Class D (SMPS) amp by more than 5% ? Although photons are most commonly thought of in the context of light waves, which are a form of electromagnetic wave, they comprise all forms of electromagnetic waves. As stated in the Wikipedia writeup on "Electromagnetic Radiation": In physics,... | |
| Audio Research Reference 6 or Mark Levinson Reference n32 What amplifier are you using? Also, by any chance would the preamp have to drive a subwoofer in addition to the amp?Regards,-- Al | |
| Can a power cord increase the resolution of an Class D (SMPS) amp by more than 5% ? For the record, a minor correction to Azbrd’s post just above, with which I suspect he will agree: "1/60th" should be "1/120th," i.e., half of a cycle.Regards,-- Al | |
| Can a power cord increase the resolution of an Class D (SMPS) amp by more than 5% ? Any frequency other than zero Hz is AC, in that the direction of the current alternates at some rate. Digital signals and analog audio signals both contain a mix of many non-zero frequency components that are simultaneously present. Certain dig... | |
| Can a power cord increase the resolution of an Class D (SMPS) amp by more than 5% ? Kenny, no, Geoff's statement that only one direction of the AC current is audible is completely incorrect. As I said in one of the recent fuse threads:... when AC current is moving toward the component in the "hot" conductor it is moving away f... | |
| Stereophile, no more bench tests????!!!! +1 Mapman. As I’ve said in a number of threads here in the past, the main usefulness of specs and especially JA’s uniquely comprehensive measurements is in identifying and **ruling out** candidates for purchase that would be poor matches with othe... | |
| Ethernet Cables, do they make a difference? Toward the end of this thread a member having a very high end system reported that to his amazement inserting a cheap network switch between his router and his Bricasti M1 Special Edition DAC (ca. $10K) + optional network interface resulted in a s... | |
| Why are my woofers pumping? Almarg 4-24-2018... given the unusual design of the turntable’s drive mechanism (comprising six belts, three of them driven by what is apparently a synchronous motor on one side of the table, and three of them driven at a different height by a sim... | |
| Who wants the best improvement in their system EVER! Now disconnect one of the speakers and start the music again. Don't do this with amps that have output transformers or autoformers, of course, or damage may result. Use the balance control if there is one, or if monoblocks are being used turn ... | |
| Bi-amping vs. bridging What would the cons be for splitting the front L/R outputs at the preamp to provide the signal into the amp? Is this also an impedance consideration? I suspect that won’t be a problem in this particular case, although I can’t say that with certain... |