amfibius
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| Loudspeaker 'Back EMF' Dazzdax, thank you for the correction. I meant to say base to emitter, just got my terminologies confused for a moment :) My question really is - if back EMF applies a negative voltage to the emitter, AND if amplifier current flow depends on the v... | |
| Tube Newbie question One of the best introductions I have ever seen to the world of valve amplification can be found here - "A Taste of Tubes": http://www.anthemav.com/OldSitev1/pdf/taste.pdf | |
| Loudspeaker 'Back EMF' Fascinating discussion, and one that does not deserve only four replies before it is consigned to the Audiogon archives. Thanks for bringing it up, Kirkus. Dazzdax please correct me if I am wrong, but my understanding is that the current flow acro... | |
| Has anyone try the Benchmark DAC1 Preamp? Sure Cldinsmore - here is a good link. http://www.jitter.de/english/engc_navfr.html | |
| Has anyone try the Benchmark DAC1 Preamp? Cldinsmore I don't know what type of preamp the Benchmark DAC1 PRE is because the literature in their website does not say. Consequently I did not say if the DAC1 PRE was digital or analogue. If you say it is analogue, then you must be better info... | |
| Amplifiers for B&W 803D/802D I wonder where the anti B&W brigade is? :) B&W sound seems to polarize people - you either think it's pretty ho-hum or you like it. When I heard the 802D's driven by Classe amplification - I could not pick a fault with the sound. But then ... | |
| CARY SLP 05 Owners..Seperate or Not Dgordon that's because of interference from the transformer. If you ever open up the power supply of your SLP-05 (as I have done many times, to replace those light bulbs that keep blowing!) you will see why it is safe to stack them. The other quot... | |
| CARY SLP 05 Owners..Seperate or Not I have the SLP05. No difference. | |
| The vicissitudes of listening to classical music Oh yes, I forgot to mention in my above post - I am a classical music listener too. I listen to everything from soloists to pipe organ to lieder to massive orchestral works. This type of music is extremely demanding on a hi-fi system and ALL of th... | |
| The vicissitudes of listening to classical music For $1500, you could get yourself a killer headphone setup. My experience with headphones suggests that sound quality of headphones compared to hifi is roughly 10:1 - a $1000 headphone setup is as good as a $10,000 hifi setup. You lose out on the ... | |
| Cary 306 SACD Professional Oldvinyl thanks for the feedback. I have the older Cary CD306 (maybe we should dub it the "amateur" version since the new one is "professional") :) My biggest irritation with this otherwise fine player is the drawer mechanism and transport. The dr... | |
| TVC preamps: good or bad? Thank you everyone for your responses. I think that Unsound has rephrased my question very well. I am hoping that someone with more technical knowledge will come along and shed some light on the subject. I have heard a passive TVC pre in my system... | |
| Has anyone try the Benchmark DAC1 Preamp? I know somebody who added an old Krell PAM-1 to his Benchmark DAC1 and said that it made an improvement. The integration of a preamp and DAC makes no sense to me. I would rather have the DAC integrated with the transport. Reasons: - analog signals... | |
| Digital crossovers? Martykl don't get me wrong, the DEQX is a very good product. However the benefits of a unit like this has to be weighed against the losses that you get from the ADC (if used), the "not quite there" DAC's, and the digital processing. The controvers... | |
| Accuphase CDP Owners - Straight to Power Amp?? If it is digital then I am surprised that you did not notice a performance hit. Digital volume control discards bits before analogue conversion, so you lose resolution and puts the signal closer to the noise floor. Also, most CDP's only implement ... |