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| Why Power Cables Affect Sound So it only makes a difference if I drive my amp to the physical limits of it's power supply, which nobody ever actually does? This is an exercise that shows that the effects of a power cord can be measured. In addition to total output power, disto... | |
| Does anyone care to ask an amplifier designer a technical question? My door is open. I'm sure someone can understand my prior answer. I know you can, therefore to your first question, 'yes'.To the second, also 'yes' but the question you asked didn't have a simple answer- some questions are like that :)To the third, a correct answe... | |
| Does anyone care to ask an amplifier designer a technical question? My door is open. There have been a few other strain gauge cartridges offered with similar issues.So what is the cutting curve? Can you show us please?Yes. The RIAA pre-emphasis is the algebraic sum of the ordinates of three curves, each expressed in dB: A parallel... | |
| Does anyone care to ask an amplifier designer a technical question? My door is open. The LP cutter head is fed a signal powerful enough to allow it to cut a groove on the surface of the lacquer which is an aluminum disk coated with lacquer.The amps that drive it are just regular power amps although they are typically bandwidth lim... | |
| This question is aimed to TRUE Elec Engineers, not fuse or wire directionality believers. @rodman99999I'm not saying the tweeter was not damaged. I am saying it was damaged for a different reason than the capacitor not doing what caps do (which is block DC).The premise that I’ve been testing, is that NO DC voltage would get past a non... | |
| How to DIY yourself very nice Class D monoblocks Well, that certainly IS what is claimed. Interestingly, and sadly, none of the reviews I’ve found explain it. I know of no class B circuit which allows an amplifier to operate without significant distortion through the zero V crossing point, which... | |
| MAC Autoformers? P.S. Regarding the distortion, it is in octaves and in multiples of the base frequency, thus the 7th harmonic of 100 Hz is 14,800 Hz and the 7th harmonic of 1000 Hz is 148,000 Hz... That is why the H-Fi standard measures only to 3rd harmonic on... | |
| DC Offset Blocker/Killer - where to buy in the USA Amplifier buzz is a thing to fix- but it really shouldn't have anything to do with the electrical system. | |
| Why Power Cables Affect Sound This stuff makes NO technical sense@kosst_amojan If you have any test equipment on hand, run your power amp with an 18ga. power cord up to clipping and note the power output. Change out the power cord with a 14ga. power cord and do the same test. ... | |
| Long XLR cables - DIY construction suggestions? Its helpful if your equipment supports the Balanced Line Standard (AES48). In this regard probably the most salient point is that whatever is driving the interconnect cable does not put any signal current through the shield (pin 1) of the intercon... | |
| Nottingham Spacedeck vs Rega Planar 8 vs Technics SL1200G Atmasphere, you do not fasten the platter to the motor assembly on the 1200G?No- IMO/IME the platter pad is more important and you can't get to the screws if its in place. | |
| Measuring impedance with multimeter So is there no instrument that can be acquired without breaking the bank for nonEE to broadly measure impedance, or in this hobby where snake oils are rampant does everyone blindly except vendor claims?You need a sine wave generator and probably... | |
| What preamp creates the largest soundstage? line stage, phono not needed, must have remote.@meiatflaskBased on your budget, our MP-3 line stage is our most likely candidate. | |
| Tube pre for class d recommendations @owentdc Hi Ralph. I had the UV-1 on loan after it first came out from Alternative Audio in Dundas, Ontario. It fed the power amp of my W4S STI-1000. We couldn’t track down the buzz and I took it back. Too bad, it did give a slight tube sound that... | |
| Shorter speaker runs or shorter IC Runs...Which is the better set up and why? When I went to long XLR connections and short speaker cable runs decades ago the improvement in clarity was immediately obvious! Better bass impact too- the improvement was across the board.If your gear supports the balanced standard (AES48) then ... |