blindjim
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| about to jump into the power cord foray Life... and audio... ain't always just a numbers game, IMO. Except during a divorce. | |
| Any new ideas on an old theme? ShadorneThanks, always your opinion is valued..So You prefer the platform + soft footers approach? You just laying the MDF onto the carpeting? No coupling of it to the floor?I was thinking to go that way by getting someone to make me a 13 x 13 pa... | |
| about to jump into the power cord foray LissnrThanks much.I'm not trying to convert... just open eyes or perhaps, remove some blinders.I wouldn't think anyonw should take at face value, any opinion here as the exact truth or last word, anytime on anything. I would think however the dedi... | |
| about to jump into the power cord foray The item at hand that I take issue with is the one wherein a person says adamantly, “… it’s the numbers only which matter’ in determining good from less than good, or bad… or better for that matter.My own background says nearly the same thing mind... | |
| about to jump into the power cord foray MusicnoiseSome like chocolate, some like vanilla. They both come from the same size scoop.How’d you pick your significant other? Did they mind the inspection and measurements taking process?…or your favorite comedian, or food?Intangibles comprise ... | |
| mono blocks with a powered sub? About the only caveat I see using "splitters" coming off the preamp so the signal can be sent to both sub & amps, is I believe the impedance the preamp sees is gonna change. A preamp with good gain say, 18DB+, should be fine. | |
| about to jump into the power cord foray If you can’t hear the difference… don’t pay the difference. Period. Some folks can, so they do.I was an electronics tech for the U.S. Govt., and an industiral electriciain thereafter for some years. Disbelieving the talk of cables being a valid pa... | |
| velodyne DD hook up As I'm in the process of putting my rig back to gether again just this week,I've coupled two sets of no name RCA ICs using only one side from my Onkyo Receiver... In the past I've run via this same cable (s) from both my Bel Canto DAC3 and Thor pr... | |
| Long Run From Computer to Stereo If indeed there is some shortfall, I would suspect it might be in terms of voltaage drop. Depending upon the output of the audio sending device. mONARCHY aUDIO MAKES A DIP. (?)This unit increases the voltage output to around 5vac up from the nomin... | |
| TWEAKS for PC USB DAC SETUP Bill"I wonder if it is better to have JRiver upsample or just pass straight 16/44 to BC Dac 3 for the upsampling?"Well after making some changes in the ouput device, and altering the output settings to 24/96, just to see... there is a definite cha... | |
| TWEAKS for PC USB DAC SETUP well Bill there's a catch with the BC D3 using USB... OR any of the other interfaces as well... It all has to be PCM info. via USB it has to be 16/44.1K. Period.... and it's only 24/96 at best anyhow. No matter what.So I use the ASIO for All drive... | |
| Bell Canto VS Pass Labs Take the camels.... better mileage. | |
| looking for an amp for 12 to 15 hundred Odyssey Stratos SE w/cap upgrade... and can be had 'new' in your price range. | |
| TWEAKS for PC USB DAC SETUP it does provide a startling sonic improvement for sure, and it doesn't seem to matter which file format either... mp3, WAVE, AAC, etc. | |
| To open a thor TA 1000 MK II you first... Thanks much. |