blues_man
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| $400 CAL CD player- Scrap it or fix it? If you live in a cold dry area, excess static could be causing a problem. Marginal components (cold solder joint etc) could get by under normal circumstances but not work in cold dry climates. Considering the technology of the DX-1 though, I'd get... | |
| Tube output stage CD player ? The output stage on a DAC / CD player is similar to a phono stage for a cartridge. So a tube cd player uses tube(s) to amplify the signal to line level. | |
| Why do digital cables sound different? First of all, the different digital interfaces have different bandwidth. Within a single intrface type, even slight imperfections can cause signal loss. Only ATT optical has enough bandwidth to handle all the dat correctly. Yes this lame by todays... | |
| Single bi-wire or double bi-wire ? I also don't believe in bi-wiring. If you analyze it, you're in effect just increasing the path the signal has to travel. I think bi-wiring usually decreases the overall quality of the sound. Bi-amping on the other hand, even without an active cro... | |
| Can DVDs be copied to Videotapes? I have never had a problem copying DVDs with my Panasonic VHS recorder. I only have one DVD player, so Iuse VHS in other rooms. | |
| Red Book CD's. What does it mean? The red book also describes the protocol of the CD. This tells the hardware how to interpret the data on the CD. Although the Red Book standard may have been high tech 20 years ago, it's not very robust buy today's standards and based on some of m... | |
| Best Bookshelf Speakers PSB has an entry level model that you can get for $200 pr. It is an awesome buy for the money. | |
| Dither,wordlength,jitter? There are two things you can do to find the best DAC: First you can measure the output of fixed frequency signals. There are a lot of these around (Stereophile etc). You will also need a scope for this. Without that your ears are the best tool. No... | |
| Digital RCA vs AES/EBU connections Keis wrote "Garfish's explaination is correct but not for digital connects only analog" Maybe he's from Florida and didn't read the posting correctly :-) | |
| Digital RCA vs AES/EBU connections It's been a long time since I've looked at the specs, but I believe that AES/EBU has more bandwidth. I did tests several years ago showing much greater signal loss on HF (Above 8k) with coax | |
| Super Audio CD To Carl_eber Huh?? What are you saying. I pretty much said that I don't believe that SACD will ever catch on, just that it has excellent musical potential. I don't even like coffee. | |
| Is SACD really this lousy? Just saw the posting about Louis Armstrong. You must be an idiot to make such a statement. I'm not even a fan of Armstrong's music, but I consider him one of the two great improvosational geniuses in jazz. (Along with Bird) His solos are really in... | |
| Can speaker cables damage amplifiers? MIT cables are occasionally REQUIRED to PREVENT speaker damage. Wide bandwidth equipment (like Spectral) need MIT cables with many speekers. | |
| Super Audio CD Enough of this bickering 1 The price of the processor does not make it high-end. The performance does. 2 As good as the SACD format may be. There are still limiting factors. The mastering, the processor, and the amp (The signal needs to be amplifi... | |
| Is SACD really this lousy? SACD has the POTENTIAL to rival or surpass analog for sound quality but will it. The mastering may still be the weak link. Base on many CDs that came from 96/24 masters, they sounded good unless you compare them to the originals. The so called rem... |