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| Single ended vs xlr balanced danvignauThe biggest advantage of balanced cables is that they lock in place.The biggest advantage over ... what? ? You can buy locking RCA connectors, if that's what you want. | |
| In wall AC cables erik_squires What exactly do you think is not allowed? 220V is an uncommon, but not illegal outlet type. It’s not the outlet that may not meet code, but your suggestion of a " 220 service to a transformer ($200 - $500 ish) professionally installe... | |
| In wall AC cables erik_squireThere are other safety issues involved with overrating cables in that they may increase the minimum break current of circuit breakers.It's not "over-rating," it's "de-rating," and perfectly within code. A 20A breaker should trip at t... | |
| In wall AC cables erik_squiresHonestly the normally recommended sizes is best. Having too low an impedance will encourage more noise going back and forth in the wires ... To get uber-fancy run a 220V 60 AMP line and dedicate 220->120 V transformers in the roo... | |
| Marantz and Stereophile? @erik_squires, you claimed "Stereophile has a lot of agendas going on," but when asked for examples, you can only remark that "all businesses have multiple agendas." That's a logical fallacy known as begging the question, i.e. using the premise... | |
| Marantz and Stereophile? erik_squires... you take them far too seriously. Don’t be so innocent. Stereophile has a lot of agendas going on and they may not align with yours.That's quite a claim. Of course, Stereophile does have to sell advertising, so I guess you could... | |
| CD ripping ghosthouseI associated the M4a extension with ALAC only. Didn’t realize, as Al points out, that M4A can also be for AAC. I didn't know m4a could be lossless, either. Thanks to Al for the info! Hence ASSumed you were talking about ALAC. Still, ... | |
| CD ripping cerrotWav or uncompressed flac. Sorry, but there's no such thing as "uncompressed flac." Flac is compressed, that's why it exists. It's lossless, but compressed. | |
| CD ripping ghosthouseNot sure about the correctness of cleeds comments w/respect to M4a from ALACHuh? I never mentioned ALAC. You must be confused. | |
| CD ripping M4a is a lossy compression format and inferior to the wav format. But wav files don’t accommodate meta data. If you’re going to rip your files again, it would probably be best to use a file type that has no loss - such as flac - but that can also ... | |
| What's the deal with idler turntables and do they have a place in modern HiFi? totem39573 posts.Regarding "stylus drag" affecting the speed of a properly designed turntable with a platter of sufficient mass:Not measurable was put to rest forever. This was talked to death in the Sutherland Timeline thread You're clearly m... | |
| What's the deal with idler turntables and do they have a place in modern HiFi? harold-not-the-barrelStylus drag is surprisingly strong, platter´s very high mass helps but does not eliminate it. I'm with Thom. There's absolutely no measurable or audible slowing of a turntable platter caused by "stylus drag" if the platter is... | |
| Paradigm Signature V2 vs JL Audio F113 mendocinomat... INFINITY SYSTEMS..nuclear engineer responsible for the first servo controlled speaker in 1969 infinity servo static 1A was $50k back when hotdogs were a nickel ...Huh? Your memory has failed you.From the 11/75 edition of Stereo... | |
| What's the deal with idler turntables and do they have a place in modern HiFi? thom_mackris... I’ve seen stylus tracing induce speed instability on some turntables but not on Galibiers. Mass absolutely helps.Agreed! If the movement of a phono cartridge stylus affects the speed of a turntable, there is something very wrong ... | |
| What's the deal with idler turntables and do they have a place in modern HiFi? decibellI believe it is safe to say that maintaining absolute platter speed in the presence of an ever changing load (friction from needle tip) is physically impossible! Please explain how the speed of a 22-pound spinning platter can be alter... |