dlevi67
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| Question about high current amps versus "not high current amps" Let me start from the easiest of your questions: power consumption is largely irrelevant to the issue (except... more on that later). The relevant value for E (or V) is the internal voltage of the amplifier power supply, not what comes out of the... | |
| Would I be wasting my money to get a turntable? @carlsbad2 Tell us more. @glennewdick there is no digital (I.e. code) in a class D amp, period. your confusing the differences here. I’m sorry, but the one who is confused is you. The technique used in class D (which I agree does not stand f... | |
| Would I be wasting my money to get a turntable? @glennewdick One class D is not digital in anyway What do you call the conversion of an analogue signal to a PWM/PDM or ΔΣ modulation and its subsequent filtering to recover an amplified analogue signal? Because if that’s not digital, then CD... | |
| Would I be wasting my money to get a turntable? The basic answer is ’energy efficiency’ - by converting the (voltage amplified) signal into a PWM (or other modulation technique) signal, and then filtering that PWM to retrieve the audio signal, the transistors in the final stage are always ’open... | |
| The Real Reason Why Music Is Getting Worse!! In general, while I agree with much of Beato’s argument (’technical’ perfection and ease of use vs. skill, inspiration and ’selection’), I also think there is a lot of survivor bias whenever one is comparing ’the great music of the past’ to the ’p... | |
| Would I be wasting my money to get a turntable? @gregm +1 - I should have been more explicit! | |
| Would I be wasting my money to get a turntable? I think the key question here is 'what would you listen to on the turntable?', rather than 'can it sound good?' The answer to the second question is yes, provided you choose a good turntable and set it up well. Would you get an improvement in sou... | |
| Why do I have to prove I am a human, every time I refresh a page on this site ? every time I leave the site and return Lucky you. I get it on every page loaded, but I've only been on the forum for a couple of weeks, so I assumed it was 'normal' (if paranoid). Fortunately the CAPTCHA works without manual intervention ~90% o... | |
| Equipment insurance coverage Typically (in the UK) 'valuable items' over a certain amount need to be listed individually, but there isn't necessarily an exclusion under an 'all risks' policy. You just need to let your insurer know that you have X, Y and Z among your household... | |
| Can we make major musical discoveries at age 50, 65, or 80? @allenf1963 Will do - new DAC is on order, should be with me in 10 days or so. Thank you again. @grislybutter Why are all my favorite musicians almost dead? I use to joke that music-making stopped sometime in the 1800s, and since then we hav... | |
| Can we make major musical discoveries at age 50, 65, or 80? For me, it depends on what you mean by "major musical discoveries". I grew up ’Classical’ until my mid-teens, where the need to fit in forced listening to more modern music. I ’discovered’ jazz in my 40s thanks to a gift of a ’greatest of...’ CD a... | |
| ACTUAL MUSICAL SOUND VS. MEASUREMENTS I'm returning to "audio" conversations after a long pause (25 years). If anything, my impression is that the emphasis on measurements in 'professional', published reviews (as opposed to comments/conversations in forums) and in marketing materials ... | |
| What were your top musical discoveries of 2024? Two records stand out for me - neither issued in 2024, but I purchased them both last year: ARCHORA / AIŌN Album by Anna S. Þorvaldsdóttir, Eva Ollikainen, and Iceland Symphony Orchestra Ariabesques - WDR Big Band Plays Bach (The Goldberg V... | |
| First impressions of new MH-DA006, Musetec flagship @sns Thank you very much for a comprehensive reply. I think I will go with 006, for the reasons you mention and also because by the time I have factored in shipping from US to UK, customs clearance, VAT (UK - 20%) and all the rest, the price diffe... | |
| Krell KSA-50 MkII manual I have found schematics for the MkII... if they are any use, let me know and I’ll post links. Can't find trace of a service or user manual anywhere. |