edorr
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| PS Audio PWD MKII HiFi Tuning fuse direction The differences in directionality are only reported in a DC circuit. The AC measurement do not have a direction 1 and direction 2 measurement, because in an AC circuit there is no directionality. The flow of current changes direction 60 times per ... | |
| PS Audio PWD MKII HiFi Tuning fuse direction ....I would, however, discount any reports of perceived differences in which the person did not go back and forth between the two orientations at least several times....I personally would discount any reports that are not confirmed in double blind... | |
| PS Audio PWD MKII HiFi Tuning fuse direction I have hard time rationalizing directionality of cables and fuses, but in a DC circuit we can at least entertain the idea it makes a difference. In an AC circuit in my view it is categorically impossible there is a difference. | |
| PS Audio PWD MKII HiFi Tuning fuse direction Because interconnects sit in a DC circuit, where current flows in one direction. The fuse on the PWD sits in an AC circuit meaning the polarity switches 60x per second. How can directionality of a fuse make a difference when the direction of the c... | |
| Do I really need a Dac? I suspect you will be absolutely shocked how much improvement you will get from a $500 DAC. | |
| Do I really need a Dac? Not sure about weakest links theories, but in my experience after speakers, upgrading the DAC has consistently been the highest return investment in audio. DAC + volume Control are the new digital premps. Only problem with investing in DACs is tec... | |
| Preamps built Into DACs Agree. Only works with the same observer listening on two different systems. Even then I think the experiment is flawed because you could have a system that simply is more clear in the frequency range of human voice, which could be happen with boo... | |
| Preamps built Into DACs Steve, how would that work? You could get me a "live in the bluenote recording" and see if I can hear what table three was ordering on track 5 at 3 minutes 12 seconds into the track (two dry martinis)? Would be interesting, but not methdologically... | |
| Preamps built Into DACs Steve, you may have better ears than me (very possible), but I doubt your system is more resolving. I use your offramp 5 with monolith, the EMM labs DAC2X (used in professional studios) and the same speakers the guy that does HD remastering for HD... | |
| Preamps built Into DACs The chief designer at Bel Canto send me a one pager explaining the merits of digital volume control, and how unless you have very high sensitivity speakers (horns) and needs very high attenuation, there is absolutely no loss in a digital VC. If th... | |
| Preamps built Into DACs Agree again. At the end of the day, all designs involve compromise. I don't really care if a VC is digital, analog, or hybrid, but just how it sounds. It stands to reason that with the advances in digital technology the gap has narrowed, and DCS d... | |
| EQ for a pair of subs One of the things to consider is something I never heard mentioned. Since the subs will go through A/D and then D/A conversion, and various filters, there will be a systems delay. Not sure how much, but I would think at least 30ms. This is equival... | |
| Preamps built Into DACs Tru. I don't think all digital VC are created equal, and if someone sells a 100K dac with digital VC, they probably cracked the code on how to do it without losing reslution (or the minimal loss ofsets the loss incurred with analog VC). I mentione... | |
| Preamps built Into DACs Seems like an excellent approach. However, I believe going from 4.0v to 1.0v represents about 15db attenuation. Most listening takes place in the -20db -40db attenuation range (if you have sensitive speakers could go all thw way up to -60db), so t... | |
| Preamps built Into DACs .....Well even the best S/W DSP volume controls seem to cause audible artifacts at more than about -9dB of volume reduction. No amount of dithering and resampling will help IMO....There is absoltely no consensus on this, nor confirmation in listen... |