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| condenser versus direct coupled? Sean...A quick check of the net suggests that 15 to 50 Kvolt transmission is considered "medium" voltage. 200 to 400 Kvolt is "high voltage". And this is for AC. I know that the research on DC transmission was at higher voltages than used for AC. | |
| The Great Cryo'd Outlet Test I did an initial round of listening tests, and, not to keep you all in suspense, I did not (so far) hear any effect attributable to the cryod outlet. Following is a description of what I did.1. Some say that ac power is most important for low lev... | |
| condenser versus direct coupled? Sean...From an electrical power point of view a square wave is the same as dc. The amount of power radiated in the form of sound would be trivial. True that cone motion with AC might tend to ventilate the driver. However, the oscillation would lik... | |
| Denon 3803 No Detachable Power Cord Why? A non-detachable cord avoids any contact resistance at the cord/chassis plug. IMHO it's a good thing. A detachable cord facilitates sale of the unit in various countries that have different configurations of wall outlet. (just ship a different cord). | |
| condenser versus direct coupled? Sean...You really ought to be more specific than the frightening "FAR greater" when describing the damage potential of DC vs AC. Actually, as I think you must know perfectly well, the rms voltage of a sinusoidal waveform (its heating power) is 7/1... | |
| Subwoofer connection Sfar...As I understand your question, you want to run a single interconnect to the SW, instead of two. However, if you use a Y-cable to get one from two, you will have shorted together your two stereo signals, and you will enjoy mono sound, not on... | |
| condenser versus direct coupled? A direct coupled preamp is not going to blow out any speakers unless the power amp is also direct coupled. Chances are that the preamp output goes into an input capacitor of the power amp, so you will still be ac coupled regardless of which preamp... | |
| The Great Cryo'd Outlet Test Was Leonardo da Vinci an engineer, or an artist? Is the Eiffel tower an engineering feat, or a work of art? | |
| Speaker Wire. Hokum or Truth? In a few years all this argument will be over. Power amplifiers will accept digital input, via fiber optic that could be miles long. Power amps will be "monoblocks" located within inches of the speakers, and perhaps even integrated with the crosso... | |
| The Great Cryo'd Outlet Test Psychicanimal...That will be very easy to measure. You're on! | |
| The Great Cryo'd Outlet Test Maxgain...I wonder why you think that being a scientist prevents one from being an artist? I consider myself an artist who likes to eat. Also, remember that an artist must be first a technician. How many fine paintings have been lost because the c... | |
| Current Trends in multi thousand dollar speakers In my opinion, and with 50 years of experience building speakers (mostly by the old fashoned trial and error method) transmission lines are the best boxes, but as sean says are hard to get right. Sealed boxes are almost idiot-proof, and so, in the... | |
| The Great Cryo'd Outlet Test Maxgain...As a "scientist" whose specialty has been the design of tests for complex military electromechanical equipment (missile guidance systems) I am really anxious to do a fair and objective evaluation. This is to satisfy MYSELF. To hell with ... | |
| The Great Cryo'd Outlet Test Sorry for the delay guys. We are involved with two weddings in the first half of April, so I really can't rip up the living room just yet. Keep the faith! | |
| Pro Audio Amp Recommendations From an earlier posting:I happen to have both the CarverPro ZR1600, and a QSC RMX 1450. The QSC is good for 450 watts at very low cost and I bought it for a subwoofer application. I did not expect very good results using it full range, but I hooke... |