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| Power Cords Snake Oil ?? Zaikesman...I think that the way it goes is that, first, someone comes up with a "Hypothesis". At this point it is pure conjecture. Then, the Hypothesis is tested by examination of data from tests that ought to be affected by the Hypothesis. If mo... | |
| Anyone still excited about HDCD ? HDCD is a clever way to get more out of 16 bits. If 16 bits were all that was available HDCD would be important. But 24 bit hardware has become commonplace, so HDCD has become irrelevant, except for playback of any HDCD discs that you already own. | |
| is it me or sacd. Interesting: I note that everyone who is complaining about SACD and DVD-A audio quality cites Pop and Rock music. I really cannot comment on this, because almost all my discs are classical, and are clearly superior to the older media. Perhaps you ... | |
| Power Cords Snake Oil ?? Nrchy...Because cosmology and quantum physics are not fully understood this does not mean that we don't know how audio amplifiers work. You need to keep your skepticism within reasonable bounds.There is a book which I enjoyed reading, and I think ... | |
| is it me or sacd. Don't blame the recording technology. It's the mastering. | |
| Can someone explain hi-current preamp? "High current" is another way of saying low output impedance. Even with a relatively low 10K impedance input of the power amp, a 1 volt preamp output signal would require a current of only 0.0001 amp.Low output impedance makes the preamp-to-powera... | |
| Power Cords Snake Oil ?? Clueless...Nice toys! Don't you think that zip cord is overkill. I suggest bell wire. | |
| 2 channel SACD vs Multichannel SACD players... Bonger...You use the word "mode" which indicates to me that you are configuring your player for stereo playback, and the player is doing the final mixdown. (Remember all recordings these days are mixdowns from dozens of tracks on the master. Stere... | |
| Power Cords Snake Oil ?? Corona...I have never heard of "sign wave analysis". Please explain. | |
| 2 channel SACD vs Multichannel SACD players... Distortion...A two-channel program does not exist on a DVD-A, but instructions to the player regarding how to mix down the multichannel program into stereo are there. The DVD-A approach and the SACD approach accomplish the same thing in different ... | |
| 2 channel SACD vs Multichannel SACD players... There is absolutely no technical reason why playback of the SACD 2 channel program should be better or worse than the 5 channel one. Of course the 2 channel mix might be more to your liking than the multichannel mix, but that is a function of the ... | |
| Power Cords Snake Oil ?? Nrchy...Science is not quite as primitive as you suppose. Don't be snowed by this string theory bs.In particular it is very simple to measure whether two amps produce identical outputs. Simply feed the same input (a real musical waveform if that t... | |
| Sacd / Dvda universal players Dtf...Nine to hear a good word about Pioneer players. My first player, a DV-45A, is almost identical to the DV-47A with regard to audio.I gather from other threads that most players offer only one subwoofer crossover frequency. That's the story wi... | |
| where do you cross over your ht setup I guess no one can answer this one.Question to you...Why do you think that a cone driver mounted in the main enclosure is superior to a similar (perhaps identical) cone driver mounted in a different box?Six of one: half a dozen of the other. Well ... | |
| Multi-Channel Music: SSP/PrePro with Time Delay?.. Distortion...Sony puts a lot of stuff in fine print :) |