eldartford
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| Behringer DEQ2496: Ease of Use Warnerwh...Clipping would be obvious, from the Red LED flashing, and from the Peak reading saying "CLIP". Digital clipping can occur in the input A/D or the output D/A, but not in the digital processing which is implemented by a floating point dev... | |
| Behringer DEQ2496: Ease of Use Everyone commenting about the audio quality of the DEQ2496 should be sure that it is operating at an appropriate signal level...not down in the mud. This signal level is a bit higher than the typical "line level" of consumer audio equipment. 24 bi... | |
| PS Audio Noise Harvester I am also skeptical, but at the price it might be worth trying. At least it can function as test gear, even if there is no effect on the sound quality.The supposed effect of AC power noise is a mystery to me. I have a light over my turntable which... | |
| Can magnets permanently damage CRTs? When my CRT computer monitor was on during a power surge related to a thunder storm the picture became distorted and the colors (colours for you Sean) all messed up. I was sure it was destroyed. But, low and behold, turning it off and back on fixe... | |
| How to eliminate noise in IC's? You ought to be able to use four and a half meter unbalanced interconnects without noise problems. Perhaps there is a wiring problem with your interconnects. Use of an XLR connector will not help since the interconnection will still be unbalanced.... | |
| Planar to dynamic, dynamic to planar, or ... As I have mentioned before, I can swing from planar to cone in the middle of a music selection simply by changing the crossover frequency between my cones (a subwoofer system capable of up to 400 Hz) and my Maggies. (If one used a full range cone ... | |
| Analog experiment Outlier...In my 10/24 posting I referenced my audition (at a dealer) of vinyl source costing about $60,000, where I concluded that it was only marginally better than my humble (and old) $1,500 rig. That old vinyl rig of mine is, with respect to my... | |
| What happened to Linear Tracking Turntables A decent linear tracking arm is much more expensive to manufacture than a pivoting arm. That's why they disappeared from low cost record players. Linear tracking arms are still around in the high cost category. Another factor is that a well design... | |
| Analog experiment Your method of comparison/evaluation strikes me as very good. Of course, you are correct...as you would be if your ears had heard it the other way. My last investigation of vinyl was done differently. I went to a dealer and asked to hear the best ... | |
| Sacrilege Going from Tubes back to Solid State Meadowman...The CI amps use a module (UcD) that is similar in concept to the ICE module, but with some topography changes that address what is perceived as a weakness of the ICE nodules: HF response variation with load impedance. As you know, loud... | |
| Sacrilege Going from Tubes back to Solid State Since you intend to commit a sin, why not make it a big one and try a digital amp? Some say they are more like tubes than most conventional SS amps. I like my CI 200 amps. Spend the extra funds on good recordings. | |
| What dynamic spkr. did you go to from electrostat? Chadnliz...Planar bass (at least with Maggies)is smoother than any box speaker, and sounds as if it goes lower than it really does. Really good. It just doesn't go that low (MG1.6 roll off at 40 Hz) and SPL at low frequency is limited. Planars tha... | |
| What dynamic spkr. did you go to from electrostat? Chadnliz...My posting, referencing Maggies, was really about how you can transition between a planar and a cone speaker, according to suitability to the music, and would apply to electrostatics as well as Maggies. | |
| If boulder is tops what is second tier? Rauliruegas...In my experience vacuum tube preamps, typically with output impedance around 600 ohms, are much more sensitive to interconnects than are solid state preamps, typically with output impedance lower than 50 ohms. Not to say that tube pr... | |
| Antiskate issue. Rauliruegas...I don't have an old owners manual to look at, but I do remember the 1/3 to 1/4 ratio of AS/VTF. This must have come from the Empire TT or Shure pickups that I used. But, don't we all agree that AS equal to VTF would be way too much? ... |