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| Behringer DEQ2496 - worth using in hi-end system? Hey guys...don't waste a lot of energy avoiding use of the DEQ2496 A/D and D/A. They are good 24 bit devices, and if you keep the signal level up they will handle your 16 bit CD signal very well. One reasonable application of the DEQ2496 is as an ... | |
| Can DAC placement cause CD player skipping? Only at the time of full moon. | |
| Are ICEpower amps really that good? The Channel Island Audio amps are based on a module called "UcD" which is similar in concept to the "ICE" module but supposedly incorporates an improved topography which eliminates sensitivity of distortion to load impedance. I have five D200 amps... | |
| Are ICEpower amps really that good? Dazzdax...You are suffering from the early stages of upgradeitis. The cure is to buy a much more expensive ICE amp like the H2O. | |
| Loudness of TV Commercials Top wake you up after tha lousy program has put you to sleep. | |
| Best CD sleeves out there They do make skinny "jewel boxes"...about half the thickness of the common ones. | |
| KLH Model 12 w/External contour control The KLH 12, which I once owned, are probably the best of the classical acoustic suspension KLH speakers. The drivers in the model 12 are the same as the model 5: A 10" (?) woofer, two light paper cone midrange, and a tweeter. However the enclosure... | |
| taming a nasty treble response All (I think) speakers include a "tweeter padding" resistor in series with the tweeter. (This is necessary because tweeter sensitivity generally runs higher than woofers). The MG1.6 has no built in tweeter padding resistor, but you can insert one ... | |
| This should be controversial....hearing tests... Based on my own experience I believe that ability to hear a pure sine wave tone is not a comprehensive test of aural acuity. I believe that the ear responds to steepness of the pressure wavefront. I can hear the effect of HF roll off at a frequenc... | |
| Audiophile Electrocution If your fingers are dry and you brush lightly on a 110 volt wire you will only get a little tingle. Old time electricians checked for hot wires with their fingers, and I do the same, but for me only as a verification after I have cut the power. Yo... | |
| Plastic ring over tweeter opinion Circumcised tweeters! What next? | |
| To seal or not to seal ... To be constructive (for a change) your bass problems will be very severe, and bass problems cannot be cured by room treatment. The electronic approach is one that I use with great success, but in a room where the sound field is so resonant and sta... | |
| dac chip vs analog stage as to sonic impact Reference Audio Modifications (RAM) does a mod to the Behringer DEQ2496 where they use transformers connected directly to the AKM DACs, thereby eliminating all the analog circuitry. They say this is their top of the line mod, and it costs accordin... | |
| To seal or not to seal ... Your room, as you describe it, sounds ideal for incarcerating terrorists. | |
| Is balanced necessarily better? Actually, on my CarverPro power amps there are three choices of input connections: XLR, 1/4 phone Jack, Euro-type. Euro-type is three pin sockets in line, with set screws to hold the pin or crimp bare wire. For a semi-permanent installation the Eu... |