erik_squires
Responses from erik_squires
| Preamp for my CODA 5.5 amp The Luxman preamps are excellent and pricey. My own experience with prior CODA amps would demand a really juicy tube pre or similar. Lux is close with very liquid mid and extention in treble and bass. | |
| System advice OP: I’ve been thinking about your original set up and what you were convinced to change to. Arcam and Monitor Audio are great, but extremely neutral. For many audiophiles they are too laid back and warm sounding. They crave the music to have some... | |
| Best sounding closed back headphones under 100$ AKG used to have some models that were affordable, but not sure if they quite got to $100 | |
| System advice Personally a fan of Arcam, I feel it's highly underrated so going off that was a mistake IMHO. I’d avoid getting onto the cable merry go round personally. EIther go back to Arcam or consider Parasound or Luxman as good directions. | |
| using V Cap Odam To Improve SQ In mid band of speaker XO OP: Not sure what you are asking, but let me clarify. Generally speaking, the basic filter components are either in series with a driver, or parallel to it. It’s the later I refer to as shunting to ground because a cap becomes a short at high fre... | |
| WHY DO SOME AUDIOPHILES TRY TO TELL OTHERS WHAT THEY CAN OR CAN’T HEAR IN A SYSTEM? About to become very close to the age of 80, I still find myself fighting the urge to upgrade or experiment. @llg98ljk - There's nothing wrong with wanting to experiment, at all, especially if your nature is to be a builder or DIY hobbyist.... | |
| Use Multiple Master Clock Outputs? I believe the reason for the multiple clocks is that they divide more easily to different base clocks. 44.1 kHz is Redbook/CD standard while higher resolution starts at 48 kHz. 49.152 MHz is 1024 x 48 kHz. 45.1584 MHz is 1024 x 44.1 kHz. So t... | |
| How Many Times Can You Split A Subwoofer Signal Using A "Y" Connector? Assuming all subwoofer input impedances are the same, you divide the input impedance of one by the number of total inputs. So, if you have a 40K input impedance, but 5 subwoofers: 40,000 / 5 = 8,000 final impedance. Whether your preamp can driv... | |
| WHY DO SOME AUDIOPHILES TRY TO TELL OTHERS WHAT THEY CAN OR CAN’T HEAR IN A SYSTEM? I don’t think it’s my job to know everything possible between your ears and your brain. It's certainly possible with proper training a neural network could pick out the difference in the number of strands of wire used between power cable X and Y.... | |
| Tune-In Stations With Great Sound I don’t know about comparative anything on TuneIn, but for content, JazzFM91 Toronto is about all I listen to. | |
| using V Cap Odam To Improve SQ In mid band of speaker XO OP: Something else you should be aware of is that when parallel caps became fashionable (1980s) caps weren't nearly as good as they are today. Electrolytics in particular had high ESR's and high inductances and were not easily available any bett... | |
| Dual Sub-woofers paired into two sets of speakers - connection option. Let me see if I understand this. Sub 1 (S1) will have A left and B left connected as inputs, Sub 2 (S2) will have A right and B right connected. In each case you will keep the A and B wires separated and they will go to the sub’s L or R inputs? ... | |
| What actually determines volume power? Is it watts? OP: Lets simplify. If you feel you are "almost there" with your current amp and you are looking for a reason to upgrade, go ahead. However if you feel there's a big gap between how loud you can play and how loud you want to play the math isn't ... | |
| What actually determines volume power? Is it watts? So what spec do I look at instead of wattage? Depends on your speakers. What are you playing? The issue may be the speaker / amp matching and knowing your speakers would help. Your speakers may be out of dynamic range or they may have a dif... | |
| Question about high current amps versus "not high current amps" @thecarpathian Well, switching implies binary, and with linear amps the transistors or tubes slide smoothly between the rails. A faucet, with hot and cold water valves may be a better analogy. It's still called an amplifier because the input... |