erik_squires
Responses from erik_squires
| Sub $1k Power Conditioners? Any Assistance Appreciated... @iron57Depends, but better quality units tend to have nice linear power supplies, so no. Network devices and streamers (i.e. Amazon, Roku, etc.) yes. | |
| Sub $1k Power Conditioners? Any Assistance Appreciated... Hey OP:The issue with a lot of inexpensive strips (including Furman) is they have 1 set of filters. So:Wall power = D------ < Filter > ----- (outputs)The problem is that the output can be polluted by other noise generating devices. That i... | |
| How to improve sound coming from a laptop? not just the PS, but you may need a USB ground isolator. $30 | |
| How to improve sound coming from a laptop? Hey OP,The biggest issue I've found is the noise of the laptop's power supply, also, the lack of ground isolation from some DACs. I would say to try it, and see if using battery power or not makes a difference. If not, then no issue. If it does,... | |
| Are 1st Generation B&W 800D Still Considered Diamonds? Besides the tweeter, B&W also changed the speaker to have a little more oomph in the bass. If you like the B&W sound, they're a good speaker to get. | |
| Sub $1k Power Conditioners? Any Assistance Appreciated... This comes up so often I wrote a blog about it:https://inatinear.blogspot.com/2019/04/power-management-for-frugal-audiophiles.html | |
| Saved Music Pulled from streaming services! It seems as if sometimes they re-create albums, and this causes them to get deleted, even though they are still in Tidal. It's a little maddening. I suspect they do some sort of broad update to the album metadata and rather than just update what ... | |
| Higher sample rate than 16 bit redbook Hi OP, cleeds is exactly right. If you want to call it "Redbook" it has to be 16 bits, stereo, at 44.1 kHz. However, having owned the ARC Dac 8, I have some suggestions for you. 1 - It's way past time to update it. Even the DAC 8 is bettered by ... | |
| Aurender's "Sound" Hey @three_easy_paymentsI've been thinking about the whole upsampling thing. While it does not provide more data, it does change the behavior of the upper octave's filter, sometimes by a couple of dB. A significant, audible amount. | |
| Aurender's "Sound" Not sure if you have these features, but if you have digital filter options and/or the ability to upsample those may fix what ails you. :) | |
| earphone desgin and quality research That ends up being more marketing. Having a high resolution BT and a great fit that is not only secure, but blocks out the noise around me. This was one disappointment in recent Fiio models. The throat is too short, and the foam tips were too sm... | |
| Loudness - Why has the industry stopped producing amplifiers with this feature any longer? However, in the digital world having such things as room control, bass management, dynamic loudness correction and the ability to juggle your system’s frequency response all by computer (no mechanical switches) are real eye openers. I kind of agre... | |
| Switch from AB to D It seems the Vidar's are not Class D, they are A/B. https://www.schiit.com/products/vidarJust very compact. | |
| 4 or 8 ohm connection for a 6 ohm speaker? OP: Glad you experimented!! :) Best,E | |
| Lively, fast & open sounding integrated under 3k? McIntosh?? |