erik_squires
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| Aes-ebu vs. balanced cable You can't hurt it. :) https://www.tvtechnology.com/news/audio-cable-impedance-use-digital-cable-for-digital-applications | |
| Damping Factor - Interesting article An amplifier that doubles in power as the impedance is squared will keep the most consistent anechoic output. Buddy, you went the wrong way. I know of no amp that doubles power as impedance goes from 4 to 16 Ohms. That is certainly not an ideal vo... | |
| Thiel Owners "Pistonic motion" does not. To be fully accurate: at a high enough frequency most cone drivers eventually have break up modes where the driver no longer functions as a piston. It is the speaker designer's job to account for this in picking the... | |
| Damping Factor - Interesting article Another dimension of DF not often discussed is having high DF, and high current through the treble. While conventional speakers tend to have their low points in the mid-bass, where most amps have the highest DF, ESL's are essentially capacitors, ... | |
| Damping Factor - Interesting article My understanding is that low damping factor generally calls for high amounts of global negative feedbac Doesn’t have to be global. Local feedback can also be used to lower distortion and increase DF. Also, a high output impedance (low DF) can b... | |
| Thiel Owners One area in phase that you is always left out is the phase of the midrange cone during playback. If you look at the Wilson midrange it’s out of phase as it’s not a true pistonic driver. I’m sorry but this is misinformed. The correct polarity of t... | |
| Thiel Owners Hi @unsound, All multi-way speakers employ crossovers, and the phase must align correctly or there will be frequency response anomalies and lobing effects. What I suggest you do is look at the Stereophile reviews for Thiel and Vandersteen speakers... | |
| Furman Elite-20 PFi Versus Reference SPR-20i If money is no object, the SPR-20 adds voltage regulation. Not something many need, but it is another feature, an expensive feature as it requires more iron due to the transformer. | |
| Threads worth reading! Being single means, more than anything, you don't owe anyone a debate over whatever crazy idea got into their head at 3 AM. Sorry Kenjit, my job description does not include humoring you. At all. | |
| Best fan for cooling your music room Vornado's are good, so are Dyson. | |
| Threads worth reading! Erik, I dare you to prove to me that ... [some nonsense]Oh, I forgot non-sequiturs. I love those. | |
| Threads worth reading! There is no mind I admire more than the mind that can hold multiple completely contradictory view points all at once and pick among them to convince others of his perspective. I do try, but I may never get there. | |
| Phase inversion, active speakers and a tortured soul Hmmmmm, the only thing that should prevent it from working out is a low impedance input on the ATCs, but hey, what do I know? | |
| Preamp and impedance question While reviewers tend to prefer 4 Ohm taps, the reason for these taps is to ensure equal power output. My mind is hazy, but I think the main reason for this is that without the tap your amp’s power output drops at lower impedances. @atmasphere is ... | |
| Preamp and impedance question Can I just add a volume pot to a power amp schematic? I did some research about passive preamp, but it seems even a passive preamp has a circuit and a transformer. Is it better to buy a separate passive preamp?Depends on what’s driving it. Passiv... |