erik_squires
Responses from erik_squires
| Thiel Owners Let me chime in as some one with relatively recent experience with Clarity and CMR in particular, but not with Thiel rebuilds. The CMRs are excellent caps. I honestly don’t know if they are better than the previous generation. I’ve swapped them ou... | |
| Can't Find A/C Converter Plug Good find, Djones, I had forgotten about those professional, rack mount power strips. | |
| THD vs. S/N+D I will be up all night thinking about this. Oh, how thoughtless of me to post something that requires intellectual curiosity. I hope this does not deter you, @ebm from constantly being constructive and bringing interesting observations and topi... | |
| THD vs. S/N+D The various harmonics are perceived by the ear in different ways. So THD doesn't tell the whole story, and often amps with low THD might not sound as good as an amp with higher THD. Which is kind of my point. Measurements are good, but transl... | |
| Can't Find A/C Converter Plug You can't find it because it sounds like you are going the wrong way. What is your application?Of course, you can build one up by buying the components and a short AC cable. Best,E | |
| Are integrated amps technically better than separates? Take for example high quality capacitors which alone take a lot of space. Right, but you don't need coupling caps if you are designing the pre and amp together. But also, this is very brand specific. Not everyone uses large, boutique caps at all. | |
| share 2 CH speakers with HT set up or use separate speakers for front end of a 7.2 HT? HT bypass means that the Lyngdorf gives up the the volume control.No matter what level you were listening to music, when you use HT Bypass the volume gets taken over by your HT processor. | |
| Are integrated amps technically better than separates? So I would be interested to see what the answers would be if the OP had specified "at the same price point." | |
| Are integrated amps technically better than separates? One reason why most top-end preamps have separate power supplies. Of course, nothing sells like excess. | |
| Are integrated amps technically better than separates? Like anything, specifics matter. Could they be? Yes, certainly. The issues of DC coupling and impedance matching of each stage to the other vanish, not to mention the need for another set of interconnects, and the possible issues with proper conne... | |
| Amplifier or Receiver Anthem is having a sale, and they make some of the best AVRs out there. Sure would be simple. | |
| JA Perspectives VS Tyler Acoustics Linbrook Sig System I have to say that looking at the latest measurements from the JA perspectives I am not sure if JA is applying his trademarked crossovers here. The measured impedance and slopes seem rather conventional. This paragraph from Stereophile is curious:... | |
| Suspected power fluctuations on new 20A Circuit Hi OP,Sounds like your current unit has 2 separate features, and you may only need one:- Voltage Regulator (causes the clicking)- Step-up transformer ( outputs 2x the incoming V )You can get a step-up transformer without the voltage regulation. E... | |
| old high end preamps.. The one I'd wished I had kept was a Theta Casanova. Even though it was 5.1 only, it sounded great. | |
| Unsure how to set levels to use tubes and power amp together Hi OP,Yep, turn the knobs all the way up on the amp unless needed for other reasons.It may help you to understand that the gain of most preamps and amp electronics is fixed. The volume knobs only change the level of signal before or after the ele... |