erik_squires
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| Calling all conrad johnson afficianos .... Just wanted to add, I do believe that the classic CJ preamps have too high of a sensitivity. In some cases this is an easy mod by an experienced tube tech. You'll definitely get less noise out of them. Best,E | |
| Felt diffraction reduction advise I have a question. If the creator of the speaker thought it needed felt, wouldn’t he or she have included it? It’s cheap and easy to apply. Or would it be added to change the highs in a unique situation? Of course, and some do, some don't. I th... | |
| Does impedance of a speaker change when one bi-amps? When I tried to run my ESLs off a high quality integrated I learned a lot. For instance the rated power is only deliverable into a resistive load. Anything reactive shut the amp down and a message came up "check for shorted speaker wires" Th... | |
| Felt diffraction reduction advise Vandersteen's is deep enough to act like a bit of a waveguide. And yes, it does help. The felt seems to reduce re-radiation directly around the tweeter enhancing the speaker's disappearing act. | |
| Luxman Class A Integrated Slight Buzzing Noise Well, yes and no. *Some* hum is caused by a ground loop, and *some* hum is caused by DC on the line, and both of these are cured fairly easily. You missed the key adjective. "Mechanical". This means that something in the equipment is physicall... | |
| Calling all conrad johnson afficianos .... Those are two separate questions. 1 - Gain - As far as I know it's historical and goes back to the days when you might really need it from a tuner or tape or turntable. 2 - Impedance - Cost and simplicity. The single tube / channel CJ preamps are ... | |
| DAC's : The missing feature: Signal quality Hey Steve! I saw your purifier on your web site. One thing that caught my eye was incompatability with XMOS based inputs. Is this because they require a +5 V input? | |
| Felt diffraction reduction advise Even craft felt works, but Madisound also sells some pre-cut. | |
| Luxman Class A Integrated Slight Buzzing Noise Well, this is a 3 year old thread, but usually excess mechanical hum is caused by DC on the line. DC can be caused by dimmer switches, and a variety of digital power supplies, including PC's and fluorescent light supplies. Removing the cause, or u... | |
| DAC's : The missing feature: Signal quality Hi Steve,Thank you, would love to see what you come up with. In my mind there is more than one type of problem which could occur, not just jitter. Like for instance, what about a CD player which has no jitter, but is just slow? Plus EMI/RFI / grou... | |
| DAC's : The missing feature: Signal quality decooney - I'm not arguing that the total elimination of noise and distortion is audio nirvana. I am saying that there could be a boatload of noise in the digital signal chain we are not aware of and it is best to know that than to start guessing ... | |
| Am I the only one who loves french horns? So I was watching an Anime and the main character plays the Euphonium. I don't really hear about that in classical music. Any fans or recommended recordings? E | |
| Does impedance of a speaker change when one bi-amps? If you are going to go with active crossovers, you seriously should just make your own speaker. DIY your own speaker pair is something I think every audiophile should do at least once. Build it from the ground up and learn what you need to do alo... | |
| DAC's : The missing feature: Signal quality audioman - The issue there is the same. I’ve read technical reviews on iFi purifiers that show them to be a really mixed bag. They don’t do enough to control power supply noise, and end up just moving noise from one area to another. See if you can... | |
| DAC's : The missing feature: Signal quality Todd -I didn't know they had that! That's pretty awesome. E |