erik_squires
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| Class D is just Dandy! @jrunr I would listen to them. :) Bridging is a tricky thing, possibly involving slightly more circuitry at the front end, and possibly lower damping factor (Higher impedance). How much is audible? Is a higher 8 ohm power rating going to help you ... | |
| Clarity Cap CMR Impressions @timlub Thanks tim. Letting a thread get off topic is the death knell. The purpose gets lost and those who were interested no longer will be. If I am guilty of this too I apologize.Threads are free. If you have a cool idea for a topic start a new ... | |
| Class D is just Dandy! Hi @jrunr Regulator or not, the question is whether they all share a transformer, that's where the money/size/weight is. If I were designing them, I'd stick to 1 power supply model, and add or remove amp modules as necessary. Best,E | |
| Class D is just Dandy! Here is the relevant part: The AT52XNC amps are rated at 200W RMS per channel at 8 ohms with300W RMS at 4 ohms and are available with 2 to 8 channels. The AT54XNC amplifiers use two N-Core modules per channel in a differential bridged output ... | |
| Class D is just Dandy! So I just checked out ATI's multi-channel nCore amplifier. It looks really interesting, except packing that many channels (8) into a single chassis limits the total simultaneous output. If you only have a pair of hard to drive speakers, this shoul... | |
| Class D is just Dandy! @jrunr No, not necessarily. :) Usually you can tell by how low a speaker impedance it is rated for (8 --> 4 --> 2 --> 1 Ohm) and how well the power doubles each step down in impedance. So for a 50 watt amp the best should put out 400 Watt... | |
| Bryston BDA-2 Or Yggdrasil Help I'll give you an example of two DAC's I like a lot now.The Shiits rely on proprietary oversampling, the Myteks do not. Both sound really good to me, so I don't think the answer is entirely in bit wrangling. :) Best,E | |
| Bryston BDA-2 Or Yggdrasil Help hi @plutos I don’t claim to know all old DAC’s or oversampling/upsmapling variations. :) I have been putting DAC’s into the bucket of great bargains AND good sounding at all resolutions because I don’t remember any DAC having this combination o... | |
| Capacitor log Mundorf Silver in Oil Chris has excellent measurement tools too. I would be surprised if you asked for a matched pair and it was that far off. Do you have a reference resistor?? Relatively cheap to buy a 0.5% resistor to compare. | |
| Bryston BDA-2 Or Yggdrasil Help Hi @plotus,Sorry, this is my short hand. Over the past 5 years or so a number of really good DAC’s have appeared that can play Redbook AND high resolution very well under $2,000. Smooth extension without exaggeration, no grain or fatigue. Some of... | |
| Capacitor log Mundorf Silver in Oil @c_avila1 Good feedback. :) E | |
| Clarity Cap CMR Impressions AudioI am doing the testing I am doing exactly because of the differences. :) That and that I really want to remake the crossovers and need to wait for resistors to come in. The nature of engineering and testing is not always to build up full prot... | |
| Clarity Cap CMR Impressions I’m at the 48 hour mark. The CMR still sounds brighter and more open / uncongested compared to the Clarity MR + Audyn Cu but it’s definitely getting smoother as time goes on. Imaging is suffering somewhat. The left (CMR) has a better sense of inst... | |
| Bryston BDA-2 Or Yggdrasil Help Huh, what?? The Shiit is a very good modern sounding DAC, almost as good as my beloved Myteks!! :) +1 on ShiitNo idea on Bryston.Best,E | |
| Capacitor log Mundorf Silver in Oil I may be getting worked up enough to make some circuit boards as part of a speaker kit. I'll have to leave room for a Caddock or Mills in the one series resistor in the circuit so I can give it a good listen. :) Best,E |