erik_squires
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| Have you ever tried a pair of speakers and said this Is the last thing I will ever need. It doesn't go like that so much for me. My biggest problem is moving ever 2-4 years, and then ending up in a completely different listening environment. I'm afraid the average apartment is just not that conducive to a wide range of gear.My speaker... | |
| Bryston BDA-3 Hey Mahler!Yeah, it depends on the software I use. I only do DSD via USB to the Mytek.... and unfortunately the Squeezelite agent only does DoP. Quad DSD gets re-sampled to PCM. It's not a hardware limit, I was going to hack the source code and en... | |
| Bryston BDA-3 DSD over PCM or DoP really IS DSD. It's just packed inefficiently, so there are limits to the DSD, usually DSD 128 is the maximum. Native DSD is better only because it allows quad DSD over USB, and has no real benefit for playing the round disks, ... | |
| Scan Speak Tweeters OK? Hi Jetter,Yes, you can replace parts when identical. :) However, SS tweets are pretty reliable, and you don't seem to be suffering from blown tweets. It’s quite possible too you don’t have too little treble but too much bass. The 2’ test will sho... | |
| High End Amp Price Collapse musings Much has been said about Class D sound quality vs. other amps that I cannot add to that discussion. However, I want to point out that even if Class D amps were proven best of the amps, this has nothing to do with pricing. Capitalism 101: Price on ... | |
| For a quick good time, blankets... I'm always disappointed that the most measurable, most provable changes you can make in a listening environment are the most mocked and most resisted. E | |
| Scan Speak Tweeters OK? Hey George!You can't replace single drivers willy-nilly. There is a lot that goes into matching the drivers, crossover and cabinet. Also, tweeters don't have that much output, relatively. I suggest an experiment. Sit with the speakers near the cen... | |
| Transformers humimg........again The most likely cause of a transformer mechanically humming, besides poor lamination, is DC on the AC line. That is, the + and - portions of the waveform are not equal and opposite. DC can be injected from certain dimmer switches and switching pow... | |
| Difference between Focal 1008be and be2 I believe the Be2 had a nearly insignificantly lower bass cut-off, no? Best,E | |
| For a quick good time, blankets... @mr_m Well, again, blankets were just a suggestion for skeptics and the inexperienced to learn about room acoustics experimentally. It's not actually THE recommended solution. However, I can see if you are into quilts or museum quality tapestries ... | |
| For a quick good time, blankets... I forgot to mention my biggest nemesis:The Coffee TableI can't really live without one, but when I remember to remove it things get much better. | |
| Conrad Johnson Classic noisy channel. So as the PV series progressed they added regulator sections, for reliability and channel isolation. The 10, having a single regulation pathway, would get noisy on both channels at the same time, but I believe by the 12 it was staggered, with one ... | |
| Tips on soldering Deltron Banan plugs Well, a good temp controlled iron with broad tip will work too. Also tin the wire first. For a wire that large it is easiest to use a solder pot. Then follow instructions as above! Insert wire, heat joint, add solder to junction. | |
| All my FLAC files are 44.1/16 Hey! So, yes, 44.1/16 is "Redbook" standard. That is, it's the normal CD sample rate. If you want to upsample, better to do it during playback to save file space. Depends on your playback software. There is software that can do sample rate convers... | |
| For a quick good time, blankets... @acman3 That's the problem with science, danger lurks everywhere. |