erik_squires
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| Tube Physics Question Not exactly. Nelson Pass is famous however for noting that too many amplifier makers focus on the extremes of power delivery, and not enough reviewers, specs or designers worry about the linearity, quietness, etc. of the very first watt. | |
| Analog output for hifi "composite" only refers to the video signal. :) The L and R RCA are normal line audio level. | |
| Help me with my short list The Mytek 192 is old. :) The Brooklyn is it's replacement. One really inexpensive unit you should audition is the Parasound Zdac. Much better sounding than it's price point. The Ayre Codex is another small unit many really like. If you want portab... | |
| D'Appolito on What Matters Sorry to hear that. I was actually just thinking that. It's super convenient to match two speakers via DSP. I wonder how much of the benefit of things like DiracLive or Audessey comes just from matching speaker frequency response hyper-accurately. | |
| D'Appolito on What Matters unsound,If you are making high end, that makes sense! :) It was probably a crap load of work then too! :) Not just drivers, but caps and coils are notorious for varying. Depends of course on the type and maker. It's totally worth buying 1% resist... | |
| D'Appolito on What Matters In case others don't know, D'Appolito has designed many different types of speakers but he is most famous for the configuration that bears his name, the MTM (midwoofer, tweeter, midwoofer). Not all MTM designs are D'Appolito and not every speaker ... | |
| D'Appolito on What Matters Dunlavy's article is interesting too, though at fist blush, the idea of matching instrument radiation patterns seems bogus, and not what I read acousticians and other speaker makers attempting to do. I'm an unqualified pretender though, so I'll ha... | |
| HDCD rescue - it's possible, but man... And.... Patricia has it on Vinyl at her store for $70. :) | |
| HDCD rescue - it's possible, but man... The SACD versio is only half that. :) Either way I'd rather have a download. | |
| HDCD rescue - it's possible, but man... Yeah, MQA reminds me of dark energy, a lot. :)In addition to the unproven sound quality enhancements, I really like the data compression part of MQA. If I could losslessly compress my flac files to 1/8th the current size I would love it. However, ... | |
| Clarity Cap CMR Impressions Forgot to answer your voltage question. :) Lowest available, so I think that's 400V for CMR? Thanks,Erik | |
| HDCD rescue - it's possible, but man... @georgelofi I certainly can't find any evidence to the contrary! :) Erik | |
| Meridian DPS 7000 ? 5200? are these speakers actually worth having as a long term deal... Rapogee,Kind of a question only you can answer. One thing I have noticed is that Meridian tends to get hugely discounted on the used market. That's not important in terms of whether they sound good to you, but if you do like them you can get prett... | |
| Clarity Cap CMR Impressions Hi @dgarretson Thanks for backing me up, people usually think I make this stuff up. Let's say 2uF and 10uF. Any sort of comparison would be useful. Like "Exactly the same, half" etc. I should stop being so cheap and just buy a set. I just want to ... | |
| Something just isn't there So Kevin,Make sure when you listen your speakers are away from walls as much as you can. :) What you described is typical of a room that is far too lively. By pulling the speakers away from the walls and you moving towards them you change the rat... |