erik_squires
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| power conditioning question gentlemen Hi @rippet,Sorry I may have misread. If you were saying these units worked on the circuit, regardless of whether or not the items being "protected" were in series, then it must be a parallel surge protector. If I misread that I apologize. Otherwis... | |
| power conditioning question gentlemen Parallel surge protectors are not all that, and I've seen them fail en mass. Not pretty. First, they age and you have no idea how much. Second, they are slow. Third, their effectiveness can be compromised by the impedance of the electrical wiring.... | |
| DSD vs. PCM vs. MQA - Group listening experiment @jon2020 It was really odd. I mean my ear lobes literally felt hot. Like they'd been exposed to too much sun. :) I've not tried to reproduce it, it may have had more to do with the recording than MQA. Best,Erik | |
| Why do so few low power amplifiers using 300B have balanced inputs? Depends on the adapter. ;) Putting an active stage or transformer at the amp end will do a pretty good job. However, are yo sure there's something that needs fixing? 5m might be fine with shielded, single ended cables. Maybe. Worth trying first. ... | |
| Can headphones ever be as good as high end stereo? Good headphones with the right DAC/amp are pretty magical. Set your standards by listening to a Pono. It’s got one of the best output stages around. Second to this is the UFO DSD DAC’s if you can find them, Blue Coast may still sell them. At the l... | |
| Upgrade my DAC or buy more weed? @ncarv That's just one study, but it's interesting nonetheless, considering that almost any time you burn plant or animal you create carcinogens, if this study is validated by a number of more studies I'll truly be impressed. As someone who likes ... | |
| Capacitor log Mundorf Silver in Oil That's a lot of bypass for an MR. Considering the costs, have you actually heard them ?? Personally, I'd bypass Clarity MR with copper foil caps and be very happy. I find the Mundorf SIO's to add a Disney like sheen or scintilation to the top end.... | |
| DSD vs. PCM vs. MQA - Group listening experiment @georgelofi Yep, I wrote a similar point several weeks ago on an earlier Stereophile posting, before they had any real explanations. Bandwidth and disk space is much cheaper than it was. I could see it having a benefit to the service providers tho... | |
| power conditioning question gentlemen To be complete, series surge supression is a licensed technology which SurgeX also licenses, and there may be others. SurgeX charges about twice what Furman does in the pro/commercial space though, so I haven't mentioned it. SMP just happens to be... | |
| power conditioning question gentlemen Depending on what you need, you can get some features much cheaper. For instance, I think the SMP enabled surge protectors start under $200. http://amzn.to/2b11jgrAs a surge, noise and over voltage protector, it’s as good as any other unit you can... | |
| power conditioning question gentlemen Furman's pro gear is very cost effective, and among the best surge protection you can buy if you get the line with series mode surge protection. Richard Gray's is very expensive, but does a great job of cleaning up noise, however it's not a true s... | |
| Why do so few low power amplifiers using 300B have balanced inputs? Cost. I know some professional amplifiers that have balanced inputs, but internally short pin 3 to ground. It's kind of a waste, but it's a necessary convenience feature there.In the residential world, you could add an XLR input, and do the same t... | |
| Review: Wyred4Sound Remedy Reclocker Hi @cooper52 ! I have, and it’s really quite marvelous! :) So far I’ve only fed it from my Logitech SB Touch. It took about 2-4 days to fully mellow out. The first couple of days the treble was too etched and was over-dynamic. Possibly sounding th... | |
| Capacitor log Mundorf Silver in Oil Mundorf is sold more ore less by the uF:uF x y = $$but Clarity is (uF * x) + 30 = $$That is, for the MR line there is a $30 upcharge every time you add a Clarity cap. I don't see exactly which line of Clarity and voltage. Same for Mundorf. Usuall... | |
| What is the single best pre amp you have ever hear Heard? Conrad Johnson Premiere or Sonic Frontiers. I am afraid that was the last time I spent a lot of time really listening to preamps. I have heard the Ayre and they are pretty excellent, as are the pass labs, but neither had enormous sense of s... |