erik_squires
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| Mytek Brooklyn need Audiophilleo? Hi! Sorry, I definitely made a mistake. Mytek's manual specifies that an external supply (when used) should be 12V 4A to 6A. I have not yet tried an external supply.Best,Erik | |
| Do all tube preamps leak DC? Next you can get into the world of cap upgrades...:) :) :) Best,Erik | |
| help me with a DAC decision please Mostly true, but to nit-pick an answer, I've seen at least one maker use a 32 bit DAC's to 24 bit music, and use the remaining most significant 8 bits to do digital volume control, as well as DAC's that adjust the maximum output voltage digitally,... | |
| Do all tube preamps leak DC? So I just found a picture of the guts. As expected, it has two very large caps and a relay at the output. :) I think you are all set, but caps do fail, film caps VERY VERY rarely, so by all means, spend $20 on a multimeter with 100mV resolution an... | |
| Do all tube preamps leak DC? Talk to them, I am not sure how their caps are arranged, and it's most likely that these caps are in addition to the main cap. There's no way I'm aware of to make a single-ended preamp without a blocking cap. :) The voltages inside the pre are aro... | |
| Looking for music streamer/server...Is a Macbook Pro better than a Sony Hap Z.... DIY a Linux based streamer for USB. 2TB plus gaming and video for around $650. You can go even cheaper with a pi based solution.You can then use Samba to share the music directory and use whatever music software you want to tag and organize it. Be... | |
| Do all tube preamps leak DC? Almost all preamps and amps have a tiny bit of DC offset. Maybe 5 mV or less for a pre, 60mV or less for an amp. Tube preamps have a blocking capacitor on the output. That should not leak any DC, or TINY amounts. However..... when you first turn a... | |
| Stereophile & Mytek Brooklyn - Better than it Measures @bigshutterbug What power supply did you end up using?Best,Erik | |
| Stereophile & Mytek Brooklyn - Better than it Measures Correction; The article's author is another JA: Jim Austin. My sincere apologies to Jim Austin, I’ve no idea what his speaker reviews are like. I read John Atkinson on the measurements and somehow believed he was the article’s author, or I messed ... | |
| Coupling or Decoupling speakers? This is really surprising to me, as my experiments with added weight seemed to indicate speakers moved back and forth somewhat in reaction to woofer movement. If I was rich I'd try them. :) Erik | |
| Best Capacitors for Crossovers Ozzy, You need XSim which is also free. :) We have a couple of threads going on in the DIY forums regarding simulation and crossover design. Feel free to join in. Best,Erik | |
| Questioning the need for a DAC Hi @psickerson I’m not sure if all have it, but some Schiits have ASRC. Adaptive Sample Rate Conversion. Most of these processes work by throwing away the original data and recreating it. They map the data coming in to a (hopefully) much more jitt... | |
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| Oppo Sonica DAC Expected this fall Most of my listening has been via my speakers. I did listen quite carefully with headphones while trying to evaluate the alleged benefits of MQA which I could not find. I’m very very happy with the Brooklyn in both senses as a DAC and headphone am... | |
| Oppo Sonica DAC Expected this fall I took my AKG 7... 12? 721.... damnit. My orange AKG K headphones. :) I heard them at the last California Audio Show in SF. The little UFO sold by Blue Coast was MUCH MUCH better, as is the X5. I invited some audiophile friends to come listen, an... |