ghostrider45
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| What amp to use with Apogee Stage speakers Check the Apogee user group for lots of opinions on amps for Stages - http://audioworld.com/cgi-bin/sw/forumdisplay.cgi?action=topics&forum=Apogee+Acoustics+Users+Group&number=1 | |
| Using AES/EBU Digital XLR for analog connection? You can't hurt anything by trying it. If you like the sound, no need for more research. | |
| Using AES/EBU Digital XLR for analog connection? My Pass X0.2 preamp is a 3 chassis unit. Power supply and controls are in one chassis and the left and right audio channels are each in a seperate chassis. You need a single XLR cable to provide an audio link between the two audio chassis if you w... | |
| High Definition CD or HDCD - What is it exactly? Czbbel - Duh - of course! I wasn't thinking. | |
| High Definition CD or HDCD - What is it exactly? Czbbel - Interesting - the HDCD process only results in a 20 bit data stream, so I wonder why Microsoft wants a 24 bit card. | |
| High Definition CD or HDCD - What is it exactly? BTW, the HDCD license that the manufacturer needs in order to sell a player with an HDCD decoder requires that the player have an indicator for HDCD disks. It also requires that the level of non HDCD disks be 6db lower than HDCD disks. Some manufa... | |
| High Definition CD or HDCD - What is it exactly? The HDCD encoding is embedded in the audio data on the disc (low order bit modulation) and should survive a disc copy. If the CEC player failed to recognize the copy as an HDCD it means that your copy software did not make a bit-for-bit copy of th... | |
| ESOTERIC, WADIA -- How do they really sound? I have both an Esoteric P70/D70 combo and a Wadia 7/9 combo in the system. I've had the Wadia combo for about 5 years, and the Esoteric for about 6 months. Both are quite good. The Esoteric combo is a detail champ without being harsh and is quite ... | |
| A new analog medium Any new format that doesn't address computer and internet usage and rights management is DOA. Unfortunately a new analog medium falls in this category by definition.No one will expend the money to develop a new media for a niche market. | |
| Half the information on CDs is analogue The CD data retrieval process is actually very different from phono playback.Under normal conditions the CD transport will retrieve an exact copy of the digital data used to create it (think CDROMs - computers won't tolerate a "close approximation... | |
| Is a good Cermic Cartridge an Oxymoron? No, my MA-780 had no noise or microphonic issues. It also tracked quite well. Perhaps it was because of its line contact stylus. The cartridge had great high end response but was just a bit bass shy. I'll miss it.... | |
| Demagnatize cartridge?? Cekiv - I have my 304 mounted on an overhauled Yamaha PX-2. The cartridge came with 2 sets of screws, one pair too short and the other too long. I used the too-long screws of course. I had no problem balancing the cartridge and setting tracking fo... | |
| Demagnatize cartridge?? I doubt that the 304 was magnetized by the stylus gauge. Every MC, MM, or MI cartridge contains powerful magnets to enable it to generate a voltage when the stylus moves. It sounds like your stylus gauge is attracted to the cartridge's magnets (an... | |
| HDTV transmitter/antenna information I don't know the Kalamzoo area (except that Gibson made guitars there in the 60's, and now Heritage uses the facilities), but you need a good line-of-sight from your antenna to the HD transmiter antenna. Depending on antenna height and transmitter... | |
| What happens when? Most MM inputs provide a 47K ohm load. MC cartridges usually need far lower load impedances, in the 100 - 2000 ohm range. In additin to insufficient gain you'll get response anaolies due to load mismatch.Having said that, many high output MC cartr... |