herman

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Directional wires/cables
  r27y8u92, everyone here is talking about the same energy. They may not know that, but it is all the same form of energy.  The problem is, some, like you,  just don't understand what they are talking about. Sorry, but I don't know of a nicer way... 
Directional wires/cables
a lot of misinformation here backed up by sites that have misinformation. Basic physic classes sometimes use the electron flow model as a simple way to explain things, but they are simply wrong. The AC signal that is transferring energy from the ... 
got my PayPal 1099 /// what now?
as a follow up.. I used HR Block on line to file. My return is very simple so it works well. I traded a lot last year and had almost $50K in sales on PayPal, none of which resulted in a gain. I filled out a form that listed the items I sold, the s... 
Modular LP record storage suggestions
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Which inexpensive speaker cables...
get off of the insanity of the cable merry go round. Here is all you need Canare 4S11 Star Quad 14AWG 4-Conductor Speaker Cable  $1.60 a foot. Parts Express Angled Locking Stacking Banana Plug  $28 Canare L-4E6S Star-Quad Microphone Cable   59 ... 
got my PayPal 1099 /// what now?
Dodbnbav, huh? It is difficult to follow that rant it is so disjointed, but it appears you are talking about paying tax when you buy something. The topic of this thread is tax liability when you sell something. It has nothing to do with paying sal... 
got my PayPal 1099 /// what now?
they decided to go ahead and tax you if you made a profit, even it it was just luck. The government has no way to know if a PayPal user is a business or not. If they did not do it like this, then every business would just say they are not a bus... 
got my PayPal 1099 /// what now?
Even if I am selling it at a loss, the government still wants to tax me for the item  That is incorrect, You only owe taxes if you had a profit. They want you to show you sold at a loss. If you did , you owe no tax. It has always worked that w... 
new pump for a Kuzma Airline
thank you  
The $27,900 disappointment? Wilson Audio Watt Puppy 8 issues.
The idea that a 3 dB variation in response  is "choppy"' is simply ridiculous. Go look at any speaker review with measurements and even the best have variations of at least that much and many have far greater.  chasing a flatter response than thi... 
Phono preamp or SUT for low output moving coil
Actually, you can change the load resistor in any MM stage to whatever value you prefer, if you can identify it and can solder. I wouldn’t go so far as to say "any" since the input impedance may be determined by more than a single resistor, but... 
Phono preamp or SUT for low output moving coil
"Much better to have a phono stage with a very ______ input impedance like the EMIA LR (300kΩ is standard),"   Herman, the word you omitted in describing the input impedance of the EMIA is “high”. thanks, yes, I did unintentionally omit the... 
Phono preamp or SUT for low output moving coil
to be a bit more precise, the SUT is a Step Up Transformer so the ratio is 1:X not X:1. That said it is indeed as Lewn stated. Take the square of the turns ratio and divide the input impedance of the phono stage to calculate what the load is on th... 
DSD coming to Qobuz streaming?
@herman I read that NativeDSD found a way without conversion in DSD 256. interesting.... read where? I suppose you mean mastering in DSD 256? If so, where do they get the DSD 256 files? My educated guess is that they are converted from some ot... 
DSD coming to Qobuz streaming?
PS Audio has a small but interesting downloadable library of DSD albums on their Octave Records label. All these titles were mastered in DSD so you get the full benefit of what DSD has to offer It is mostly smoke and mirrors. Your statement can...