herman
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| Amps or Speakers which one to upgrade next many hold to the idea that front end is most important as in "garbage in, garbage out"I disagree. The most colored component is the speaker. It is the starting point for upgrades after acquiring a competent set of components before it.Proof? take ... | |
| DC leakage from power amps hey Ralph, I agree about the DC, but he has monoblocks that will do 1800 watts into 4 ohms so I don't think bigger amps is the answerCould it be the line sags so low they clip? Seems like the lights would dim if that happens but never seen that s... | |
| DC leakage from power amps I would hook to the output of the amps and play something you typically listen to at what you would consider a moderate to slightly loud volume level and see what your peak hold AC meter captures. Power is voltage squared divide by impedance so i... | |
| DC leakage from power amps Does your meter have a max hold function? If so you could get an idea of what kind of peaks you are hitting. With a monster amp and great speakers you may be be playing much louder than you realizeaccording to Stereophile your problem may be the i... | |
| DC leakage from power amps I think you are looking in the wrong direction. A little bit of DC leakage is not going to blow fuses and drivers in a speaker that is designed to handle 100's of watts of power. At least I assume a $50K speaker that doesn't have a stated maximum ... | |
| Directionality of wire BSDespite what you say, radio waves are a perfect example of what I was discussing since RF is an EM wave just like the audio is. If that EM wave is outside the wire then the energy from any other EM wave can be too, and is.As far as being directi... | |
| Directionality of wire I never said all the "energy" was traveling inside the wire.you most certainly did. I did not put words in your mouth. I quoted you like I quoted you below.You stated here that the audio signal is traveling through the wire, "not outside." This al... | |
| Directionality of wire Thanks for your input, with which I completely agree, except for "the movement of electrons is the cause when it is the effect". In my view, the two are dual, in the mathematical sense.It is very simple to me. EM waves move through a vacuum withou... | |
| Directionality of wire It is illogical to say that "electricity" or current or voltage is an electromagnetic wave. This all means the electromagnetic waves must be traveling through the copper, not outside the copper.First they aren’t and then they are? To deny that aud... | |
| Directionality of wire Huh? What I stated is still true. The caps that have the same capacitance and the same precision sound different.Who cares any other characteristics?That is called cherry picking part of the conversation to divert attention from the overall discus... | |
| Directionality of wire So the whole idea of "energy" traveling outside the wire is pretty preposterous.If that was true then the means we have for determining whether or not a wire is hot by placing a device near them would not work, like those little gizmos that you p... | |
| Directionality of wire I am not going to read this whole thing as I am late to the party so please forgive me if I repeat something already saidAlmarg, you are usually spot one but missed one here.The electromagnetic wave is the audio signal. There is no electromagnetic... | |
| whats the very best sounding cables for realistic money I recommend starting with Cat5 ethernet cable. It works very well for both interconnects and speaker cable and costs 10-20 cents a foot. Of course there are many who think you have to spend a small fortune on wire to get good sound but they are in... | |
| suggestions for Windows 10 software please, , laptop to USB DAC, AIFF files, remote app I was unable to procure a crossover with the delay I needed to time align my speakers so I went back to Pure Music on a Mac mini. Sounds great | |
| Amps from the 1980's -- What gear holds up sonically? Reliably? I too am amazed a Phase Linear is still working, known as Flame Linears even when new. I had a 700B and it blew up on a regular basis. What I haven't seen mentioned is that all of these amps had large electrolytic caps in their power supplies and ... |