herman
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| Gain adjustment on Pass Xono? You are missing the forest (system) by focusing on a tree (one component). Too high or too low gain depends on the output of the cartridge + gain of phono pre + gain of pre + gain of amp + efficiency of the speakers. I'm assuming the Xono is the n... | |
| Yet another Mac music Question Amara sounds way betterJordan, I would take that with a grain of salt. I've followed many discussions about these 2 packages and that's the first I've ever seen that makes that claim. If you want to do the Amarra trial you should also download the... | |
| Yet another Mac music Question Their website doesn't address the issue so you probably need to contact them, but I'm pretty sure you can't do 24/192 on USB2 but you should be able to do 24/96 or 24/48. Are you sure you are looking at the PS audio settings and not the internal o... | |
| Room correction altering soundstage Most people will tell you that a fraction of an inch difference in the distance from each speaker cam affect imaging. An 18 mS delay is equivalent to moving the speaker about 18 feet further away than the other one so yes, that would easily be aud... | |
| recording shows from cable TV? The last I tried a DVD recorder (several years ago) I fed the analog audio/video from my cable box to the recorder. It worked fine but it would not copy anything from HBO. | |
| recording shows from cable TV? I would get a DVD recorder or use a VCR. Any box like cable DVR or TIVO uses a hard drive which is more prone to failure than a DVD-R or tape. | |
| Making active speakers with 4 Gallo A'Divas The benefit of using an active crossover is eliminating the passive components (crossover) between the amp and the driver. Since those speakers don't have a crossover I don't see any benefit in adding an active crossover to the signal path, and if... | |
| Separate Insurance Policy - LP's, Memorabilia, Etc My State Farm agent told me that the only limit on art, albums, and stereo was the overall limit for personal belongings. They are not treated like jewelry and guns that do have limits. He said the trick is to have a good record of what you have a... | |
| Preamp to go with Pass Labs Rushmore Speaker .Too little info for a good response....What is it that he "doesn't like" about the Pass pre?What model is it? How much is he willing to spend?Is he willing to buy used?. | |
| Does the Audio Research PH-3 Invert Polarity? The reason for invert is EVERY stage inverts.Actually every stage with voltage gain inverts. To have a non-inverting preamp with gain you need at least two stages of voltage gain.. an inversion and another inversion puts you back to non-inverted. ... | |
| Warming-Up Amps w/o Inputs or Speakers Attached .I'll respectfully disagree with that but have no hard science to back me up."Most tubes are cheap compared to the price of good output transformers. "Either tubes or transformers are more likely to be damaged.The price has nothing to do with it. ... | |
| Warming-Up Amps w/o Inputs or Speakers Attached FYI for anyone interestedI will not be drawn into some endless debate but Mr Rodman is wrong on most counts. Kijanki is correct. SS voltage sources don't care if they have a load or not. Transformers do indeed store and release energy. That is why... | |
| Warming-Up Amps w/o Inputs or Speakers Attached Although it is unlikely, it is possible to damage a tube amp with no load connected if you play a signal through them. The transformers act like big inductors without a load, storing up energy and releasing it, and since the only place for it to g... | |
| Advice buying a Music Server? Just Olive 4HD? ALAC is compressed. That file size is about 40% smaller than AIFF and can't be played directly. It must be processed to re-create the 16/44.1 data just like iTunes must decompress ALAC before it can play it.As I understand it the streaming compute... | |
| Advice buying a Music Server? Just Olive 4HD? The software converts the AIFF to Apple lossless before it streams it and the AE coverts it back to 16/44.1. The toslink output of the AE is also much higher in jitter than what your cdp can do. It is not surprising that a $99 multifunction wirele... |