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| Ethernet - Analog/Digital Signal Clean Up Basically says you have ground noise and should be using isolators and a dedicated low noise power supply on the clean side that’s kind of Kluge the way you’ve done it but it’ll Help I guess | |
| What type of wire for dedicated 20A AC lines? My two cents. Much of what is advocated (large diameter wire, solid copper, etc) is technically **true** but of almost zero incremental value, or, in other cases, "a given" whit US and EU code at least. I do have a 20A home run from my main panel... | |
| Why do preamplifiers have so many capacitors? unanswerable question without more data. But as many have mentioned, there are many solid reasons to use capacitors. If we simply accept you assertion that some preamps have a relatively large complement, the quick answer would be "because they ne... | |
| Does remote control degrade the sound of tube preamps? i have just spent three years researching, designing and prototyping remote control intended for volume production. My thesis was that it could nto only be a VERy attractive feature, but superior sonically. The real answer is "it entirely depend... | |
| Voltage regulators and input impedance what gs5556 said. 1V/15k ohms = .00007 amps = .07mA = teensy weensy | |
| Digital Interconnects - Which one is the BEST ??!! well, thank you. Just trying to disambiguate. The problem is separating bad formats from bad implementations - either can create bad sound and then the speculation begins :-) The bottom line is that some learning and work can substitute f... | |
| Digital Interconnects - Which one is the BEST ??!! Audiotroy more or less has it right. USB is best in theory, since it simply delivers bits "in bulk" and lets the DAC sort out timing etc. Crappy DAC, crappy sound. greta DAC great sound. All the rest are variants of SPDIF (yes, AES is a vari... | |
| Denafrips Ares II - Why did you sell? I love mine. I have several, some that i am protyping as well. At its price, its just killer. I will comment on the above post that it was not better than the BlueSound Node. Having done multi-person comparisons the Bluesound < $99 schiit... | |
| everything sounded great until the upgrade wine improves all systems. | |
| everything sounded great until the upgrade Without knowing, it may in fact be that "X" sucks is your problem... impossible absent data. But keeping it simple - you liked amp A, you dislike amp B. What's the question? Amp synergy is not usually a huge deal unless either the speakers or a... | |
| Volume matched inputs on a preamp? Placing variable control on each channel, so that you can adjust them on the fly (so to speak), puts yet another variable resistor (=crap linearity and noise) in the signal path, so a two-edged sword. using two resistors you can do a very clean ve... | |
| Current Questions you need to watch "the story of electricity" done by, i believe channel 5 in the UK with a physics professor from U sussex. Superb and answers many fundamental questions. And as both an engineer, and also one who's stupid enough to have spent a l... | |
| How much $$ do bells and whistles add to preamp? Its a hard question to answer, and you need to be specific about which add-ons. A DAC, after all, is an entire additional component. On the other hand, the chassis, jacks, power supply etc are far and away the most costly part of any component - ... | |
| What defines mid-fi versus high-end? Sorry for speech t tex ignoring stated punctuation. Sheesh apple | |
| What defines mid-fi versus high-end? To the above “least colored” with all due respect I totally disagree a large amount of high end is heavily colored but it’s euphonic coloration as defined in music theory it sounds better it gives a good visceral experience it is not necessarily t... |