jaytor
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| Warming up digital in my setup Also look at the Border Patrol DAC. Very warm sounding and reasonably priced. | |
| DAC recommendation in 5 to 10K range I added a Denafrips Gaia DDC to my Terminator (original with DSP upgrade) and used an i2S connection between the Gaia and DAC. I was very surprised by the improvement. More dynamic, smoother sounding, and improved sound stage. I've since upgrade... | |
| Speakers need to be placed close to back wall. Help I heard a system at the Pacific Audio Fest that delivered amazing performance for the money. It's a pair of small stand-mount active speakers from Vanatoo. They sell for $599 and are driven by a digital source (USB, spdif, or Bluetooth). They incl... | |
| Pacific Audio Fest My favorite overall was the Alsyvox/Pillium system. This was the only system that I would happily replace my own system with. I was actually really disappointed by the Genesis system, although it could have been the material they were playing o... | |
| Krell anticipator circuits of the 1990s Based on the way this circuit works, it should easily be able to keep up with a low frequency dynamic spike. By the time the waveform returns to the zero crossing, the bias will have been adjusted so the other half of the output transistors are bi... | |
| Krell anticipator circuits of the 1990s @yyzsantabarbara - I was thinking about the bias mechanism used in the older FPB series which is what I used to own. There newer amps could use something completely different. | |
| Krell anticipator circuits of the 1990s @yyzsantabarbara - yes, I think that @clearthinker is misunderstanding the purpose of this type of circuit. It is not designed to anticipate the bias requirements to always be in class A. It is designed to adjust it's bias based on the user's loa... | |
| Krell anticipator circuits of the 1990s @clearthinker - it sounds like you have already decided that Krell's plateau bias technology is just marketing BS. I read through the patent in detail and, as an EE, I do think it's a clever approach and not just hype. Whether it really improves t... | |
| Questions to Denafrips Terminator Plus owners (the break-in) @tortor - I'm interested in these footers. Where did you buy then from? | |
| Krell anticipator circuits of the 1990s Here is a link to Krell's patent describing their plateau biasing method. It adjusts the bias based on the amp's load current requirements, not the input signal. It seems pretty clever to me. Krell patent | |
| Krell anticipator circuits of the 1990s I owned a FPB-300 for about 20 years. Great sounding amp. This replaced a pair of Krell MDA-300 monoblocks. I thought the FPB-300 sounded as good and ran a lot cooler. I don’t think it really matters if the bias can adjust instantly. In fact, ... | |
| DAC comparison I have a friend with the Border Patrol DAC. He brought it over to my system to compare with my Yggy which, at the time, was my primary DAC. The BP was much warmer sounding with a laid back presentation. I was actually surprised by how different th... | |
| Which pair of speakers changed your Hifi life? My first pair of Maggies in the late 70s opened my eyes (and ears) to the open, spacious sound of dipoles with excellent sound stage and detail. I've owned several pair over the years, but often alternated with dynamic box speakers to get more "s... | |
| Should I add a DDC? Looking for experienced advise please. I recommend getting the DDC. I've made a lot of changes to my streaming setup over the past 2 1/2 years and adding a Gaia DDC was the most significant improvement. I'll chronicle my journey so you have some idea of the steps I took. 2 1/2 years ... | |
| Best resistors for use in phono stage? Vishay makes a lot of different resistor types ranging from cheap generic resistors to expensive Z-foils (they may have even more expensive ones that I'm not familiar with). I have used Z-foils (both Vishay and Charcroft which sound very simil... |