jaytor
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| Why would anyone want class AB amp when class A always sounds better ? Class A amps require devices that can handle more current or more devices in parallel in order to produce the same power. Higher capacity devices or more devices in parallel (or both) add complexity and force the driver stage to work harder. This ... | |
| Schiit - shipments stopped? A preamp with a HT bypass will designate one input to bypass the volume control and be set at unity gain. The Freya+ does not incorporate a HT bypass function. If you need a preamp with this function, you need to find something else. A simple inpu... | |
| What frustrates you the most about seller’s for sale ads? @dronepunk , @geof3 - also agree. I find it kind of insulting when adverts say "buyer pays paypal fees". The seller knows exactly what these fees will be. Just adjust the price accordingly. Paypal protects both buyer and seller. Would you ever buy... | |
| High quality equalizers The Shiit LoKI mini + is the Las test by the company. You can adjust the highest and lowest settings by 6db and the two mids by 12db.It's actually the other way around. 12db adjustment for the bass and treble and 6db adjustments for the two mid ba... | |
| Anyone Recently Change to Class D power? @milpai - thanks for the kind words. Most class D amps are built with a switch mode power supply because they are a lot cheaper, lighter and smaller, so the overall amp can be a lot less expensive for a given power output. Modern class D amps have... | |
| I2S setting using Denafrips Pontus and Iris The Denafrips DACs are designed to support multiple different i2s formats. Unfortunately, there is no standard so different brands use different pinouts. The Denafrips DACs are some of the few that can be used with other brand’s products. The Dena... | |
| Anyone Recently Change to Class D power? Zero hum - neither mechanical nor audio. Mechanical hum usually comes from DC offset on the AC mains, or a transformer that is under spec'ed for the current demands. | |
| Anyone Recently Change to Class D power? @milpai - Yes, my Purifi monoblocks each have a large linear power supply. You can see a couple of photos on my virtual system page. https://systems.audiogon.com/systems/8726Each amp has a 1500VA transformer with about 200,000uF of capacitance. I’... | |
| Anyone Recently Change to Class D power? The more I listen to my Purifi-based monoblocks (DIY with linear PS), the more impressed I am with the performance. I'm getting ready to sell my Parasound JC5. | |
| CD Ripping To Roon Nucleus Why don't you just plug a USB CD drive into the Nucleus? It will rip automatically when you insert a CD. | |
| Roon ready streamer and DAC convo How about a PS Audio DirectStream DAC with Network Bridge. | |
| ROON NUCLEUS+ KEEPS CRASHING You might also look at the M.2 SSD. If this is starting to fail, this will cause the Nucleus to crash. If you connect a monitor to the Nucleus when you boot it, the BIOS may give you some indication of a hardware problem. I had a problem with my R... | |
| Best sounding resistors I haven't done direct A/B comparisons of different resistors in the same circuit, but I have noticed that circuits built with different resistor types tend to sound different. Specifically, the Z-foil resistors add a lot of clarity and detail (rem... | |
| Purifi Class D: Junk? I spent some time today switching between my Purifi amps (using Neurochrome input buffer), Neurochrome Mod-286 amps, and Parasound JC5. First, I should say that my ears aren't as discriminating as they used to be. I've suffered with Tinitus for ma... | |
| Best Server To Run Roon Core In @decathlon1991 's case, the Nucleus is not the streamer. It is another source of data. I think the primary goal is to remove any noise on the ethernet signal before it reaches the streamer, and this includes noise introduced by the Roon core. B... |