jaytor
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| USB sucks @steakster - I think what @rixthetrick was getting at is that any signal on a cable is inherently analog. While it represents digital data, the signal does not instantaneously transition from one voltage to another to represent 0s and 1s. The inte... | |
| Long XLR cables - help me decide @dgarretson - Thanks for the pointer regarding the Eizz connectors. These look excellent. I've ordered a set to use with whichever cables I decide on. @teo_audio - Thanks for the pointers. I don't think I've visited the Audio Sensibility site befo... | |
| Long XLR cables - help me decide @brownsfan - Thanks for the suggestion. I'll check them out. I assume you re referring to Signal Cable Silver Resolution. I've had mixed results with all-silver interconnects. I had a set of fairly long Silver Audio Hyacinth XLR interconnects a wh... | |
| Burn In... the Age Old Question, Cables, Components, and Speakers I'll try to give a serious response. From my experience, almost everything I have purchased changes at least a little after some operating time. Some things take much longer than others. My Denafrips Terminator DAC, for example, and the Nord Hypex... | |
| USB sucks The idea of a USB "reclocker" is kind of hilarious. The only thing the USB clock is used for is to transfer the data. A $5 usb peripheral can reliably read USB data. USB can tolerate a LOT of jitter and still reliably transfer the data. The USB cl... | |
| USB sucks Of the various inputs supported by DACs on the market today (SPDIF, AES3, Optical, I2S, USB, Ethernet), only USB and Ethernet provide an asynchronous input. Using an interface that requires the clock signal to be generated by an eternal device (se... | |
| Vintage Krell I owned a pair of MDA-300 monoblocks in the late 80's, early 90's. They generated a lot of heat, but I loved the sound. My wife convinced me to sell them because of the heat and high power bills. Selling these (and my Cello Audio Palette) are my b... | |
| What have you been working on in 2020? Lots of things this year. I spent the last few months slowly building a pair of class A monoblocks - about 60 watts per channel based on the FirstWatt F5 design with lots of embellishments. Just finishing them now - first sound test was last weeke... | |
| Why high-end cable manufacturers don't post measurements? I think it is reasonable to ask for capacitance and inductance measurements. This is useful for determining compatibility with electronics, particularly for longer cables. I also find it useful to know the conductor material and primary insulation... | |
| $5k Pair Full Range Speaker Shootout - Help me pick Your amp doesn't have a ton of power. How big a room do you have? How loud do you like to listen? If you like to listen loud (at least occasionally), have a larger room, or heavily damped room, you may want to focus on fairly efficient speakers. N... | |
| Alternatives to Brick and Mortar The current pandemic situation has to be particularly challenging for manufacturers that rely on being able to demonstrate products, and for retailers in the same situation. This is certainly likely to accelerate the demise of many brick-and-morta... | |
| Alternatives to Brick and Mortar @arion - Mike, I think offering showroom auditions is a viable strategy for manufacturers that are producing fairly high-end speakers. I'm not sure how effective that could be for less expensive products (let's say under $10K), at least as the onl... | |
| Alternatives to Brick and Mortar @verdantaudio - this is an interesting idea that I think could certainly work for lighter items. Another idea I was thinking about was for manufacturers to have "brand ambassadors" in different areas of the country. The manufacturer could offer a ... | |
| Any thoughts on Denafrips Terminator Plus If you're connecting via USB to your DAC, then I would not expect you'd see much benefit. They might reduce noise a little, but your DAC is going to have complete control of the clock since USB passes data asynchronously (at least any virtually al... | |
| Alternatives to Brick and Mortar @spacecadet65 - I used to live in the Boston area (Carlisle) and shopped at Goodwin's (when they were in Harvard square before their fire, and then in Alan's apartment - I moved out of the area before he opened his new store in Waltham) and at Nat... |