jaytor
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| PS Audio Power Plant P3 to P12 @tunefuldude - I used Auto Tune on the phase setting and it selected +1 (I assume this is degrees). I have not played with MultiWave yet. Mine is set for Sine Wave output. I have it configured for minimum distortion and 120V. My input distortion ... | |
| PS Audio Power Plant P3 to P12 @tunefuldude - yes, I’ve had the P12 in my system for a couple weeks. It took a few days to break in, but is sounding really nice. I think it is an improvement over the P3, but I can’t be totally sure. With the P3, I occasionally had songs or even... | |
| Absorption, Diffusion or a combination of it all? As with everything else in this hobby, it takes a lot of experimentation to get the best results. You can get a head start by hiring an experienced acoustician to come an evaluate your room and provide recommendations, but your personal tastes nee... | |
| Recommendations for a vacum tube tester I bought the Amplitrex AT1000, which admittedly is fairly expensive and is not very fast, but it is fairly powerful. This is obviously way out of the OP's price range, but for others that might be looking for a high-end unit, this is worth a look. | |
| Denafrips FPGA Firmware Update @rowlocktrysail - Thanks for providing your impressions of the update. I'm looking forward to trying this update on my Terminator Plus. It already sounds great, so will be interesting to hear how it can be improved. btw - I'm not sure what you m... | |
| Absorption, Diffusion or a combination of it all? @drbond - Have you tried diffusion behind your electrostatics? I started out with GIK Alpha Absorber/Diffusors behind my dipole speakers and was not happy with the soundstage and liveliness of the music. I switched to ATS Quadratic Residue Diffuso... | |
| Help with V-Cap ODAM directionality in crossover Nice! I have found that quality resistors, caps and inductors are well worth it. Next think for you to consider is replacing the inductors with foil inductors. I think this is less important than resistors and caps, particularly since you alrea... | |
| Thanks to Paul McGowan @fertguy - Paul's book is also available as an audiobook, read by Paul himself. He does an excellent job reading the book. Very entertaining. | |
| GR Research/ Jays iyagi speaker cable blind test I tried these cables and thought they sounded quite good. I compared them to a few other cables including some that were considerably more expensive (Iconoclast series 2 SPTPC) and it wasn't until I tried Kimber Select KS-3035 that I found somethi... | |
| Spending a month's salary I'll add my vote to splitting your funds between speakers, DAC and room treatments. Assuming you haven't already invested in room treatments, this make make a big improvement for the dollars invested. The DAC in the Node is not up to the level o... | |
| Pass x260.8 v. Parasound JC1+? I heard the KEF blades with JC1+ amps at the Pacific Audio Fest last summer. I thought they sounded nice, but I don't think they lived up to the price point. But these were "show" conditions. I've owned the JC5 and the XA60.8, and the Pass amps ... | |
| How do you find time to enjoy your $$$ speakers and system? Since covid, I mostly work from home. I set up my home office desk directly behind my listening couch so the imaging is fairly good. I have music on whenever I'm not on the phone or in zoom meetings, so I average around 6 hours/day. Most of this... | |
| We should reject hard-to-drive speakers more often As @bdp24 noted, if you can drive the bottom 2-3 octaves with a separate amplifier, it provides many more options for the rest of the range. I have planar-magnetic dipole line arrays which are ~98db/w sensitivity, nominally 8 ohms with a minimum ... | |
| How does a speaker blow out? As others have said, clipping generally causes damage to the tweeters before the woofers. If you heard a bad noise from the woofer, then it seems likely it is a mechanical failure, not an electrical failure. Does the speaker make any sound when ... | |
| PS Audio Power Plant P3 to P12 @audphile1 - PS Audio is not offering a trade-in on the P12 during the promotion since they are offering it at a significant discount. But I'm sure I can get a reasonable price for the P3 if I go this route. I don't really need the extra capacit... |