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| Amazon For me it is easier to order thru Amazon (easier payment) even third party goods. It also shields my credit card number. That way my credit card appears in 1 instead of 100 places (that might have questionable network security). | |
| Amazing sound quality inexpensive earbuds Csontos, One that is installed has different shape. It is longer and has grove in the middle. That's the one with more bass (if you want it). | |
| Linear ATX Power Supply I've never heard of one. Computer power supply is regulated. To reproduce it in linear fashion it would have to operate at minimum line voltage and be able to take max line voltage. Since there is perhaps 20% difference between max and min linear ... | |
| Electrolytic capacitors inferior? Dougmc, Life of electrolytic cap is a function of temperature. At room temperature they last 50+ years cut by half for every 10degC temperature increase. It is simply drying of electrolyte. The other factor is design that doesn't overstress them (... | |
| Amazing sound quality inexpensive earbuds Csontos, I was afraid of that. Give them time. Bottom is fuller and stronger with original double rubber pieces. I found that smaller piece reduces bass expanding midrange. I still believe it is great bargain for $29 total. As for typical $3 earbu... | |
| Are the XLR outputs of OPPO BDP-105 true balanced? Very interesting, thank you Al. My Rowland 102 has THAT Corp. input instrumentation amp THAT1200. | |
| Are the XLR outputs of OPPO BDP-105 true balanced? In one case in order to provide perfect cancellation both output stages have to have exactly same gain and bandwidth while in the other scenario whole leg of amplification has to have exactly same gain and bandwidth - otherwise common mode noise c... | |
| What kind of power cord comes with expensive gear Drjaym, that would be the case of resistive load but linear power supplies draw narrow spikes of very high amplitude current causing much bigger voltage drops than one would expect. Also, they pollute with noise as much or worse than switching pow... | |
| Cambridge Audio Product Reliability I had Cambridge Audio integrated A3i, that was shorting outputs with a lot of hum and smell of power transformer. I found out, talking to designer of this amp, that 4 LED diodes (2 per channel) used as voltage reference for output section, are mou... | |
| Can we increase dynamics? Jjrenman, Just 16/44.1 CD files. John, I found so far that compression is far more complicated than just squeezed dynamics while your experience proves it to be difficult to properly set. I think I might play with software but will definitely avoi... | |
| Can we increase dynamics? Onhwy61, Ngjockey also mentioned that compression is pretty complex. It explains why expanders are not that popular. TV concerts are the worst - so overcompressed that it becomes a joke. Perhaps it is intended for TV set with the smallest speaker.... | |
| Can we increase dynamics? Plato, I don't listen very loud but it is important observation. I will be careful with expanded files. I will likely only experiment but can see some other applications for "Sound Forge", like removing noise from few old recordings. I learned som... | |
| Can we increase dynamics? Ngjockey, Looks like it might be more complicated than I anticipated. Perhaps it is not worth to invest a lot of money in hardware but rather play with programs (keeping original file intact, as Al suggested). | |
| Can we increase dynamics? Al, thank you. I will check version for the Mac. I could always install dual boot. I'm a little worrying about dynamic range limitation of CDs (96dB) unless filtering (that increases resolution) is involved. I will investigate hardware digital dom... | |
| Can we increase dynamics? Thanks Brf, I'm reading about them. I wonder if there is software for that. It would be cheaper without expense of second interconnect. Even if 16 bit doesn't have enough range I would purchase some music in 24 bit. |