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| stereo system evaluation--objective or subjective Plato, There are many speakers that measure pretty flat to 20kHz and are not bright at all. Many headphones have flat response to 20kHz without "unbearable" brightness. Frequency response is not a very good indicator of the sound since it doesn't ... | |
| stereo system evaluation--objective or subjective Also, if you had a system that measured flat +/- 0.5dB 20Hz to 20kHz it would sound unbearably bright and unlistenable to the vast majority of audiophiles and music lovers.Why? Do you suggest that live concerts (20Hz-20kHz +/-0dB) sound unbearably... | |
| Arcam CD23 FMJ skipping Few people alleviate this problem by applying tine drop of oil to plastic gearing.Are you sure lens is clean? | |
| Digital Coax to XLR adapters? Al, you're right 58ns it is. I took fastest hypothetical slew rate corresponding to 6MHz being 1/6e6/2pi=27ns. It would be more realistic to take 1/3 of the cycle for -3dB attenuated signal. I'm not sure if 27ns in series with 25ns should be calcu... | |
| What Does Holographic Sound Like? The controversial: Some folks claim that longer power cables can result in better SQ. The explanation typically offered attributes the improvement to reduced "reflections." That may be nonsenseIt is nonsense for audio cables. I'm not sure about po... | |
| Digital Coax to XLR adapters? I used this transformer and it works (with Benchmark DAC1). Be careful with the 6MHz Canare transformer bandwidth since protocol requires always 64 bits per sample (32bit per each channel)44.1kHz x 64bit=2.82MHz OK96kHz x 64bit=6.1MHz OK192kHz x 6... | |
| Curtains to control high frequency Absorption panel it is not. Whatever you hear thru the curtain held in front of you will reflect from the glass. Curtains should help at high frequencies but you might think of some fiberglass absorption panels. I'm putting twelve 2'x4'x2" high de... | |
| What Does Holographic Sound Like? "I agree with Al that shorter cables are not always better"He mentioned exception of digital cables related to timing of the reflections, but shorter analog cables should always be better. I've never heard of anybody claiming improvement with long... | |
| What Does Holographic Sound Like? "It is the energy flow via the electrons that creates the audio signal. While the actual speed of the electrons themselves is slow and their movement is characterized by more than one form of movement, the sound we hear actually travels very fast ... | |
| What Does Holographic Sound Like? Drift velocity with audio cables constantly changes direction since audio cable carry AC current making them "vibrate". At higher frequencies they practically stand still. | |
| What Does Holographic Sound Like? Al,Correlation is weakened by the fact that people often try more expensive cable from the wrong family or their systems have poor transparency. Cardas cables, for instance, are praised by many for the warmth, while Nordost cables bring speed and ... | |
| PreAmp Gain and Impact on Amp 4PM seems far but it is OK if you don't have much softer recorded CDs. I have level control jumpers on my Benchmark DAC1 in -10dB increments (0dB, -10dB, -20dB, -30dB). I found that 0dB (loudest) position gives me the best sound (vivid). I normall... | |
| PreAmp Gain and Impact on Amp You should have full power on average at about 1 o'clock position to leave reserves of gain for soft sources or soft recorded CDs. | |
| FLAC or AIFF? your choice for importing to Itunes. It depends what you're going to do with it. If you send it wireless or to network Bridge/DAC then it doesn't matter (as long as playback program recognizes format). In case of Itunes+Airport Express, for instance, it is even better to keep it ALAC... | |
| Over 55? - You Gotta See This It won't happen to me, knock on the wood. Oh, somebody is knocking at the door, I have to go.... |