kijanki
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| Ungrounded power cord: Will I die? Total number of people killed from home stereo, TV etc. is about 3 per year. www.cpsc.gov/library/shock95.pdfChance of 1 in 100 million is not big but remember that ones who died had most likely something wrong with the wiring or grounding. What p... | |
| Ungrounded power cord: Will I die? Electrocution = resultStupidity = reason. | |
| What are the best interconnects. Try Acoustic Zen Absolute. I got 0.5m XLR used for $600 (had King Cobra 0.5m XLR before). | |
| Audio note Dac question Fc911c - it is NE5532. It was made by Signetics (Philips) until factory burned down in 2000/2001. Texas Instruments bought license, redesigned die (larger) and obtained fuller sound. Early Benchmarks, with Signetics chips, sounded a little thin. T... | |
| Biwire oval 9's, single Zen Satori - surprised Fz1jmp, I wasn't crazy about bananas that it came with (getting loose) but it wasn't perhaps factory termination (I bought it used). Sound-wise the best should be bare wires followed by spades and then bananas, but I couldn't hear any sonic improv... | |
| Ungrounded power cord: Will I die? One could go technical with requirements (double insulation, clearances, leakage currents etc), but why? Take Herman's sound advice "If it came with a three prong plug then safety standards dictate it should be there"Logical and simple. You can pl... | |
| Ungrounded power cord: Will I die? "Typical stereo electronics will (probably) not kill you if somehow a short develops to ground."It is not short to ground but short to case, that we worry about and we (probably) don't want to be killed."The real exception is tubed electronics, an... | |
| Biwire oval 9's, single Zen Satori - surprised Fz1jmp,Shotguns are optimized for low and high frequencies (not identical) and marked accordingly. I had to install spades and discovered that wires inside are exactly the same. I doubt that there is any other difference.Be careful if you terminat... | |
| Biwire oval 9's, single Zen Satori - surprised I have Satori Shotguns and like them a lot. Nice combination of detailed upper midrange and slightly pronounced lower midrange (where my class D amp sounded a little thin). I've never heard Oval 9s but read many reviews. They suppose to be more ba... | |
| Digital XLR vs. Analog XLR - Balanced Cables Small correction to my previous post - signal will travel 2x1.5m=3m in 15ns (not 30ns) just clearing about half of typical 25-30ns transition (where threshold is). | |
| Digital XLR vs. Analog XLR - Balanced Cables Renato13 - It is system thing. XLR protect from induced noise by using twisted pair and differential signal of much higher amplitude but at the same time might slow down transition if drivers have limited slew rate because they swing higher voltag... | |
| amarra or pure music..? Wilsynet - It is possible that processing of standard CD will change sound but Airport Express is limited to 16/44.1 | |
| amarra or pure music..? Bbopman - The only thing that can change sound, if digital file is the same, is jitter (it was verified by Stereophile that Airport Express transmission is bit-perfect).Music stored on the hard drive has not timing. Music is transferred to AE comp... | |
| Do you buy Insurance for Stereo Equipment? Theo - that makes sense. Thanks. | |
| Tom Waits Bad? Unsound, That was really funny. Another funny interview and one of my favorite Tom Waits songs:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FVp2ipKEJw&feature=related |