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| Why do digital cables sound different? Lvhjr1, Optical cables don't have problem of jitter cause by reflections on impedance boundaries but rather from jitter being result of system noise affecting slow transitions (inherent to low slew rate of transmitters). Noise also affects transit... | |
| Benchmark DAC-1 Get The Most Out Of Your DAC-1 Ninjasquirt, According to Benchmark, signal path (calibrated or variable) is the same (two parallel circuits) on basic DAC1. USB version might be different. | |
| Ungrounded power cord: Will I die? Their logic is a little fuzzy. They recommend to avoid disconnecting ground pin unless absolutely necessary and in next sentence they say removing this pin is dangerous? Maybe it is only 80% dangerous or perhaps it is dangerous on even Tuesdays an... | |
| Ungrounded power cord: Will I die? Stanwal - I don't know about PS Audio but suspect that they design their units such way that it doesn't need grounding (class II) but ground is still provided to reduce noise pickup. I suspect that it is the same principle with ground lift - other... | |
| Ungrounded power cord: Will I die? ILLOGICAL PEOPLE DIE FIRST. I cannot control cancer or nuclear attack but can greatly lower chances of being electrocuted by not playing in the park during thunderstorms or cutting ground from my electrical equipment that was designed with this gr... | |
| Ungrounded power cord: Will I die? Herman, I'm not sure of that. Chances of being struck by lightning are pretty similar 1 in 1 million but people still take safety precautions, golf courses are being evacuated, sport events outside suspended etc. Again - chance of one in 1 million... | |
| 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... |