kijanki
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| Is a DAC Worth It With Airport Express Cg27288 - I use AE with Benchmark DAC1 driving directly power amp. You might encounter few problems:- digital output on AE is cleaner (only 250ps jitter) than analog output but Toslink might introduce some jitter (that Benchmark DAC1 suppose to su... | |
| Power Cord for Power Conditioner Isn't it a little silly to post messages against cables on CABLE FORUM? I don't care much for Vinyl but I don't post messages against it on ANALOG FORUM. That would be arrogant and rude.I also don't believe in CD tweaks but I don't post against it... | |
| SS amps with little or NO feedback Magfan - Global feedback is OK as long as it is applied properly. The key is to get improvements in THD, IMD and DF but not introduce TIM. It can be done by using shallow feedback just to reduce THD to about 0.1% and then limit bandwidth at the in... | |
| Power Cord for Power Conditioner "The more the myth spreads the more the preachers make." - but people are happy. I didn't realize how much our senses depend on our thoughts until I learned that one cannot tickle himself just because he knows who is doing that.Hearing better beca... | |
| W4S DAC2 vs Benchmark DAC1 my observation I've never tried Wyred 4S but have Benchmark DAC1 for a while. It can be bright, being neutral sounding, with certain speakers as it was with my previous Paradigm studio/60 that had metal dome tweeter. With Hyperion HPS-938 it is just perfect - ne... | |
| Power Cord for Power Conditioner "Be aware of the man in the white lab coat, be very aware."Agree. Often amps with the best specifications sound the worse. Deniers demand proof (scientific or blind test) but what they fail to understand is that it doesn't matter. If it is soundin... | |
| Benchmark dac - why such diverging opinions? Yingtonggao - I found most vivid and detailed sound at 0dB jumper position. It is the same finding as in the following review: http://www.positive-feedback.com/Issue26/benchmark_dac1.htmI use volume control directly driving power amp from XLR outp... | |
| Benchmark DAC-1 Get The Most Out Of Your DAC-1 Yingtonggao - My Benchmark does not have any jumpers close to headphones jacks. Are we talking plain DAC1? | |
| Noise, hum and AC polarity Sean,Disconnecting ground (third prong) is very dangerous since device was designed to operate with ground present (different design). Reversing HOT and NEUTRAL when unit is not designed for that is also dangerous. It might also, in case of failur... | |
| Why do digital cables sound different? Marc258 - I wonder if you read anything on this thread before posting. Toslink is not superior. Toslink is not more expensive. All is system dependent. | |
| Oh how I wish Class D amps ... Mapman - second generation of REF1000 not only have huge bank of additional capacitors but also converts huge narrow spikes of current to more of resistive load. Was it worth extra price? I'm sure it was. Any small improvement at this point costs ... | |
| speakers for 24/96 audio Shadorne - You have no clue. Filter will smooth-out the steps but will never remove few Hz modulation that was shown at 21Hz sampling rate. Al, please help me here or I'm going to kill myself.Irvrobinson - I'm not talking about frequency range of ... | |
| speakers for 24/96 audio Bob - Thanks for the link. I suspect that THD is a dominating factor at higher power. Noise issue itself is non-existent in my opinion because if I cannot hear anything in a silent room at full power (dead silent) I don't worry. Many amps with sim... | |
| speakers for 24/96 audio Al, Huge errors applied to the highest harmonics only will result only in small sound change. There will be small difference in sound of cymbals and perhaps in ambiance.I use 16/44 and like it, but try to be educated about it. That's all. | |
| speakers for 24/96 audio Al, I found video to show what happens when sampling just above Nyquist frequency. It might be possible to fix the output with sinc or other reconstruction functions but only if signal lasts a lot of cycles. If signal is short and disappears recon... |