kijanki
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| Cables that measure the same but (seem?) to sound different I'm not sure you can find two cables that measure the same.Impedance of the cable will change with frequency. It is also very difficult to measure capacitance or inductance since it is "distributed" inductance and capacitance - one affects anothe... | |
| A MEMBER IN NEED OF SUPPORT David, I'm so sorry it happened to you. Stay strong, it will pass. Everything does. | |
| Pass Labs Xa60.8 Class A or should it be called class A/B? I'm puzzled as well, since peak power of 60W sinewave is 120W. Most of power comes from low frequencies and it is likely to be close to sinewave. Does it mean that headroom of this amp is only 2W? | |
| Electromagnetic fields. Be forewarned, this involves science... EMF - electromagnet wavesAFAIK, electromagnetic field is just a magnetic field created by the flow of electric current while electromagnetic wave is the field that has enough energy to leave the wire and travel in space. | |
| If Power Cords Don't Matter... Yes, demand has to be created. Presence of the voltage in closed circuit creates current, hence magnetic field around the wire. Load creates electric filed between the wires. Electric and magnetic fields are always perpendicular. They are like... | |
| If Power Cords Don't Matter... The problem is that it is not plain resistive load for 60Hz voltage. Typical LPS draws current in very short spikes of extremely high amplitude (5 fold or higher). These current spikes have high harmonic content (narrow squares), making cable's ... | |
| Is there a reason why type 3 tapes didn’t catch on? Yes, Metal tapes killed it. I stopped using metal (cost) after getting AIWA deck with Dolby HX-Pro (servo on bias). It provided great extension even with less expensive tapes. | |
| Need opinions on duping CD's Ripping CDs to HD is legal as long as you have one copy that paid royalties - original CD or "Audio CD-R" copy (cheap).Copy can be better than original since most of CDPs can only read given sector once, operating in real time. With longer scratc... | |
| Alternate to Benchmark Dac 1? @severncreek No, I don't. I would save for used DAC2 or DAC3. Benchmark is high tech company, that you cannot go wrong with. As for the camp - I've tried to apply my engineering background to make sense of electrical principles behind good audi... | |
| Alternate to Benchmark Dac 1? I don't know DAC2, but I jumped from DAC1 to DAC3 - huge difference, in spite of my DAC1 updated with better op-amps. Sound od DAC3 is fuller in the midrange being as clean/detailed as DAC1 was. You should update it, if you're still in accurate... | |
| power consumption of total components My Benchmark AHB2 consumes 0.5W at standby, 20W at idle and varying amount during use. Music power is usually very low, but it depends on type of music. The highest would be for playing sinewaves. After that probably organ or heavy classical pi... | |
| Paying for equip? Ach wires or check or cc? I always pay with credit card because it offers the best protection in any dispute with the store. That might be additional reason they prefer checks or cash. In addition credit card offsets my payment for about a month. There is no federal law... | |
| Powering up/down sequence with a 12v dc trigger Good question. I assume pre has to provide for that. My pre (Dac) never fully turns off since it operates with remote. It provides proper sequence for the power amp. | |
| Can AVR DC Output at Preamp Outs be Increased? Your power amp can handle 0.75V or 2.5V at the input. Why would you make your preamp output >10V? It wouldn't work with you amp.In general, it is better to put more gain in the cleaner environment (preamp), but both pre and amp have to be des... | |
| Poor grammar is disappointing and decidedly distracting in formal audio reviews. Do the English really have that much of a different implementation of the english language versus Americans?Perhaps it should be "English language"? |