kijanki
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| Uneven speaker cable lengths and cable termination Sound_real_audioNow you made me suspicious of this show - why would they need 75 feet of the speaker cable? Only one explanation jumps at me: It wasn't audio show - IT WAS ELECTRIC LAWNMOWER SHOW. | |
| Uneven speaker cable lengths and cable termination Audiofeil - I don't know what conditions they had at the show to get perfect imaging and how better it could be with even cables. 70ft of the difference is 4.4 Ohm of inductive impedance at 20kHz. "Not a single listener, including other tradespers... | |
| Uneven speaker cable lengths and cable termination Cable has inductance (0.5uH/ft) even straight one. It is equivalent to 0.375 Ohm of inductive impedance at 20kHz and 6ft. Keep cables always even to preserve imaging. Avoid coiling.Making cables uneven is a little bit like buying house next to pow... | |
| DAC vs. New CDP "One advantage of a separate DAC is if/when the transport dies, you only replace the transport and for some DACs the transport can be inexpensive."Exactly. That was my reason for buying Benchmark DAC1. I use DVD player and HDTV as sources and will... | |
| Passive pre with class ''D'' power amps, issues ?? Channel Island makes two versions of the same D100 or D200 class D amps: version to work with active preamp (26dB) and version for passive one (32dB). | |
| What could I expect to hear from a Class A amp? Al - read also this http://stereophile.com/news/10065/Class A is probably the best SS. The real question is what is the best amp for the money one has assigned to spend. For me it was class D - maybe not at the level of top class A amps but way be... | |
| What could I expect to hear from a Class A amp? Shadorne - I suspect that ferrofluid used in many tweeters changes viscosity with temperature. | |
| What could I expect to hear from a Class A amp? Spatine - why do you call it waiting period? Your gear most likely plays at 99% of quality and you can still enjoy music.On my system it takes short time probably half an hour and it might be related to tweeters warming up.If I can toss monkey wre... | |
| What could I expect to hear from a Class A amp? "It seems I have to continue putting up with listen to music late at night after giving the system most of the evening to warm up."Spatine - Can you hear it improving over time. Would you know if amplifier was ON for one or three hours? If you can... | |
| What could I expect to hear from a Class A amp? "On separate issue, would all that heat for 24/7 at full power take toll on the circuit board? Of course the counter arguments would be the on/off as you said, and the expansion/contraction fatigue cycle due to the hot/cold."Spatine - the only per... | |
| Best cable for short monoblock runs? Interlochen - Most of AQ stuff is 99.9999% pure and some is 99.9999999% pure copper. Some manufacturers like Acoustic Zen in addition forge copper into hot forms (continuous cast) to prevent crystal formation (impurities reside between crystals). ... | |
| What could I expect to hear from a Class A amp? "Bearotti, class AB amps usually operate in class A up to some power level"Yes, but won't give class A performance. Much higher signal gain and deeper feedback were already applied in order to remove THD and IMD and you already paid the price. At ... | |
| Who's your guitar daddy now? Sfar - "Dreams of a World" is one of the Grammys and I was planning to buy it next but I am always afraid of Bach. Many excellent guitarists like David Russell are not the best Bach players. I enjoy Stephen Schmidt - Bach "Lute works" played in or... | |
| What could I expect to hear from a Class A amp? Once system becomes linear (by negative feedback or otherwise) it doesn't produce IMD - just look at IMD specifications of class AB amplifiers. Because amplifier has limited bandwidth it introduces delay to signal and negative feedback cannot comp... | |
| What could I expect to hear from a Class A amp? Bearotti - class D is very good at low levels (lows, highs, definition, dynamics, clarity etc) |