kijanki
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| What could I expect to hear from a Class A amp? Well designed class AB doesn't have crossover distortions because it is removed by negative feedback. There is no THD or IMD but instead hidden TIM distortion. TIM causes odd harmonics (sharp sound) and fatigue (brain fills moments of silence caus... | |
| Who's your guitar daddy now? Newbee - Thank you for Sharon Isbin. I'm just listening to "Romances Latines". The energy is incredible. She has two Grammys but I've never heard of her. It's probably because Grammys presentation turned into hip-hop show. | |
| Preamp Out-Amp In RCA Jumpers for Integrated Dhel - I think my brother's was less than 12" - more like 6" but it was less than $40. Cardass for $80 seems excessive. | |
| Preamp Out-Amp In RCA Jumpers for Integrated My brother replaced U shaped bars between pre and power section in his NAD integrated with Audioquest Python 12" RCA-RCA jumpers. It opened top end and improved clarity. | |
| Strange ground loop...? "Anyone? What is a cable that has a return through the shield?" - That's cable with only one wire (signal) inside and shield serving as second wire (ground/return). Coax cable is an example (BlueJeans cable is made of coax cable). | |
| Strange ground loop...? Djembeplay - I'm still not sure that cable was the problem. In general using shield as return is a bad thing but in case of hum or interference we enter the area of "black magic". Bob is right about your problem originating in unit being plugged i... | |
| Strange ground loop...? "I just hooked up a long run of crappy RCA cable from the analogue outs of my PC." - quality of the cable is probably not important but this crappy cable probably doesn't use shield as return. Try the same cable from the DAC. | |
| Does anyone or does everyone pay retail price? "At the same time, I doubt any Chevy Cavaliers are sold at retail."You would be surprised - guy I work with bought spiced-up Chevy Cavalier many years ago and paid more than I paid (within weeks) for brand new Acura Integra (same year). In case of... | |
| Strange ground loop...? Bob - It makes sense, but why reversing interconnects makes difference? If it's BlueJeans then it's grounded on both ends and reversing it would not make any difference. He says that in one configuration of ICs noise is gone. Why is it only in one... | |
| Strange ground loop...? Djembeplay - I did not read your posts about cables carefully. If it's Blue Jeans cable and is grounded on both ends, like Bob says, then switching cable direction wouldn't make any difference.It is difficult to find something in this price range ... | |
| Strange ground loop...? Bob - I asked since I've never had coax interconnect. Grounding shield on both ends is really bad, using shield as return is even worse. In addition coax cables, used in video applications, have not the greatest copper since at high frequencies si... | |
| Amplifier hum - normal? See this circuit:img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-5...The only 1000V diode is 1N4007. 1N4001 is only 50V | |
| Strange ground loop...? Bob - what do you mean by "coax interconnects"? Are you talking about digital cable? | |
| Strange ground loop...? "I don't get it... at all. What gives? If it's a shielding problem, then shouldn't configuration A-B-C-D also work just as well?"Shield should be grounded on the receiving end (in my opinion) so your configuration D-C-B-A suggests that terminals C... | |
| Why gold? Shellie - I don't have experience with wall outlets but it is a different application since current flow is involved. In case of interconnects there is a very little current.Audioquest plates interconnects with silver for the best connection. It m... |