kijanki
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| Is there a consensus as to blu ray sound quality? Lrsky - You assume that picture that you scan has unlimited resolution. That is not the case here - CD has fixed resolution of 16 bits. Time spacing between bits is fixed and has nothing to do with spacing between players. If the player plays CD w... | |
| Is there a consensus as to blu ray sound quality? Lrsky - Redbook is fixed at 16 bit and the only thing that better transport provides is lower jitter. Better laser resolution does nothing if overall quality doesn't follow. Many factors affect player's performance and SACD players, for example, a... | |
| The best "imaging" speakers? "One speaker that is rarely mentioned in this type of discussion is the Lipinski 707."I want to hear it. Somebody described its imaging as "jaw dropping" | |
| Researching the CD/HDCD Players from China "Personally prefer to send my music out of relatively cheap players into a very good outboard DAC - that way when the player goes down - I feel no qualms about pitching it."That's exactly how I feel. Also DVD players have good tracking.If you buy ... | |
| Is there a consensus as to blu ray sound quality? "Is there hope that the typical audiophile out there can buy a $399 blue ray, and end up with sound quality which is better than even the very expensive (red laser) cd players which are audiophile grade?"I'm confused. Are you asking about using it... | |
| verdict on class D amps? PHD - do you call Switching power supply (SMPS) "Digital Power Supply"? Proper term for these amps is "Switching" or "Class D" (there is nothing digital inside) | |
| Bel Ref1000s OR M300s + Gallo refrence S.A. amp? M300 has, according to reviews, more "air" but Ref1000 is more focused/coherent. S300 is 2x M300 since each module (200ASC) inside has its own power supply (common power connector). If you want separate cases get Rowland 102 (same modules in solid... | |
| verdict on class D amps? This list was compiled a while ago and needs to be updated. I found, for instance, that International Rectifier (famous for Mosfets) came up with class D amp (thank you Magfan for the info). | |
| verdict on class D amps? "Can someone list a few different manufacturers of class D/T amps that I should consider?"Acoustic Reality www.acoustic-reality.com/eAR202, etc (ICEPower)Aivin www.acoustic-reality.com/DT300 (www.acoustic-reality.com/) (Tripath)Analog Research Tec... | |
| The best "imaging" speakers? Paulfolbrecht - Imaging allows us to enter the invisible and participate in musical event - without it we could just play mono (much cheaper - one monoblock, one speaker etc). | |
| verdict on class D amps? Guido - that is an important distinction. Many people object to principle alone (switching) not understanding that time can be as analog as frequency or voltage. They probably already have CD players or DACs with delta-sigma D/A converters, SACD p... | |
| Any cables that give more bass Casouza - I agree, some musicians use lowest notes frequently but speaker limited to 40Hz will still play them, only softer (compromise). There are closed speakers with fairly good bass performance and definition. My non-audiophile friends believe... | |
| Any cables that give more bass Casouza - 31Hz is only on five string acoustic bass. I don't know how common they are in orchestral music but not very common in Jazz. It is often used in rock music (5 and 6 string bass guitar) but not for the purpose of the lowest note B=31Hz bu... | |
| BNC or Coax? Tobias - I'm not sure how true 75 Ohm RCA plug could be but I used Canare 75 Ohm RCA plugs and Canare wire to build my cable. Severity of impedance mismatch, as Almarg explained, depends on rise/fall times and distance. It is common for CD player ... | |
| Wadia, Benchmark Questions.. "In addition to its function as a DAC, the Benchmark is also a preamp."And the signal path with or without volume control is identical. |