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| Anybody notice DTS is hardly used anymore? Iplaynaked - People often get Flatscreen, LCD, Plasma, Surround Sound, Multimedia not even for convenience but because of fashion and catchy names. Flat screen TV is considered modern TV and people are afraid to be called "oldfashioned" with old C... | |
| what is the weakest link in my audio chain What do you mean? - I just posted excerpt from the "Audio Ideas Review" stating that speaker is slightly forward.Problem with reviews is that every reviewed speaker sounds like the best in the world. Reviewers will never use words like "bright, ed... | |
| slew rate and rise time Wikipedia definition:In audio system terminology the damping factor gives the ratio of the rated impedance of the loudspeaker to the source impedance. Only the resistive part of the loudspeaker impedance is used. The amplifier output impedance is ... | |
| what is the weakest link in my audio chain CruzV1 tweeters were horrible and V2 are a little better but still on the bright side - I know I have 60s v2 and recently got rid of original $25 Vifa tweeters. You might find reviews describing Paradigm v2 as neutral or crisp but you won't find s... | |
| what is the weakest link in my audio chain If yoy're happy with the sound then your Bryston amp has to be warm sounding since Paradigm Studio v2 has bright unforgiving tweeter (Vifa). One of the better bargains in speaker cables DH Labs Q10 is slightly on the bright side (silver plated in ... | |
| Quietest 500GB Firewire drive? Why bother with building external disk when you can get Firewire Neptune 500GB for $114 with high quality (braid shield) Firewire cable included and 2 year warranty for the whole thing. Similar 1TB Firewire Neptune is $159 now with the cable (afte... | |
| Quietest 500GB Firewire drive? I use very quiet NEPTUNE 500GB Firewire from OWC. | |
| Biwire cable on a standard 2 terminal speaker? Kal - you're right, they sell shotguns. It is in their price list but I missed it. Audioquest, having already complex construction and spread spectrum, decided against specific optimization. My Acoustic Zen had them optimized but I don't know how.... | |
| Biwire cable on a standard 2 terminal speaker? Kal - I was talking about biwired Audioquest Indigo. It has three pairs for low/mid and one for tweeter. Total of 8 wires in the cable (different gauge).As for shotgun - my Satori has cables optimized and factory marked for low/mid and hi. I don't... | |
| slew rate and rise time Chris - slew rate is a slope of the signal going up or down expressed in V/us (rate of change). Rise time is only for known amount of volts going up (fall time for going down).We use slew rate when voltage doesn't have any particular range of inte... | |
| Biwire cable on a standard 2 terminal speaker? Often HF and LF portions of the cable are different. One is optimized for the lower frequencies with thicker wires while the other keeps gauge above 18 to prevent skin effect. Combining different wires is beneficial - Audioquest does this inside o... | |
| Do speaker cables really matter? Shadorne - I read the article. It is strange that he describes cable as DC component while impedance of typical cable is few times higher than resistance at few kHz. I also disagree a little with his skin effect assestment (no skin effect in audio... | |
| dh labs Q10 vs ps audio xstream plus or ??? I don't know ps audio xstream but own satori shotgun, read reviews of oval 9 and bought as a gift for my brother biwired Q10. It is difficult to compare because they represent different classes (and prices):1. Satori - best. A little fuller lower ... | |
| Leave solid state amps on? Or turn off everytime? Chris - I don't know about cycles but heat cuts down life of caps by two every 10 degree Celsius (18 deg F). It might be irrelevant for many people if amplifier lasts 20 or 40 years. | |
| The best CD Player for the money Magfan - I don't know how they could pass 20kHz with -3dB and 21kHz with -96dB using linear phase filters (Bessel) to avoid problems in passband. Bessel filters have poor rejection at up to 2x -3dB frequency no matter how many poles. Brick-wall fi... |