kijanki
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| Jeff Rowland amp in unbalanced mode Mordante - once it has input transformer it is truly balanced. Transformer has perfect common mode removal except for high frequencies where balanced input is defenseless anyway. To answer your question - Icepower datasheet for 200ASC (my Rowland ... | |
| turning my system on during lightning storms Current will find all possible paths to ground even if your tuner provides easy one. When the rest of equipment is unplugged and well isolated from the ground current won't flow thru it but will flow thru center wire of your interconnect to input ... | |
| Why do digital cables sound different? Eldaford - if they affect digital pulse characteristics (different bandwidth) then they produce different amount of jitter. Shielding also affects the jitter since noise causes changes in threshold levels. Some DACs are not sensitive to jitter (li... | |
| turning my system on during lightning storms Timhru - I experienced horrible thunderstorm in the mountains when I was young. I remember people closing windows and talking about plasma/fire ball that can move horizontally and come thru the window - scary. | |
| turning my system on during lightning storms Direct lightning creates plasma about 1 foot in diameter and there is no wire in the world to bring it to ground, but if it gets one of the smaller "branches" it might protect as long as wire is thick and does not have sharp angles (short time = h... | |
| turning my system on during lightning storms Lightning never strucks GPX - it always chooses the most expensive system in the area! | |
| turning my system on during lightning storms Grounding antena won't protect from direct hit (even ground rod is problematic). The real purpose for grounding antena is to prevent static electricity build-up caused by the wind that can charge your antena to several kV making it electrically th... | |
| Oppo as transport Audphile - It was DAC3 that Stereophile reviewed in November 2007. Read below:Against the benchmark Benchmark The Benchmark DAC1 has set the standard for affordable D/A processor performance for three years now, and has recently been updated to ad... | |
| Harshness in tweeters: the price of transparency? Tweeter harshness at high level is related to few things in my opinion:- Tweeter distortion. Some tweeters like Morel Supreme use underhung motor to keep it very linear even at very high power.- Loudness effect of tweeter's capacitor- Room amplifi... | |
| Oppo as transport Audphile - Benchmark should not be sensitive to cables at least in theory. Early Benchmark used Phillips OP-Amps before factory burned down. After that Texas Instr. bought license and started making them with increased die size. Phillips OP-Amps s... | |
| Stock Benchmark DAC-1 versus EA MSB Gold Link 3 Steve - I know you know what you doing (I meant you when I mentioned people with a lot of experience). I just feel a little bit uneasy about removal of jitter suppression since I use cheap DVD player as a source. Many people don't like oversamplin... | |
| whats a good older hdcd cd player? Bob - your Denon might be the best solution for Kevin if it's not too expensive. | |
| Oppo as transport Audphile - let me answer point number 4 of your original post. Dedicated transports, often very expensive, offer very low jitter of digital signal. Average cheap player exhibits up to 3ns peak jitter what corresponds to about -85dB in sidebands it... | |
| Oppo as transport Audphile - Your are right. I won't mention cables again. | |
| Oppo as transport Yes I've heard similar arguments about super $1/ft cables from Home Depot and diabolic secret arrangements between reviewers and manufacturers. Somebody even suggested that millions of audiophiles enjoying expensive cables must be under some kind ... |