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| Directional interconnect cables Shadorne - wires are diodes. some impurities in the wire might create semiconductor junctions. As an example - copper oxide (wire in never 100% oxygen free) behaves like semiconductor. It was used to make rectifiers. Quote from Wikipedia below:"Co... | |
| S/PDIF sounds more analog than AES/EBU Chris - As far as I know AES/EBU is the same thing as S/PDIF. It is used in studio equipment while S/PDIF is for the rest of us. Electrical levels are slightly different and it is balanced but the protocol is the same. My Benchmark DAC1 receives b... | |
| Jeff Rowland amp in unbalanced mode Guido - I bought 102 + Benchmark to use only one pair of XLR interconnects (noisy environment). I decided against Bel Canto S300 since it was more expensive while not built as nice as Rowland. In my opinion Rowland's decision to put only XLR conne... | |
| Jeff Rowland amp in unbalanced mode Guido - I forgot about another important factor - speakers. I heard that Icepower sounds great with some speakers (like for instance Usher BE-718) and not so great with others. It might be sensitivity to type of load speaker is presenting. Initial... | |
| Jeff Rowland amp in unbalanced mode Guido - so it's entirely possible that sound improvements you heard are due to something different than PFC (wiring, shielding, power filtering, input transformer or mods to Icepower 1000ASP module). Often companies don't apply improvement to less... | |
| turning my system on during lightning storms Tonywinsc - your damage of three prong devices suggest that lightning hiting tree/ground near the house creates big voltage differential between earth ground and neutral wires. Switching off equipment would not help since switch is on the hot wire... | |
| Jeff Rowland amp in unbalanced mode Guido - I don't thing is changing anymore but I haven't counted hours. I wonder what came earlier 312 or 501. It is possible that Rowland requested (or made) some changes to Icpower module based on previous experience. There are also some external... | |
| Jeff Rowland amp in unbalanced mode Guido - 102 took close to 400 to break in. My setup so far is a little bit crazy since cables are the most expensive part of the system (Acoustic Zen Absolute XLR, Acoustic Zen Satori Shotgun) but I treat them as non-perishable items and therefore... | |
| Jeff Rowland amp in unbalanced mode Guido - www.audioenz.co.nz/2007/rowland_capri-102.shtml | |
| Jeff Rowland amp in unbalanced mode Guidocorona - There are two styles of class D output. One, like Icepower, uses single supply voltage and changes direction using mosfet full-bridge while the other style, like Hypex (Channel Island) uses two voltages positive and negative with mos... | |
| 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... |