kijanki
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| Optical Cable recommendations Very good inexpensive glass Toslink, I use:https://www.uniqueproductsonline.com/6ftgltodiauc.htmlIt comes in 3', 6', 12' and 25' lengths | |
| In-wall ethernet cable for streamer @jmphotography I agree - why not go for the best - it is not that expensive. The first computer I put together myself was 386 operating at 16MHz with 16MB of memory. It was a speed demon then. Things are changing fast! | |
| In-wall ethernet cable for streamer Why do you have to have it by the foot? Get the closest length of finished cables. Why not Cat 7 - many people reported improvement, some reported no difference, but so far I don't see anybody reporting decline. 100' of Cat 7 is only $20https:/... | |
| Optimal length(s) of a digital aes/bsu cable It depends on the output transition time . Without going into details, it is roughly transition time divided by 20. For typical 25ns transition it has to be longer than 1.25m. The problem is that transition time is unknown (and almost impossibl... | |
| Optimal length(s) of a digital aes/bsu cable Being balanced doesn’t change anything. Your cable might not be optimal length, but these calculations depend on many factors, like output transition time of the source, signal propagation speed in the cable etc. Also, this cable might be a perfec... | |
| Why so obsessed with bass? Both extension and dynamics are important, but I also noticed that my new speakers have better bass quality - very natural attack and decay. New speakers are three way with two 8" woofers in larger cabinet for bass, while the older ones were smal... | |
| music file storage/playback suggestions please I use Itunes on the Mac. I created "Smart Playlists" by genres (for instance: "Match music for the following rule: Genre is Rock"). After that it displays much nicer - a whole page of thumbnails of CDs. Much easier to use. The only drawback is... | |
| Wireless or wired? ronboco, I use WiFi and can see two possible problems. One is interference. There is a dozen of channels at 2.4GHz, but you can only have three non-overlapping and I had dropouts. I switched to 5GHz and it is fine now. The other problem is del... | |
| Amp or DAC? cd45123, I had class D amp and currently have AHB2. Both have excellent bass control but AHB2 has a little bit better extension. I cannot explain it, since on paper it is only few Hz difference (5Hz vs 0.1Hz), but it is audible (same source, spe... | |
| What's your definition of an audiophile? Audiophile is a man who is afraid that after his death his wife will sells audio equipment for as much as he told her he paid for it. | |
| Amp or DAC? If there is a difference between the 75w and 150w per channel amp can I narrow the gap or even exceed the 150w amp by using a better DAC?You assume that 150W would sound better, but it might be the other way around, since you pay for larger power ... | |
| Aiff or Flac FLAC is lossless compression format. Music decoded from it is identical to AIFF. The only difference is that listening to compressed file requires uncompressing on the fly, that can possibly affect timing of the samples coming out. It could pos... | |
| Can I use 24 gauge speaker cable? Current carrying capacity of copper conductors:https://www.multicable.com/resources/reference-data/current-carrying-capacity-of-copper-conductors/#.... | |
| Still confused about clipping after reading all the articles. Even if amplifier can deliver to speaker peak voltage equivalent to rated peak power only (no headroom) overdriving amplifier still delivers more power to speaker. It is because signal that resembled sinewave (Pavg = 0.5Ppeak) is changing to squar... | |
| bridging an amp The only benefit is to quadruple output power (49% louder). Not every amp can be bridged (some are already bridged), but assuming you can, the main problem would be power supply that has to deliver 2x power (it has to be designed for that). Read ... |