kijanki
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| 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 ... | |
| Are there any tube amps that don't give off any--- Benchmark AHB2 class A/B power amp (2x200W@4ohm) runs very cool (SMPS, modulated power supply rails). It was designed to sound neutral/accurate, so perhaps you can use tube pre, if you like warm sound.https://benchmarkmedia.com/products/benchmark... | |
| Have you changed your mind about a brand? Was it you, or them? Agree on the beer. My biggest disappointment was with the Hyperion Sound, the maker of my wonderful HPS-938 speakers. They had speaker of the year for 8 years in the row and speaker of the decade awards from Absolute Sound, not to mention they ha... | |
| I'm never going to hear a megaspeaker in a good room am I? Eric, Perhaps one day I will buy speakers in $20k-$40k range. I had Daedalus top range speakers in mind (Zeus), but the only place I can hear them is at the manufacturer's listening room. Nothing wrong with that, since I can get best advice and ... | |
| Power Conditioners The main problem with power conditioners is filtering. Any impedance in series affects dynamics of the power amp. Linear power supply draws current in narrow peaks of big amplitude. Amplifier demand of 1A at given time will draw about 10A in na... | |
| Can I use 24 gauge speaker cable? Please answer my question - do tube amps sound bad? They have additional fraction of an ohm output impedance in comparison to SS. Why can't you understand that amplifiers with few ohms of output impedance can sound fine. At this point I'm out. | |
| Can I use 24 gauge speaker cable? You could've used megaohms or gigaohms as well. We’re talking about small fraction of an ohm difference, that speaker manufacturers don’t even consider worth mentioning. Atmasphere MA-1 power amp has 2.3 ohm output impedance and great reviews. Do ... |