kijanki
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| No one actually knows how to lculate what speaker cable they need For the purpose of damping the membrane speaker cable doesn't matter, since it is a fraction of an ohm in series to many ohms of the speaker impedance (breaking back EMF current circuit). Best effective DF you can get is about 1.5 and DF>25 (n... | |
| has anybody else noticed this about singers? guitarsam, he died 6 years ago. I highly recommend his last record, wonderfully recorded with top musicians:https://www.amazon.com/Go-Back-Home-Jimmy-Scott/dp/B01N0AT3WZ/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=jimmy... | |
| has anybody else noticed this about singers? Jimmy Scott, a Jazz singer, was called a "singers singer" (not Sinatra). He had poor voice, but intelligence of the phrase and understanding of the words made up for more than that. While singing is an art, good voice, always helpful, is only a fr... | |
| The psychological factor rvpiano, I have AHB2 and use it at the lowest gain settings (Pro-level) as recommended by Benchmark (with DAC3 HGC). The whole idea is to move as much gain as possible to preamp (quieter environment) from power amp (noisier environment), not to me... | |
| Projector comparisons I have 65" Sony (Android TV). Black levels and contrast are exceptional. I know that Sony makes 85" TVs (less than $4k). 20 years ago I had Samsung DLP. Color wheel made noises and bulb was expensive to replace. AFAIK all movie theaters use D... | |
| Best way to measure an Amp's power capability What differs is how the power is measured. RMS (root mean square) is .707 of the maximum power. An amp output into a nominal load of 8 ohms at 1kHz at RMS continuous is a standard measurement. Ceteras paribas, amps should be compared using a comm... | |
| Hate fireplace in home theater room My late aunt in London claimed that every British home had to have fireplace (many of them had just a bulb imitating fire). In US, I do have fireplace, but almost never use it. It is a toy, wasting energy. I went to fireplace store and asked about... | |
| ... Should I be concerned? Lowering gain of power amp is a good thing. Overall gain from the source to speakers will be the same, but spread of the gain will change. More gain will be allocated to pre (quieter environment) than to power amp (noisier environment), not to m... | |
| Tweeter life mozartfan, AFAIK ferrofluid in tweeters is used for damping and cooling. It has nothing to do with type of the magnet. Neodymium magnet tweeter might be designed with or without ferrofluid.The fact that magnets "lose some power over time" speaks... | |
| Tweeter life Why to replace tweeters and not the woofers? Dry ferrofluid can be replaced. Large midrange drivers in my speakers also have ferrofluid, plus unique design - not replaceable. Replacing tweeter is not an easy task, unless you reinstall exactly the ... | |
| Question on audiophile Ethernet cables and switches welcher, time jitter of D/A conversion basically adds noise in frequency domain. Ethernet data cannot directly introduce jitter, since data delivered is asynchronous to D/A conversion clock and is placed in the buffer. Ethernet cable, as any ot... | |
| Server/Streamer or Streamer/DAC? fiza, I use my system both for music and TV. Most of the time I play music over WiFi from server (MacMini) to wireless receiver (Airport Express) and then to DAC (Benchmark DAC3). DAC is also connected to TV and Blue Ray player (to play TV, DVDs... | |
| To warm up or not to warm up, and...? The only components that suffer from the heat are electrolytic caps (they dry-out). As for the performance - hot electrolytic caps have higher ESR, hot bipolar transistors are faster while hot FET transistors are slower. It is hard to make any sen... | |
| Anyone else have issues with their CD player/transport not playing slightly damaged CD's? bikerbw, I have two cleaning CDs: one with tiny rubber brushes and another with holes that create air turbulence. The first one works better, but the second is gentler, being contactless. Few people reported success with tiny amount of mineral (... | |
| audiophile USB/ Thunderbolt adapter options? It shouldn't (it's only data). |