kijanki
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| Class A 30 Watt Amps: Are they enough to drive my book shelfs? For your 8 ohm speakers efficiency=sensitivity. Driven by 1W they will deliver 86dB sound level. 30W (30:1 ratio) should give you about 15dB more resulting in 101dB. It should cover even symphony orchestra (EU directive limits level to 85dB in ... | |
| Daedalus Ulysses I'm pretty sure Almarg has them. | |
| BASH and expired patents @roberjerman: I found this in "The Poor Audiophile": The feed-forward error correction of THX’s AAA™ technology keeps the AHB2 nearly distortion free when driving a heavy load. As noted in our interview with audio legend Laurie Fincham, THX’s Se... | |
| BASH and expired patents Basically.....BASH is a class AB or C-ish output stage, combined with a pulsed power supply, where the rail voltages dynamically shift in level, in conjunction with the signal.Class H appears to be exactly that - class AB output with modulated pow... | |
| Is Class D Analog or Digital ? Words "switching" and "analog" in the same sentence might be confusing, since switching between two voltage levels suggests "digital" operation, but at this point voltage is not the quantity of interest - "duty cycle" (average value) of the square... | |
| dBpoweramp with iMac I just opened (free) XLD, that I use on the Mac and it required update to work with Catalina on my computer. I installed update and it seems to be working. Chances are dBpoweramp requires some update (website doesn't list one yet). Catalina is ... | |
| CD distortion through preamp @tripg I glanced over manual and found warning, that mkII uses different tubes than mkI. Are you sure you have 6H30 tubes installed?Manual say that single ended inputs can handle up to 14V (28V for balanced) at the lowest gain position (6dB). ... | |
| Ethernet Cable or Not? In either case Wi-Fi or Ethernet you deliver exactly the same data. Wi-Fi might have advantage here, separating electrically noisy computer from the DAC, but the question is what happens with the received Wi-Fi data? When your receiver converts ... | |
| Alternatives Software for iTunes on Mac @joscow Sorry to hear that. I have I tunes Version 12.9.5.5 running on late 2014 MacMini with Mojave Version 10.14.6 and have zero problems. I changed library, but it was long time ago. There is Itunes media location (Preferences => Advance... | |
| Audioquest SKY Interconnects I never said it makes any difference. I mentioned it only to show that the same cables from US and China had different names and prices. Still, cheap imitations most likely won't be of the same quality, no matter where made.As for China, I type i... | |
| Alternatives Software for iTunes on Mac I forgot to mention dropouts. I had dropouts because at lower band 2.4GHz there are only 3 independent channels (since each of 12 channels is almost 4 channels wide). I bought dual band router, switched to 5GHz and problem is gone. 5GHz has mor... | |
| Audioquest SKY Interconnects Audioquest is made in China. I've read about it in the interview with the head of AudioQuest, but I cannot find it right now. I'm not sure if they make all cables in China, but my King Cobra have sign "Made in China". If you have King Cobra loo... | |
| Alternatives Software for iTunes on Mac @joscow What do you mean by "high quality"? When you send music over wireless you really send data. No matter what program you use it is still the same data (no timing involved), unless program modifies it somehow (like upsampling), making data... | |
| Audioquest SKY Interconnects @bigkidz You said:I see on eBay what I believe are copies of the AQ Sky interconnectsKing Cobra is pretty much the same in character as Diamonback (Viper), but a little more refined (smoother). It is very neutral, open sounding with nice treble ... | |
| Audioquest SKY Interconnects Long time ago AQ moved production to China and renamed ICs to stay competitive. Python became King Cobra, Viper became Diamondback etc. I had both, Viper and King Cobra. I decided to upgrade and considered Sky. It was too expensive and I went ... |