kijanki
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| GAIN ON PREAMP VS GAIN ON POWER AMP Some amps, like Channel Island D200 are sold in two gain versions. As they explain in D200 manual:"Gain: 32db (for use with VPC, PLC or other passive preamplifiers) or 26db (for use with active preamplifiers)"I would stay with lower gain if your ... | |
| Best HD File Format? ALAC (that I use) is also compressed. Format makes difference only if your method of delivery affects timing of the DAC, for instance S/Pdif. When you use WiFi, Ethernet or async USB format doesn't matter since music is delivered as data. In fa... | |
| Upgrade path from Windows laptop music server You just transfer data using async USB. Computer shouldn't make any difference, except it might inject more or less of electrical noise. Faster computer might be even worse. Amount of memory doesn't make any difference. Another method of deliv... | |
| Basic question or not No, it won't be degraded, but rather uplifting since it comes from satellite. Accordingly cable delivered music should be down to earth and well grounded.Happy New Year. | |
| Recommendations for a good audiophile digital coax (BNC-BNC) 50 ohm cable? Rajah, Short cables (<1ft) don't have to be impedance matched for average CDP to DAC connection, but your clock provides, according to description, "a very high slew rate", making it necessary to match impedance. Also, this cable normally shou... | |
| Why go out??? A while ago I went to movie theatre. It was a large complex that has 30 screens in one location. When movie started sound was so soft, that we could barely hear anything. People started screaming to no avail. Finally group of us went to find m... | |
| CD sound quality: original pressings vs regular remaster vs MFSL, etc Some of the early CDs sounded sharp/bright because of unstable/jittery A/D clock during digitizing process. This jitter cannot be reduced, like playback jitter, and the only option is to digitize again (if original analog tapes still exist). | |
| Preferred Digital Music File Backup? atdavid, Are you saying it cannot happen?https://medium.com/genaro-network/tencent-was-claimed-ten-million-for-data-loss-due-to-cloud-hard-drive-glitch-344a26449fe2https://www.readitquik.com/articles/cloud-3/6-cloud-computing-failures-that-shocked... | |
| Preferred Digital Music File Backup? Data backup on Cloud can get damaged many ways. It can be deleted/overwritten by user's mistake or malicious attack on his or Cloud computer (or major Cloud hardware/software failure). To me internet storage is only acceptable as a second backup... | |
| time-aligned speakers: stepped fronts vs. sloping fronts My speaker's have slopped front with speakers pointing a little higher than listening position. I've read in one of the reviews that it was done to avoid "closed" sound - so called "cupped hands" effect. | |
| Could this be one reason tubes (and perhaps records) sound better? @millercarbon I believe that we got used to particular system sound, different from reality. We know that in concert the sound is different but at home we like what we hear. When I replaced CDP with Benchmark DAC I had impression that sound is ... | |
| Could this be one reason tubes (and perhaps records) sound better? I'm not sure tubes sound better - it is just a preference. Noise is often used in imaging to improve resolution, but in sound it is likely to improve dynamics. Distorted guitar sounds more dynamic than clean Jazz guitar at the same level. Added... | |
| Does Anyone Know Much About Chord Electronics Amplifiers? @evolvist My Benchmark AHB2 amp measures better than most of amps available, but it doesn't mean you will like the sound, not to mention cheap amps with fantastic specs achieved by deep negative feedback (bandwidth is one of them). Bandwidth s... | |
| Can GAN transistors be used for class A or AB or just call D Mosfets used in class D amps are non-linear, and almost always N- channel configuration, either half-bridge (Hypex) or full bridge (Icepower). I'm not sure why there is no complementary pair designs. All N-channel require charge-pump to provide... | |
| Do expensive cables/wires REALLY make a difference @rpnz Let sleeping dogs lie. |