kijanki
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| Dual Differential / Balanced? I can't see how fully balanced system can help with noise reduction. Common mode noise introduced at the input will go thru multiple stages of pre and power amp in both chains of balanced amp. Sum of gains in each chain can be different especially... | |
| Which should I do between Mac Mini or Auralic Mini WiFi makes anything on the computer side unimportant. Sound will be affected by the jitter on the receiving end. Use low jitter receiver or/and jitter rejecting DAC (or any DAC + Reclocker). Use power supply filtering/conditioner for receiver a... | |
| Do supertweeters matter when we cant hear past 15,000 hz? I remember reading about tests where people could distinguish music with bandwidth opened to 50kHz vs 20kHz. It is because our hearing operates in time domain more then frequency domain. Music is processed as wave and not as bunch of frequencies... | |
| Is This "Bi-Wiring"? Bi-wiring connects two sections of the speaker to amplifier using separate wires. It doesn't matter if it comes from two or 4 posts on amp side - it is the same output. There are few benefits of biwiring. Thinner wire can be used for tweeter an... | |
| Is This "Bi-Wiring"? I don't see anything wrong with it if you can engage both outputs at the same time. Assuming that both outputs are controlled by switches that has some resistance it might be even better to separate them like that. You won't dilute signal since ... | |
| Acoustic Zen I have this cable (0.5m XLR). It is very light because it is foam Teflon insulation. It feels empty and flimsy because tubes are oversized (air has lower dielectric constant than foam Teflon). It is absolutely fantastic cable - fast, clean and ... | |
| More resistance is less load?? Falconquest, I=E/R Indian sees Eagle over Rabbit R=E/I Rabbit sees Eagle over Indian E=IxR Eagle flying sees Indian and Rabbit on the same level :) | |
| Recommendations for XLR interconnect cables on a BAT system I use Acoustic Zen Absolute (0.5m XLR). According to head of AZ Robert Lee 1% of copper in the Absolutes silver wire makes a difference. It is very neutral, clean and fast sounding IC. Resolution is fantastic. | |
| What makes an expensive speaker expensive Sales of $150k speakers are extremely low. Production in very small quantities is very expensive, especially with exotic technologies. In addition there is very expensive research and equipment involved, that has to be folded into the price. Do ... | |
| Replacing a MAC Mini with new one... Tgrisham, music doesn't "stream to DAC" in his asynchronous USB, but is downloaded as data in packets. It doesn't make any difference if it comes from small or large buffer memory. I might make a difference with synchronous USB or SPdif. | |
| Replacing a MAC Mini with new one... Reclocker will do nothing to improve asynchronous USB connection that he has. Since async USB timing is not important then improving on this timing makes no sense. | |
| Buying Without Audition I bought speakers without an audition since dealer closest to Chicago was in Pennsylvania. I based my decision on the glowing reviews (many years in the row) as well as the warm natural sound I was looking for. In addition it was 6 month old dea... | |
| DAC or CD Player. Help! Audioman2015, OP was merely asking what plays major role in CDP - DAC connection. I believe that everything is important. Jittery CDP will never sound good with the best DAC. Poorly matched digital cable might affect sound of otherwise great CD... | |
| DAC or CD Player. Help! Price of cable might not matter, but one cable can deliver better sound than another. Cheaper CDP can sound better than expensive transport when feeding DAC. That is synergy. | |
| DAC or CD Player. Help! All matters including cable. Synergy is important. In case of digital connection it will be output impedance of CDP, input impedance of the DAC and characteristic impedance of the cable. It will also be length of the cable, slew rate of the CDP... |