kijanki
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| 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... | |
| Technical question on phase inversion. bdp24, that might be the case in my speakers. Somebody stated that midrange drivers are in the opposite phase to woofers. It would explain why designer wired/marked woofers in opposite phase in order to preserve proper midrange polarity. | |
| Replacing a MAC Mini with new one... Mesh, your USB/SPdif converter strips timing from the data. In asynchronous USB data is delivered in packets at its own timing that has no connection with clock used by D/A converter. Furthermore, Pure Power prevents jitter induced by noisy comp... | |
| What size volume potentiometer do I need given the following gear specifications? For active preamp higher value would be better, but for passive volume control 10k sounds OK. You can get high quality ALPS RK271. You could also use TDK variable attenuator CP2500 (ladder with 20 steps). I believe that both have conductive plasti... | |
| Technical question on phase inversion. My speakers are inverted, judging by direction of woofer's membrane movement when small DC voltage is applied. My DAC and amp are non-inverting. I switched wires and sound changed, becoming tighter in the bass. It was also mentioned in few Stere... | |
| Cabinet Colors I have Hyperion HPS-938 in black finish. They look very similar to Wilson Puppies and resemble small coffins. I hated the finish initially, but it kept growing on me. Additional benefit of piano finish is ability to fix any scratches by piano r... | |
| Replacing a MAC Mini with new one... Mesh, Since your asynchronous USB/Spdif converter is shielding your DAC from any noise or timing issues computer becomes irrelevant. Any MAC will do with any amount of memory, any hard disk and any playback program. I'm in similar situation being... | |
| The Sad State of Movie Theater Sound Systems My wife and I went to see the movie, that had a lot of special effects. Volume was set so low that we couldn't even hear dialog. People started yelling but there was nobody in charge. We went outside to find manager. He explained that there is n... | |
| Where is the signal blocked? Crossover. | |
| Review: USB Disruptor and "DaBigGenius" No 5 volt I understand that with self powered DAC, like Wadia 121, you just need well shielded USB cable with no 5V wires. That's all. Computer timing is irrelevant with asynchronous DAC. | |
| No sound from Pro-Ject Pre Box RS Digital Toslink Inputs It depends on TV. My Samsung has PCM-DOLBY menu choice, but Panasonics automatically output Dolby for ATSC and PCM for NTSC. | |
| Cable length dilemma! Inductance of straight wire is about 0.2-0.4uH/ft for gages 10-20. In the speaker cable this inductance is greatly reduced because of return wire (currents in opposite directions) especially when wires are twisted (twisted pair or helical twist). ... | |
| why do people feel the need to buy expensive cable The "placebo effect" is real yet completely ignored...i.e.. "if it is supposed to sound better, it will."...and if you believe it shouldn’t sound better it won’t. | |
| Subwoofer Lowest bass string frequency is 41.2Hz. Lowest piano key is 27.5Hz, but it is seldom used. My speakers go down to 30Hz. I would spend money on the sub only for the "Movie Theater" special effects, but it is low priority for me. | |
| CD/SACD Player. I know there are many threads but I still would like help. Your Arcam has the same "Ring Dacs" that $12k DCs Elgar had. It is hard to beat it. |