kraftwerkturbo
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| What is going on here? Streamer or DAC? Is it an indication that there are no issues when streaming video as per OP? | |
| Speaker Spikes - Working Principle Just re-read this one: "Rubber has a lower internal impedance than say wood which is lower than concrete. The highest internal impedance I think is Diamond.". That is the reason why they are now building all Stradivaris from receycled tires :-) | |
| Speaker Spikes - Working Principle @audiopoint Yeah, right. And all is on top of the fact that 'hard' spikes do nothing except 'hold' the speaker. And no: even solid gold spikes don't do more (except are high on pixel dust content). Is the above meant to be SERIOURS? Or a nicely d... | |
| Ripping CDs Not sure what the OP's background is, but if you have a trusted collection of lots of CD's, why would he PAY for streaming what he already owns! So naturally, you rip the CDs. No internet and bandwidth to worry about, no fees to pay for streaming ... | |
| Speaker Spikes - Working Principle @vitussl101 do OSCILLATING tweeter membran REALLY MOVE a 50 lb speaker? Remember, those milligram 'pistons' go back and forth (SAME force or better, same impulse in EACH DIRCTION) about 5000 time PER SECOND. that 50 lb MASS is way to slow to move.... | |
| Eliminated my preamp with amazing results How are volume controllers in the anaolog signal path (after the DAC) done today? Not anymore a variable resistance (either potentiometer or a multistep switch with descrete, high quality resistors for each step)? | |
| Speaker Spikes - Working Principle @yoyoyaya "but they also stop the bottom of the cabinet from coupling directly to the floor". Yes, that crossed my mind as well. The spikes only couple the motion of the speaker assembly to the floor (undampened if made from just metal) and put on... | |
| Speaker Spikes - Working Principle @ditusa Vandersteen on spikes:just came across this exmaple, and below in that same thread someone who put granite plates under the spikes. Those pucks seem to use rubber to quell speaker vibrations transmitted to the floor. The granite plates (h... | |
| Eliminated my preamp with amazing results So PC-software-DAC-amp brings up the question: what software/volume control to use to play PC files. I only experiemented to simply find the volume control/software that allows the highest output (amp input not sensitive enough). Didn't consider q... | |
| Speaker Spikes - Working Principle @mahgister Aside from mass (and materials wilth likely different resonance frequencies), what did you use to DAMPEN (sand filled for example (friction between sand corns converts energy), rubber (ditto), foam (? not sure)). | |
| Speaker Spikes - Working Principle I guess I can close out this discussion, concluding that a) a lot are using spikes just to 'hold' their speakers b) spikes cannot decouple (reduce vibrations) the speaker from surface they are standing on. | |
| Speaker Spikes - Working Principle @zo6ak Sorry, didn't see that you were trying to quote someone (i.e. missing "quote marks". It was aactuall @viridian who said "Spikes are cheap, try them and they will either enhance your listening pleasure or they won't." and thus promoting th... | |
| Speaker Spikes - Working Principle @yoyoyaya The point of using spikes as anchors, anti slip, or 'keep level' is not disputed (even so much simpler/cheaper methods are plenty), rather their ineffectiveness as a "decoupler", "damper", or otherwise reduce vibrations. i would even a... | |
| Speaker Spikes - Working Principle @yoyoyaya Spikes as level and holding device: no issue. But piece of sticky felt, folded paper (to level), stick on rubber would do the trick without punching holes in the carpet or floor, and complicated designs. Spikes have become another 'pix... | |
| Speaker Spikes - Working Principle Another misconception: "depends on the spring rate and the mass": that is called a SWINGER for good reason. at resonance frequency, amplitude will be infinite. Try driving your car with spring only. That is were the DAMPER comes in. Now you have... |