lewinskih01
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| amp power & driver sensitivity in multiamp setup Ralph, sorry I missed your post. And thanks for chiming in!Al is right: I was considering using a single 16 ohm driver.Maybe using specific examples helps. The original 94dB/2.83V driver was a B&W FST. PHL Audio makes high sensitivity drivers,... | |
| Suggested PC laptop models for computer audio As others have said, a screenless desktop would be best, but a laptop will certainly work.If your DAC connects through USB, try to connect the external hard drive with something other than USB. USB works in series, so real time transfer of music t... | |
| Any experience with TAD speakers ? Coincidentially, I'm designing a DIY high-end speaker for myself and was interested in finding what midrange drivers TAD offered these days. Anybody knows where I should look for such info? Their website send me to a finished speakers page if I ch... | |
| Dali Helicon 400mk2 vs Sonus Faber cremona Yeah, Sonus Faber speakers look great. I've admired them for a long time too. I thought Cremonas would be on my upgrade past, but eventually took a different direction altogether.Since you like the sound of your Helicons (mkI were in my short list... | |
| amp power & driver sensitivity in multiamp setup Al,I did mean 101 dB, but that doesn't mean I had it right :-)My rationale: if the given amp driving the 8 ohm driver, which is 94 dB/W, delivers 98 dB SPL, then when driving a 16 ohm version the amp will need to deliver half the current and hence... | |
| amp power & driver sensitivity in multiamp setup Hello Al.Follow-up question: how would the above change if I doubled the driver's impedance? Say the above calculations were for an 8-ohm-rated driver. If that manufacturer had the same driver in 16 ohm version, then current would be halved for a ... | |
| amp power & driver sensitivity in multiamp setup Thanks Al.Last night I only had a chance for a brief listen and set the Radio Shack meter to fast and C-weighting. When measuring 80dB in "slow" I would get about 86dB peaks in "fast". This was on a 30-year old rock recording that I believe was pr... | |
| amp power & driver sensitivity in multiamp setup Al,As usual, great insightful answer!I do keep in mind Ralph's comments about the 25% or so. That was an insightful comment as well. Keeping this in mind I will run the numbers assuming 50% of amp rating as max working power, thinking at max power... | |
| A separate dac and preamp or a good dac with pream Do you really need a preamp? Meaning, if your only source is digital and you are on a budget, get the essential as good as possible.BTW. An optimized laptop connected to a good DAC will generally sound better or at least the same as a budget CD pl... | |
| Need integrated amp with built-in USB DAC Sorry I didn't see your question earlier.What I mean is the sound quality you can buy today for say 2k will probably be available in 2 years time for 1k or less. Of course there will be a lot of exceptions and special cases, but that is what I obs... | |
| B&W 804S or Grand Piano Domus or Dyn Contour S 3.4 Much will depend on your amp and pre. What will you be using?I drive 804S with a McIntosh MC275 (tubes) and I'm very happy. And tubed pre (Lamm LL2). At the time I was deciding I preferred these tubes to a Mc solid state (MC252) but that ss also s... | |
| Need integrated amp with built-in USB DAC Assuming this a piece you'll want to keep for several years, as opposed to changing it in a couple of years, I would recommend along the lines of what Hgeifman posted above. DACs are not a mature technology and as such they are still evolving pret... | |
| B&W 800D2 - Bi-amping vs Bi-wiring I don't have 802D, but 804S. I biwire. Does it make a difference? Probably not.I drive the speakers with one MC275 and love the sound. I am finishing a couple of class D Hypex monoblocks to drive the woofers. I plan to get rid of the passive cross... | |
| What App are you using for your USB DAC? For my main rig, which runs JRiver inside the computer, I use JRemote on the iPad and also on my Android phone. Just excellent, in my view.For my travel I carry my phone and an iFi nano DAC. The phone connect to the nano thru USB and I use USB Aud... | |
| Computer Upgrade If you are only going to do playback (no DSP, convolution, etc), then you don't need much power - or RAM, for that matter. Especially if you use Win Server in core mode.To me the most important thing is to avoid all posible RFI/EMI sources. Wi-fi ... |