lynn_olson
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| BEST SPEAKER THAT COMES TO LIFE AT LOW LISTENING LEVELS I have no dog in this fight, since what I’m about to recommend is quite contrary to what I normally design. That said ... A full-range driver with a tonality YOU like. They are all colored, none are neutral or flat, but some are really pleasing a... | |
| What contributes most to a change in how an amplifier sounds? What changes are audible in a power amplifier? Sorry to disappoint, but not anything a user can alter, or even measure. It takes intimate knowledge of the circuit (and the design philosophy) to make these changes. First, a high-current driver se... | |
| Krell Moves to new location Srace1 can probably chime in here, but if memory serves, the order of payoff when a company is dissolved is: 1. Back pay for former employees. This is a matter of state, not Federal, law, and state attorneys pursue this matter on behalf of the em... | |
| Krell Moves to new location That's good news; I hate to see knowledge dispersed and lost. | |
| Krell Moves to new location I had a summer job at NASA in 1969, during the Apollo landings. Sorry about the acronym, it means Lunar Expeditionary Module, the little machine that actually landed on the Moon. I used NASA tech as an example of lost technology, since President N... | |
| Krell Moves to new location The yardstick(s) is simple: do they have any techs who are getting paid? If not, are the repaired or awaiting-repair units stored somewhere, and if so, where? After the hoped-for restructuring, who has detailed knowledge of the product line? (Not ... | |
| Krell Moves to new location By way of background, I worked at Audionics as an assembly person, repair jock, and then, as a full-fledged audio designer. Let me walk you through what happens in a small-scale audio company. There’s typically only one repair person at even a me... | |
| Krell Moves to new location The probate courts are making no effort to preserve "Goodwill", which is a significant component of corporate valuation. Seizing expensive equipment in for repair, holding it for many months, then going radio silent, is not a way to preserve corpo... | |
| Doozy of an amp question If you’re spending that kind of moola I would strongly consider taking a trip to where XYZ gear is sold, or visiting an audiophile who would be willing to host for an hour or two. If you fly, give yourself at least a day or two to recover your hea... | |
| A Review of the Denafrips Pontus Gen 15 DAC I’d like to thank the OP for the thoughtful and well-written review of Denafrips’ latest. I’ve been thinking about the Denafrips for quite a while, since I’m a big R2R fan. My previous favorite DAC has been a 24-year-old Monarchy DAC based on the ... | |
| A Review of the Denafrips Pontus Gen 15 DAC I’m prejudiced, as an industry old-timer, so take everything I say or post with a grain of salt. My views are my own, and represent no-one else. My take is 80% of the sound of the DAC is the conversion engine, and the other 20% is the analog sect... | |
| A Review of the Denafrips Pontus Gen 15 DAC If my guess is correct, each phase (+ and -) of the balanced output of the Denafrips comes from its own resistor array. Normally, in a standard chip-based DAC, the analog output section re-balances the balanced output of the DAC chip, so the XLR ... | |
| A Review of the Denafrips Pontus Gen 15 DAC You guys are certainly tempting me. If I read the tea leaves correctly, the Denafrips DACs have no analog electronics in them ... the resistor array is directly connected to the XLR output. If you use the RCA output, you are simply using half the ... | |
| Doozy of an amp question There's no way of knowing in advance how two components will align with each other. Actually, three components, the speakers, power amp, and preamp. I'm not an ARC guy, but I agree with jperry's comments that ARC is the safe choice. Anything else,... | |
| Tom Evans Phono Preamp Repair The build "quality" is something to see. Particularly if you compare it to anything built in Shenzen in the last five years. At a wild guess, this is a hobby project that sells for silly prices. Gotta give them credit for the creative writing in ... |