magfan
Responses from magfan
| Is bi amping really a trade off? With a 4khz crossover, at least 80% of the power required for 'normal' music is below that frequency. So, you are still working the lowfrequency amp pretty hard, but not quite as hard as before. You have the addtional beneift of the hi frequency a... | |
| Amps and integrateds w/ similar sonic sig to MC275 If you settle on SS, the Pass integrated, in the form of the int-30 is the obvious way for you to go. Plenty of power, being nearly 3x the rated 30x2, by the time it reaches redline. This will drive any speaker you are currently considering, inclu... | |
| Jitter and 75ohm cable length Apparently, the AE/840c jitter 'thing' was a known issue. CA issued a software update, which I've got here.......somewhere, but have been too Chicken to install.It uses a null-modem cable and the requested OS is Windows XP, which my laptop doesn't... | |
| Jitter and 75ohm cable length I don't care about any jitter on the analogue out.......It is is jitter on the digital signal which renders the 840c unusable. OR, is the 840c simply sensitive to even that moderate level of jitter....?From the Stereophile test: This is analogue? ... | |
| Jitter and 75ohm cable length CA no longer sends out the file. It was 'zipped' and contained a readme and the installer and some other stuff.It is on my laptop but I've never mustered the guts to DO it. My laptop is Windows 2000 or ME....dual boot. NOT XP, which is what they r... | |
| Jitter and 75ohm cable length Notes on the 840cFirst, it has both balanced and unbalanced outputs. The balanced make for quite an improvement. Choice of cable? Gigantic, as you well know. I'm not a big cable experimenter, but the 'as issued' unbalanced went to the trash and I ... | |
| Spectron Musician III MK.2 or Audio Research DS450 Orpheus, I think part of the way out of your dillema is the audio club. Lots of people owning different stuff. you'll see what does or doesn't work in a short while. I recently went to THE Show in Newport Beach ca. What an eye opener. While I am a... | |
| Should I try to improve speakers at $2000.00 range 2000$ is a VERY busy place in the world of speakers. Given the age of the celestions and the advances in materials, modeling and manufacturing, I'd see NO reason the amount of $$ mentioned in the post should not easily better the Celestions. The r... | |
| Spectron Musician III MK.2 or Audio Research DS450 Sure, Mr, like and dislike whatever you wish. For the time being, it's still sort of a free country.However, I'd urge you to know something about or at least go to the trouble of finding out about whatever it is you claim not to like. Not liking '... | |
| Spectron Musician III MK.2 or Audio Research DS450 Spectron is not ICE and looking at the pictures, neither is the Audio Research.If the OP is driving some very low sensitivity speakers to higher levels, this may be one option. However, plenty of very hi-power conventional amps are also available.... | |
| Amp Switch Box? WARNING::At the same time you switch the tube amp AWAY from the speakers, you MUST have a load online for that amp. Tube amps need a load. If you intend to shut the tube amp off before switching, you will eventually forget or someone not totally f... | |
| Are CD players dead My original CD player, sitting over in the other room, is a Magnevox made by Phillips....It is the original FD-1000 or FD-1001. It is a 14big player with 4x oversampling and a DAC per channel. This was the 'reference' machine against which all oth... | |
| DVD Audio-Why can't I get my disc to play in 5.1? I would be interesting to compare Tommy thru the analogue outs, than down mix to stereo.....VS the same feed via toslink.Ain't copy protection wonderful?Can you still get HD out of the component outputs? or has that gone all HDMI? | |
| Upgrading crossover caps in a PSB Image 5T Audio:What caps did you use? And for that matter, what did it come with? BTW, higher voltage rating caps will be fine. Lower? not a chance, as some amps may stress less than 100v caps on the loudest passages. ZAP! | |
| JRDG Coherence II; Battery Display Issue Do lead acid / Gel / glass matt batteries invert? I know my NiMh batteries can and do. The battery pack for my camera is 10 AA cells in series so if I have a weak cell, I'm a goner. I'm working on a replacement / fix / rebuildable now since Canon ... |