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| The OFFICAL Apple TV thread Any scheme or format or compression from which you can reconstruct a bit-accurate copy of the original should be the same......FLAC and ALAC both qualify as to others. | |
| Tweaking the Magnepan 1.7s People are saying you can't bi-wire the 1.7....this means NO jumpers, right?That's why I asked.If I had a look at the crossover schematic for the 1.7 it would be easier to decide if you could bi-wire and how much butchering you'd have to do.Try th... | |
| Is this enough power? Audio,I had hoped you'd look at the links a little better.One thing I didn't say and Larry didn't touch on either is that phase angle has 2 aspects. The general measure is 'reactance'. However, there are 2 kinds of reactance.Capacitive and inducti... | |
| Is this enough power? Phase angle is how much current leads or lags voltage.In a pure resistive circuit they are in sync.The wiki has some good illustrations.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_factorFor stereo / hi fi, this presentation is most usefulhttp://www.homethe... | |
| Tweaking the Magnepan 1.7s No jumpers like I'm accustomed to on my 1.6s? | |
| Is this enough power? Good job getting the impedance data. sounds fine.However, your job is not done yet! See if you can find some phase data. This IMO is the true test of 'good load/bad load'. Huge phase angles at low impedance will really drain all but the most robus... | |
| Polarity on Gamut Phi Loudspeakers Face:When I tested....Most rock zero response. Apparently too many inputs and not enough attention to coherent phase in the recording process.Some solo instrumental, it makes a difference. Live albums? That seems to work sometimes, too. I took an ... | |
| What is your favorite tv theme song/composition? I just LOVE that little ditty played on Jeopardy when the contestants are writing (or not) the 'final answer'.Just kidding. | |
| Direct Tv music channels ans use in audio system I am told the last superbowl left the stadium as uncompressed, full bandwidth 1080p. By the time it got well down the pipe, the feed was down to just OK.I'd pay a premium for better, too. How many people actually WATCH more than maybe a dozen chan... | |
| Polarity on Gamut Phi Loudspeakers Making sure the speakers are 'in phase' is, IMO, more important than the absolute phase of the speaker.You can and should do that by ear. Once in phase, swap both speaker wires or use the phase switch on the pre to determine if you have a preferen... | |
| Direct Tv music channels ans use in audio system Pal,Your right about compression. My 'HD' feeds of movies? probably little better than a properly upsampled DVD of the same movie.EVERYTHING is compressed / stepped on. The best feeds? News and live sports. | |
| Is this enough power? If the speakers are of moderate phase angle, you're good to go.Large phase angles or large phase angles at impedance mins will tax the amp. | |
| Your 5 Fav Rock Concerts Cal Jam I, in '74 or '75 at what WAS the Ontario Motor Speedway. An Amazing blur and speakers 4 stories tall.....Saw ELP later at the 'Swing Auditorium' in San 'Beroo. They did 'Brain Salad Surgery' at 110db. The surround effects were amazing for ... | |
| Best power conditioner? I haven't seen any mention of Panamax. Mine, in addition to a pair of hi-current outlets has a 400va isolation transformer into which I plug ALL my low current gear. Since I don't run all my low current stuff at once, I never get close to transfor... | |
| Direct Tv music channels ans use in audio system If you have a DAC, use the optical from the DTV box.Also, go into the DTV menus and look for audio setup. Select PCM only, if that's an option. Also, disable the sound 'leveling' you'd like for late night TV watching. That feature helps keep from ... |