mapman
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| What's the greatest bargain in SET these days? REbbi, Reading your historical info on teh blog, it may have been covered back then, don't recall but your Class D amp had only 10000K input impedance which is minimal and far from optimal for use with a tube pre-amp. FWWW, I'd be willing to bet i... | |
| DAC improvements slowing down? Low jitter is worth it. Many ways to achieve that these days for reasonable cost if done right. Has probably only gotten to that point in recent years, so older gear in general will tend to be more problematic. | |
| Hall of Fame: BIGGEST BADDEST Monster Amps I'll nominate the Bel Canto ef1000m amps I use. 500w/ch into 8 ohm and doubles down to 4ohm. Very efficient, small and light as well, so not so "big but a powerful yet efficient monster power amp in a compact package courtesy of modern Class D amp... | |
| The most holographic Power Cord You would have to try them all multiple times which would take years to know so good luck!For noise isolation in line level gear I can recommend the Pangea ac14 as a well built product for modest cost (especially at sale prices) that delivered res... | |
| Bit-perfect backups Windows copy will work but will take a long time to copy large libraries completely. Backup software will backup only new or changed files which is faster. I have Seagate drives that each comes with reliable backup software pre-installed that I wo... | |
| RCA or Optical? Does not matter if working properly. | |
| What is your favorite furniture maker? Ethan Allen. | |
| Using dBpoweramp It can be both but moStly imperfections in the CD that results in different results in multiple reads used to verify the data when there is no accuraterip data from prior rips by others available for reference. To get an accurate rip in that case,... | |
| Asynchronous vs Synchronous This describes it well. | |
| Most achingly-beautiful music JOhn Barry's soundtrack for "somewhere in time". | |
| Best 2.0 powered computer speakers? Check out the active studio monitors on Amazon and decide from there. | |
| Requesting info on Audio Kinesis ZEPHRIN Speakers If you are willing to work with them over time, I think anything by AK is a winning proposition in the end.Duke is one of my favorite posters here, always knowledgeable and makes sense, seems very unbiased and open minded, and appears to go the ex... | |
| What sub under a grand? I like Rhythmic value proposition on paper based on what I read. WOuld tend to lean that way but disclaimer is I have not had the pleasure of hearing those yet. | |
| DAC improvements slowing down? "Beyond that how are DACs going to be a game changer?"The same way phono cartridges have been for many years.Until someday when digital is replaced. That could be a very long way off or never. I have no clue what would replace it. Holography like ... | |
| Single driver speakers without the pitfalls? This is all good stuff. I'll be soaking it all in so in 10 years or so if/when I retire I can perhaps be more DIY perhaps. They say you become more like a child again as you grow older. I built many electronic kits as a kid, nothing so bold as a h... |