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| Are luxman integrated amps truly balanced? XLR carries a hot signal on one conductor and an inverted hot signal on another conductor. A diff amp compares the two signals and amplifies the difference. A +5 volt compared to -5 volt is a difference of 10 volts. That's the 6 dB gain. Th... | |
| What news in 2023 struck you? The demise of MQA. Roon acquired by Harman International. Blue Jean Cables now telling me that very expensive high end cables are actually better than the cheaper cables they have always pushed. Their association with Iconoclast isn't new. ... | |
| Class D amplifiers. What's the future look like? IBM protected their IMS database product and did not innovate with a relational product, and allowed Oracle to take that market. To be fair, IBM did innovate by inventing relational databases and developing SQL. | |
| Commercial air travel with a speaker Some musicians routinely purchase an extra seat to travel with their instrument. It normally works, but it isn't unusual to see a report of someone getting refused while boarding. Just be aware that you could make arrangements with the airline and... | |
| As An Experiment I Stuck A Few Things Under My Pre-Amp And Am Now On A Quest There is a seismic vibrations detector in the app store. No need for anything other than an iphone The sensor (accelerometer) on phones aren't sensitive enough to detect vibrations for home audio. If I put my hand on the floor, I can feel vibra... | |
| Electronics for Harbeths -- $5-10K I just spoke with an LFD rep, who confirmed that the company’s amps can’t be used with a speaker system that requires a subwoofer. There’s no way to get variable-level output to a sub. You can use a subwoofer that can take high level (speaker l... | |
| Wilson Watt/Puppy 7 Dimensions See page 2-1 in the manual. https://www.wilsonaudio.com/media/324/manual-watt-puppy-series-7.pdf | |
| California Audio Show 2023 It was this past weekend in the SF Bay Area (Emeryville in the East Bay). I saw a post on Audio Asylum (in the classical music sub-forum) from someone who attended on Friday: https://www.audioasylum.com/audio/music/classical/messages/3/37122.html... | |
| I am streaming , how can I play music when provider goes down. I just have a fanless computer running Roon,qobuz and separate dac The Qobuz app (Mac, PC, or mobile) has a built-in facility to download music that be played offline. https://help.qobuz.com/en/articles/10133-is-it-possible-to-listen-to-musi... | |
| Adding a power trigger to an amp that doesn't have one I have one like @paradisecom mentioned, from Amazon. Works great. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00WV7GMA2 | |
| Are Buchardt A500 Signature Edition A Good Choice For First Speakers? Another option is to get the standard Buchardt A500, which costs significantly less than the Signature Edition. At current exchange rates, around $3800 USD for the standard version vs $5300 USD for the Signature Edition. The significant differenc... | |
| 5GHz wifi signal interrupting bluetooth headphones Bluetooth operates at 2.4GHz and it's common for 2.4GHz WiFi to interfere with it. However you're saying that switching from 5GHz to 2.4GHz fixed your issue. Are you sure you didn't switch it the other way around? What exactly did you do? Also, c... | |
| where and how to find blank "music" CD's Thanks @cleeds @seismicfrog for the information, and I stand corrected. Since computer drives burn perfectly good Redbook discs, I had assumed that a consumer disc burner would simply use the same kind of disc. | |
| where and how to find blank "music" CD's Blank CD discs are generic and there is no distinction between writing audio or data onto them. There are two types of writable blank CD discs, and your Teac is compatible with both: CD-R (CD Recordable) which can be burned permanently one time... | |
| Rell or JL subwoofer? Does the Rel line level split the signal through an internal crossover then speaker line goes filtered to the speaker? No. REL recommends running the main speakers full range. https://rel.net/blog/2021-03-24/principles-of-sound/what-is-a-high-... |