murphthelab
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| Yamaha amp? Have both M70 & MX1000. I also use higher end amps, such as Krell and BAT. I keep the older Yamahas around as spares. Frankly, they do not give much away to their newer, more expensive breathren. Between the two Yamaha models, I find that the ... | |
| Battle of the BAT's, VK-60 vs. VK-220 I've owned both.1) Given that you listen to R&R exclusively2) Given the admirable penchant of the VK-200 to produce a small degree of the musicality of tubes3) Given the 'medium' sensitivity of your speakers at 89dB4) Given an assumed desire t... | |
| Dolby Digital Jitter Bug I don't think Monarchy "passes" DD or DTS. Perhaps it can accept them as input, but it only outputs 2-channel audio according the the written descriptions. I also sent an email to Monarchy. Are you sure that DD and DTS were passed? | |
| Its all in the DAC? Seandtaylor99 is right on the mark. In category 2, the Genesis Digital Lens is an example procuct (which I use). In this specific example, the box has some intelligence and measures the average difference between the transport clock and the Genesi... | |
| 48 kHz Jitter Box? The Genesis does not pass clock at all. It completely terminates the incoming clock and re-clocks using an internal temperature controlled oscillator. It maintains a significant buffer deep enough to absorb the clock differential. It performs some... | |
| Its all in the DAC? As a former industry expert on jitter in high-speed digital telecommunication systems, I always get sucked into these type of questions.... ;-)It's key to understand that jitter on the 1/0 signal from the transport does not end when it hits the DA... | |
| DAC for 500 Recommendations? Timbre TT-1Former reference DAC for one of the audio houses. Very 'musical.' The wholesale value of the raw parts alone is ~$1200 in mid to late-90's dollars. Often compared w/ the big boys.. | |
| Hum from DVD video cable Lkdog's solution is also valid (previous posts have provided some details, also search the Net), but NOT if you are using digital cable service. The bandwidth is not adequate. In either case, you would in effect be implementing a ground isolator. | |
| Hum from DVD video cable Can almost guarantee that it is a ground isolation problem from you CATV connection, which derives its ground reference from a different source than your local electrical ground. Therefore, your audio system and video system are seeing two differe... | |
| Cable ground loop / Mondial Magic help I just solved the same problem with a Jensen-Transformers' ground isolator. It cost $60 shipped to my house and works fine w/ digital cable and HDTV. I think the specific product number is Model VRD-1FF. | |
| Cable Ground Isolator & HD compatibility Thanks. I just bought & installed the little isolator from Jensen ($60). I think it's called the MRD-1FF or something like that. Everything works great: digital cable, high-definition, and the hum is gone from my now-combined audio/video syste... | |
| Best CD Newbie13, you're right, I could connect a separate transport in addition to the Pioneer. The obvious downside is that many of the CDs I'll listen to are loaded and coded in the mega changer. So unloading and reloading will be a pain. Also, getting... | |
| Is less than 24 bits worth it? Sorry Easy_e. Just trying to address Eldartford's question above... | |
| Yamaha M & MX Amps Try this little known Yamaha Japan website where you can download pretty much any manual they've written.http://www2.yamaha.co.jp/manual/english/index.html | |
| Is less than 24 bits worth it? When the analog signal is finally created, both amplitude and phase inaccuracy create deleterious effects. Using 24 bit resolution, the last bit translates to a signal amplitude of about a 17 millionth of peak amplitude. You can get an "equivalent... |