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| Interconnect cable upgrade disapointment I thought I would take a second to correct some of the last poster's inaccuracies, for the benefit of the original poster, so that the original poster can evaluate the recommendations to the extent that future choices are made. As to experience an... | |
| Is music quality moving away from the "audiophile" Chasmal - not surprised at all. But these things run in cycles. At one time people painted over perfectly good interior wood, a generation later we stripped the paint off. PC's, Ipod's etc have wowwed the general population in a similar fashion, t... | |
| paranoid listener-damaging speakers? 80 dB peaks is a very conservative listening level, particularly if you are listening to music with a wide dynamic range. Even for highly compressed music, 80 dB is conservative. The room is not large, the measurement was taken at a meaningful dis... | |
| New noise from old set-up? Is the hiss their regardless of the source ? | |
| XLR to RCA any bad in long runs? Whether or not you have a problem will depend on the amount of noise present. If there isn't a lot of EMI in your environment then it won't be noticeable. If there is, you will have noise problems. If you have no choice and experience noise proble... | |
| Is music quality moving away from the "audiophile" The trend toward compressed recordings must be only in certain genre's. I have found considerabel dynamic range in recently recorded classical music CD's. A number of months ago I was talking to folks in the mixing / recording end of the business,... | |
| Interconnect cable upgrade disapointment Blindjim - the handle comes from the title of a book written fairly recently about 20th century 'classical' music "The Rest is Noise" which happened to be in front of me on the bookshelf when I selected my moniker for this forum. Additionally - on... | |
| How different between B&W 804s & B&W 805s???? Blackstonejd: Nice post. First, the 602S3 was a great speaker - I have a pair in my second system and I would not part with them. Second, I agree that the 803S is a large improvement over the 804. Indeed, the next step up in my opinion is not the ... | |
| Interconnect cable upgrade disapointment Douglas schroeder: As to the reduction in vibration - I did not state that I was trying to improve the sound - you seem to have assumed that. What I did state was that I was seeking to reduce the transmission of energy caused by the floor - speake... | |
| Digital XLR vs. Analog XLR - Balanced Cables The last explanation about slew rate and ignores the relationship between the two. A little background in Fourier theory may clear up the lack of understanding as to the relationship between signal shape, frequency, and slew rate. Your home audio ... | |
| Digital XLR vs. Analog XLR - Balanced Cables Funny, I have found IEEE journals to be understandable. As to the attempt at an explanation in your last post- it makes no sense. | |
| Interconnect cable upgrade disapointment Whatever you paid for the cables seems to me to just be tuition for a good lesson - that if the people posting who have scientific backgrounds point to the lack of proof of any meaningful gain from a product, and if the only place that does point ... | |
| paranoid listener-damaging speakers? Specs for speakers are usually given at 1 meter from the speaker. As to your ears - the listening position. | |
| Hearing Loss & Equalization Assuming you found the 85 dB at a site that simply referred to spl levels and time, then the 85 dB means constant - like standing 30 feet from a jackhammer all day and all night with the jackhammer never shutting off. A short term value will be hi... | |
| Should a dac run hot?? Depends on the design of the DAC. If they are using the chassis to dissipate the heat, it may well run hot. The best bet is to find someone who is using the same unit and get a chassis temperature measurement - what is "hot" will vary from one per... |