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| Which bookshelf speakers to buy? If you can find a pair of B&W 602's, those were a great set of bookshelves for the money and, for that matter, for a lot more money. In my opinion that was the best deal out there. Much better than the current B&W 600 series models. | |
| Dynaudio or B&W Depends on if you like the sound of the B&W. I found the sound of the Dynaudio to be quite a bit different. For classical music, I generally prefer the B&W, but I haven't owned or spent a lot of time listening to the 703. | |
| Best Budget interconnect cables for cd to preamp Try Blue Jean Cable. Fair pricing, quick delivery, no hype. | |
| Digital XLR vs. Analog XLR - Balanced Cables As to characteristic Z and BW: First, the reason to set a characteristic impedance of a cable is to reduce transmission line effects. T-line effects amount to standing waves. These only become important when the wavelength of the signal approaches... | |
| Interconnect cable upgrade disapointment The break in time is determined by how long it takes you to believe that there is a change. This is because there is no actual change between 1 minute and 2000 hours of use. Change likely will occur after many years, decades, centuries, or milleni... | |
| paranoid listener-damaging speakers? As someone else mentioned - get an spl meter. As to hearing loss due to acoustic trauma - again, get an spl meter and take a look at reputable medical/audiology sites as to the level and duration of exposure that is unhealthy in this regard. What ... | |
| Removing the ground on PC? I tried to post this yesterday but it didn't make it to the forum, so if it gets posted twice, that is why. I must concur with Carl109 as to the quality and efficacy of a safety ground connection made by the shield of an IC. I completely agree wit... | |
| Digital XLR vs. Analog XLR - Balanced Cables The only thing about cables that is going to make any difference as to jitter is whether the cable has sufficient bandwidth so as not to cause jitter due to the inherent characteristics of the data signal itself. Even then there should be correcti... | |
| warming up the system As to a solid state amp if you have measurable or auditory changes in the performance of the amp after it has been on for 2 seconds, then you paid too much for it, whatever you paid. A design that is that unstable with temperature is not worth the... | |
| Holographic imaging Ah - the rationale shifts. Last time I looked it was about physics - i.e. doppler shift. Now we have moved up in alphabetical order to physiology - how humans percieve sound due to the structure bilateral nature of our ears. What a compelling argu... | |
| Home Wiring? Unless you are experiencing some definite problem at the present time - such as an identifiable noise or tripping your breaker, going to dedicated lines is not going to make any difference whatsoever. It is important to have have a clean ground, a... | |
| Hearing Loss & Equalization Stevcham: the level is higher than 80 dB - but how high depends on the length of time you are exposed to the sound. A lot of sites on the internet can provide this info - try sites such as the Mayo clinic, audiology society etc. | |
| XLR Pin Vocabulary The pinouts are the same - it is just a matter of terminology. The correct terminology is inverting and noninverting. A true balanced connection means the cable is connected to a differential input. "positive" and "negative" come from the signs us... | |
| Removing the ground on PC? That depends on whether your interconnect is connecting the chassis of the source to the chassis of the preamp. If the interconnect is connecting the chasses then no, you still have all chasses grounded. However, if that is true, that then I would... | |
| Removing the ground on PC? Carl109: I agree wholeheartedly. What further amazes me is that audiofiles will go to great lengths and expense to add 'tweaks' to their systems (most of which are meaningless) propose theories that audio equipment and music are too complex for ev... |