oldrooney
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| What's better, one conductor or two conductors for an RCA interconnect? I’ll second what @kijanki wrote. I have never encountered RCA connectors used with coaxial cables. I would expect coaxial cables to use BNC connectors, as I think someone else mentioned. The higher end cables, such as those that came from the fact... | |
| Using Adcom GFA-555s as monoblocks to power magnepan 3.3s in active biamp @allenf1963 You’re asking questions about a topic on which I’m a bit fuzzy. I studied the design of filters for ‘high pass,’ and ‘low pass,’ performed the basic calculations, and became conversant in ‘first order,’ ‘second order’ and the like; ‘no... | |
| Internet Radio on Audiophile Quality 2 Channel System @boxcarman I discovered that my Auralic app (Lightning DS) which came with my player, that is, a free download (my player is an original Aries) can trick my DAC (a Schiit Yggdrasil) into upsampling the MP3 (x4), to the point that it sounds better ... | |
| Using Adcom GFA-555s as monoblocks to power magnepan 3.3s in active biamp @allenf1963 I forgot the math. Since P = I * V, and since V = I * R, then P = l * (I * R). When you turn the flash light on, and the bulb heats up, it’s resistance increases, and you find the source voltage across the lamp (don’t try this with an ... | |
| Using Adcom GFA-555s as monoblocks to power magnepan 3.3s in active biamp @allenf1963 If I may comment on @petaluman ’s answer, in terms of Ohm’s Law, let us say you have an old-time filament-type flash light. If you Ohm out the bulb, it shows continuity, just as a speaker coil does, but when you turn your old-time flas... | |
| Using Adcom GFA-555s as monoblocks to power magnepan 3.3s in active biamp @allenf1963 I tried responding to you earlier today, but lost my carefully typed reply disappeared when I tried to exit “preview.” I shall attempt a recreation. Most of the discussion on the ‘Electrical Side,’ as you put it, revolves around Ohms L... | |
| What cause tweeters hiss ? @auronthas Interesting article, thank you for posting. I agree with you about the cable, it served a useful life. Not sure what to recommend to replace it, different cables have different sounds and some equipment works better with some than with ... | |
| FREE - THIEL CS 2_2 to a Good Home Great speaker, great gesture. | |
| What cause tweeters hiss ? @auronthas I’m glad to hear you solved your problem. Getting a better interconnect is up to you. The purpose of spending more money is to get better sound, and to give yourself peace-of-mind that you’re doing everything, within your means, to achi... | |
| What’s the deal with high end CD transports not having the ability to program tracks!? I would be disappointed to purchase a relatively expensive transport and find I can’t program it; but then, I don’t know what’s involved in implementing that function (complexity/cost), either. I’m still trying to understand why disks aren’t index... | |
| This is good Schiit... The Analog 2 cards bring a much more coherent sound stage to the Yggdrasil as I found out when I upgraded my Yggdrasil GS. The ‘Less is More’ chip option got the best reviews. The upgrade was well worth the money. Have no experience with BS Node 2... | |
| What cause tweeters hiss ? It seems to me that if the noise goes away when you unplug the DAC, then the problem is in the DAC or its source. | |
| Should Audiogon forum dealers be held to a different standard? I’m not sure about instituting different standards for dealers. Should we also institute standards to differentiate between ‘experts’ and ‘noobs?’ Personally, I find I welcome posts from dealers, especially when they self-identify. When it is an o... | |
| Best turntable for the buck @audioguy85 +1 on the Music Hall products, I purchased a used mmf-5.3 for all the reasons you listed. Solved all my vinyl playback issues and looks great on the shelf. | |
| Interesting ASR review of small GR Research speaker kit @james633 Thank you for a helpful contribution to the discussion, and especially for identifying those qualities of any speaker that are important and that can be measured. Speaker designers and those who evaluate speaker designs have learned to t... |