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| CDP voltage output...what does it mean to volume? Here are a couple of more links to sort this out:Crown amplifiers and dBRelation ship between dB and perceived volume | |
| CDP voltage output...what does it mean to volume? This link to Stereophile may help clarify things. On reading through the various posts, I can say that jcmcgrogan2 has got it right. There is something in Gregm's post that might confuse things more...but I'm not sure. I find myself turnig to Wiki... | |
| CDP voltage output...what does it mean to volume? The formula to determine the differences in dB is dB = 10* log10(power_ratio) For voltage it is: dB =20 * log10(voltage_ratio)For the 2V system compare to the 6V dB =20 *log10(2/6) = -9.54 dBEvery 10 dB is 1/10 the power (or about (1/3)**2 ) and ... | |
| Toshiba HD DVD player as Transport I'm thinking that going with an internal DAC with an inherently low jitter stream is preferable to sorting out the new jitter issues arising from the SPDIF receiver in you external DAC (3 ext DACs to my name). Give a listen to the Toshiba SD-3990I... | |
| Advice Sought Take a look at Positive Feedback's review of the Toshiba SD-6915. This is a 2005 model but the equivalent 2006 replacement models exists (???).Watch out for feature bloat due to the introduction of new standards (HDMI) as the regular inputs (compo... | |
| Lower end DVD player The Toshiba sd-6915 sounds like the ticket...but it was last year's model (2005). If SACD/DVD-A is not important you can get this year's sd-3990. The Redbook CD sound is great. | |
| mp3 bit stream to DAC? The SP/DIF port on the Archros player is not an output but an input. | |
| CEC TL51XZ cd player I had a listen to this unit last night at a retail store run by a very nice guy named Rob (Applause Audio). In his reference showroom(back of the store), 1/2 hour prior closing, he turned off the fan and plugged in my dAck DAC using his analog cab... | |
| Epos M12.2 vs. Von Schweikert VR 1 vs. GMA Europas What started out as a trip to audition a matching transport (CEC TL-51x) for my dAck DAC turned out to be the discover of this speaker and a search on the web this morning for more information.Finding more info on these beautifully voiced speakers... | |
| CEC TL51XZ cd player CEC TL-51XZ review. Enjoy | |
| best CD player or DAC under $1000 84audio:"...How musical can a player or Dac be ?"...just add the dAck 2.0 if the essence of musical playback is a priority. You can try before you buy. | |
| Non overampling/no filter DAC's - Why few brands? Dazzdax wrote: "...but they miss some of the dynamics and the soundstage width and depth the best over-/upsamplers have.."Dazz,I would say that some of your comments are applicable to the first generation units on non-os. Some of the up/over sampl... | |
| How good is Benchmark DAC1 comparing to...... ...the two DACs that seem to go head to head in the value for the money sweepstages are the dAck and Benchmark. You can read about both of them right here on Audiogon.P.S. ...though I have 4 possible DACs to listen to, I have not yet heard the Ben... | |
| Question on preamp matching with Wright 3.5 2A3 am Bill,I answered a similar post on required sensitivity in preamps/amps to drive a system to adequate sound levels. Give it a read...you should be able to sort out the numbers for setup...just sort out whether the numbers you gave are RMS, peak or ... | |
| Portable CD Player with Digital out bump....any updates/links to portables/compact CD players with digital out? Are portable units with SP/DIF outputs dead because of thw power ( ~ 10mW) draw of this interface versus the desire for 50 hour plus battery life from 2AA batteries ?PeAK |