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| Does transport matter if using external DAC? In theory, you're missing the fact that the ones and zeros are encoded at precisely timed intervals. If the transport fails to convey the precise timing of the data to the DAC a phenomenom called jitter occurs. For credible evidence read the jitte... | |
| Are Terminals Necessary? I tried bare wire ends. Over time the copper discolored and the speaker teminals chewed up the exposed strands.I tried tinning the bare ends with solder. This works great with smaller diameter wire or spring-type terminals. The solder makes the co... | |
| Threshold Fet One Threshold's 1982 technical information sheet devotes an entire page (of three) just to the model FET one. Here are the specs:phono section:Distortion: Less than .01% at 5 volts preamp output into a 10 kOhm loadhigh level section:Distortion: same a... | |
| direct drive vs. belt drive? Direct drive offers the advantage of being able to spin the record by hand to brush it. watching my pal drag a record brush over his thorens while the belt drove the platter always made me shudder. | |
| Waves, and a perfect sleep Back in the good old vinyl days, there was a series of LP's called Environments. One was the crashing surf; one was sounds of the forest; one was sounds of the rain; one was droning monk chants. No accompaniment, just sounds. Maybe reissued as CD'... | |
| Differences in CD players? Am I crazy? Instead of listening for how it sounds, try listening for what it does. For example, put on some cut that you know has a melancholy sound, and then compare the players to discover which rendition makes you feel sadder. Or, put on a cut that is so ... | |
| Natalie Merchant Fans The more Natalie Merchant the merrier. Thanx! | |
| Threshold? Nrchy, take a peek at Threshold (www.threshold-audio.com) and you'll find it embraces the Stasis concept. To get a feel for what Nelson Pass has been trying to accomplish have a look at his development discourse in the current X-Series owner's man... | |
| Threshold? Jrd351 nails it. Here's some anecdotal evidence from my Threshold journey:In the early 90's I phoned Threshold to ask them which new Forte power amp they'd recommend. To my surprise, Threshold suggested a used Threshold S/300. My contact deadpanne... | |
| Where do tubes come from? Haha Onemug, like totally tubular dude :^) | |
| Rebuilt laser any good? For those of you still on the beam, today the Theta Data Basic II returned home from its trip to the factory. The laser did not require replacement. Comments per the invoice: Replaced Some Caps, Lubed Bearings, Tested All OK.Comments per me: so fa... | |
| How can i ...... The lids on paint cans are flush mounted. How about trying a few of the hooked tools specially made to open those? At any rate they're cheap :^)Btw, I've pried out large sealed woofers from Advent and Dynaco speakers. Some of the MDF may indeed ri... | |
| My Worst Nightmare Cooking all the output devices in a Dynaco Stereo 120 while driving two pairs of A-25's to sublime levels in a pretty big dormitory lounge. The upside: the dynamics in Holst's the Planets will forever hold a special memory. | |
| Any Pink Floyd Historians? CWL, early PF had an avant garde cachet. They were far-out compared to their blues based rock contemporaries; holy cow Martha, a synthesizer! Innocent beginnings sometimes spun into shrieking cacophony and resolved into something simple and pretty... | |
| Any Pink Floyd Historians? Before DSOTM, Pink Floyd offered listening heads a kind of music that required no foot tapping. Piper at the Gates and Saucerful of Secrets feature some awesome cuts. They do however lack that consistent, cut from the same cloth, feel. Atom Heart ... |