roger_paul
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| Are future improvements in Amp/PreAmps slowing to a crawl? kosst_amojan " What if I could power my amp with fairy dust? Oh crap! This is reality and asking "what if..." doesn't make a thing possible. There isn't a 4th way to use them so now what? Just design irrational circuits that do nothing? You... | |
| Are future improvements in Amp/PreAmps slowing to a crawl? inna," music can't even be recorded as performed let alone reproduced"It turns out this is not true. You have formed an opinion about the current and past recordings based on what? An admittedly poor reproduction system? If you take the distortio... | |
| Are future improvements in Amp/PreAmps slowing to a crawl? Ever heard of an amplifier with automatic focus? | |
| Are future improvements in Amp/PreAmps slowing to a crawl? kosst_amojan "To date humanity has invented a few variations on 2 basic gain devices and there's 3 ways you can use those gain devices. That gives you a limited number of basic topologies to arrange in some fashion"This is true and pretty much... | |
| Are future improvements in Amp/PreAmps slowing to a crawl? goffkait" I'm afraid they've run out of options trying to somehow improve upon the current model. More designers must think outside the box."That's whats happening for sure. There is only so much tweaking you can do to a given amp or preamp desig... | |
| Are future improvements in Amp/PreAmps slowing to a crawl? kosst_amojan "...most people feel that amps with extremely low distortion figures sound analytical and lifeless"Therefore if you have an amp with no distortion it will sound bad?The answer is no. Those other amps that have low dist figures soun... | |
| Are future improvements in Amp/PreAmps slowing to a crawl? kosst_amojan"I'm not sure what you're talking about as "speed" in a wave"Sound waves travel at Mach One approx 750mph. Thats considerably slower than the speed of electricity / light.After sound waves get converted into electricity it is the job o... | |
| Are future improvements in Amp/PreAmps slowing to a crawl? THD analyzers are good for getting you in the ball park. It will at least tell you if you have really bad distortion to deal with. However the problem is that they don't go far enough. IOW they are not capable of detecting small problems that occu... | |
| Are future improvements in Amp/PreAmps slowing to a crawl? Dragon_Vibe,"maybe the Future is already here and we are at the very end of technology breakthrough regards to audio?"This reminds me of the patent office wanting to shut down decades ago because "everything has already been invented"Breakthroughs... | |
| Stay away from the nad djengan,That particular model has 3 switches in a row that carry the audio signal on to the power amp section. Tape 2Tape MonitorTone DefeatThese switches are rarely if every used so there are 3 chances that a corruption can occur. It will manif... | |
| Stay away from the nad djengan,I suspect that the problem your having is simpler than they say.Two questions: Do you live near salt water?Do you own a tape deck?The description of the problem does not suggest that it is serious.I'm guessing you don't use the tape monito... | |
| Has anyone heard the new North American products preamp and amp? Dave remember it takes a while to burn-in. | |
| Has anyone heard the new North American products preamp and amp? dalecrommie Way too much jabbering.......upgrade the capacitors in your speaker's crossovers, and be done with it. Hi DaleIs this in addition to or instead of new electronics?What caps do you recommend?Roger | |
| Neutral electronics are a farce... geoffkait Maybe we need a new lexicon. How about real or not real?Believable or not believable? | |
| Neutral electronics are a farce... Everything is relative. |