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| PRat: a DAC or transport thing? Even a "somewhat poor" transport can be band-aided with a good DAC that re-clocks the incoming signal. This is not to say that there aren't differences between transports, but that a well designed DAC can somewhat alleviate those differences. Sean... | |
| PRat: a DAC or transport thing? This is a difficult term to put into understanding because our universal musical vocabulary is so limited. Quite honestly, you really do have to hear something like this to better understand it. Once you've experienced it, you'll understand what y... | |
| Tri-amping speakers - Which amps Active speakers are VERY limiting in certain ways i.e. you are stuck with the one specific sound that the designer voiced into the amplifier / speaker interphase. They also require power to the speakers where an AC feed may neither be convenient a... | |
| Trying to extract more from my Vandersteen You can't design a product with very obvious technical pitfalls and then try to correct all of those problems after the fact with some type of network or correction circuitry. This is akin to designing / building an obviously sloppy circuit that w... | |
| PRat: a DAC or transport thing? Newmanoc: I think that you hit the nail on the head. Mrtennis doesn't understand and / or hasn't experienced what PRAT really is, hence his thinking that consistency of playing speed ( live or recorded )is all that "timing" ( part of PRAT ) is abo... | |
| Tri-amping speakers - Which amps One can typically raise the bias of ANY amp, so long as there is adequate heatsinking and air-space available. As such, you can use a multi-channel amp and have the manufacturer adjust the bias setting to operate in Class A up to X amount of power... | |
| cable dielectric cause of artificial sound Corrosion of a conductor can take place due to oxidation, thermal shifts and / or a chemical reaction. Due to the fact that many conductors are directly in contact with a chemically formulated material ( dielectric ) that is exposed to electro-mec... | |
| Tri-amping speakers - Which amps Jerry / Onplane: I would beg to differ as i've yet to hear even a 6 dB crossover ( a simple capacitor in series with the tweeter ) that sounds as good as a "naked" tweeter ( no capacitor ) actively crossed. This not only has to do with removing th... | |
| PRat: a DAC or transport thing? PRAT has to do with both frequency response and transient response. Without reasonable tonal balance, you can't have PRAT. Without reasonable transient response, you can't have PRAT. With lesser degrees of either tonal balance and / or transient r... | |
| Trying to extract more from my Vandersteen One can't say what would be a more drastic change i.e. swapping the speaker cables or the interconnects, as it would matter what make / model for each that you intended to go with. Even then, some of that would be guesswork, especially with IC's, ... | |
| Tri-amping speakers - Which amps Depending on the efficiency of the speakers, the crossover points and slopes used, the type of music being played, etc... this will determine how much power you'll need for each frequency range being amplified. Having said that, i've always found ... | |
| Trying to extract more from my Vandersteen Ralph aka Atmasphere is right on the money. Loose the MIT's and pick up some cabling of the appropriate impedance.On top of that, Vandersteen's cause loading problems with most amps as frequency climbs. You need a very stable amp at high frequenci... | |
| cable dielectric cause of artificial sound The dielectric becomes more conductive / lossy over a period of time. As such, the electrons DO interact with the dielectric, both in terms of conductivity and magnetic field. The measurements that i mentioned above pertain directly to this subjec... | |
| recommendation for turntable vibration damping Valve & vinyl: Better measure the distance between the TT's footers and the required spacing of the shelves on the wall before making that purchase. It would be a real pain to go through re-installing the new shelving in the manner that you de... | |
| How Do I Build a Faraday Cage? That's great news Spencer and i'm quite certain that this approach was FAR easier to impliment. Most everything that you've mentioned are known cures to known problems, so it's good to see that some of the old stand-by approaches still work as exp... |