shadorne
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| HDMI cable made a difference in picture quality?? No difference in picture quality yet the sound from high quality Gold HDMI connectors ($200+), OMG, I bet it would be like night and day for most people here!! LOLBlind Audiophile with Nipper "his master's voice". | |
| Loose driver mounting screws on Velodyne HGS-18 There is a special glue for this - Loctite. | |
| Loose driver mounting screws on Velodyne HGS-18 It happens - the wood dries out (wood breathes) especially after a year or so and then the screws become slightly loose and vibration does the rest. You probably will not have to tighten them again. | |
| How do you judge your system's neutrality? How will you know when what you are hearing from a component is true neutrality to the source Good question.They have the same problem in pro audio. Sound engineers are constantly concerned with how the mix translates to other (often inferior) sy... | |
| How do you judge your system's neutrality? (1) Was cable A preserving detail while subtracting harmonics?(2) Was cable B subtracting detail while preserving harmonics?Or could it be more complicated…(3) Was cable A adding “perceived” detail by, for example, acting as a high pass filter?(4... | |
| Upgrade fuses in Active ATC SCM 50 speakers? I have not tried. Given the mains fuse is before the power supply and not in the signal path I doubt that under normal conditions one adequate fuse versus another would be audible. It would obviously be a concern if it was. | |
| What is correct buffer size in iTunes? A large buffer size will mean you are less likely to suffer from dropouts due to momentary bandwidth restrictions... | |
| Verity Audio midrange drivers? Mark,My remark was not in favor of Verity versus B&W. Both are similar designs and suffer from Grand Canyon midrange scoop. (large midrange that beams)As an example of a better design (staying with B&W) take a look at this smooth on and of... | |
| Verity Audio midrange drivers? Mark,FWIW I would stay away from the 803d model unless you like a midrange scoop. The tweeter is crossed over at 4 Khz. Inevitably this means that the large 6 inch midrange will beam at the frequencies between 1 and 4 Khz. This is definitely not w... | |
| Verity Audio midrange drivers? Duh! For that kind of money take a long weekend and plan a visit somewhere - so that you can audition. | |
| Benchmark DAC-1 vs DAC-1 HDR Musicnoise, You can do that - but you will likely need the 20 db attenuation - you can verify that you are not overdriving teh pre by using the volume control on a loud loud CD track and see if you reduce distortion by reducing the volume. You wil... | |
| Gauge + Length +Material = Sound My prediction is Wishful thinking + Expectations = Perceived Change in Sound.There is no likely change in sound for short runs of RCA for several feet when using properly matched, well designed and well functioning equipment.Since you do not hear ... | |
| Suggestions on a balanced preamp? You need a preamp with a good output to drive a long cable. I'd recommend pro gear - for example the DAC1 HDR. Most pro preamps will have a more powerful output stage than the consumer equivalents and are better able to handle the higher capacitan... | |
| How do you correlate the SPL with db SPL is a unit of measure - Sound Pressure Leveldb is a particular practical logarithmic scale for plotting SPL's named in honor of Alex Graham Bell - decibel SPL db = 20 Log (Measured Sound Pressure / Ref Sound Pressure)For your purposes it is the... | |
| Sub Recommendation to handle both music and movies I agree - SVS |