shadorne
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| xlr vs rca As long as you and yours are beating the "it measures better so it must sound better" drum and I and mine are only concerned about what really matters, which is how it actually does sound, then there is really nothing to discuss. No worries I get... | |
| Best Used Speaker Under $4,000 w/ Respectable Lows the choices are infinate. I disagree...choices are way beyond infinity | |
| xlr vs rca Traditional measurements illustrate how machines hear, not how humans hear. Yes this is a good point. We may be discussing from incompatible and quite different perspectives/objectives. My perspecitive is audio reproduction with high accuracy. Mo... | |
| xlr vs rca In order to affect a ground loop whatever is doing it has to change the potential of the ground. How does a power supply do that?Through parasitic leakage through capacitors and through transformers.FWIW: There are plenty of examples where XLR has... | |
| xlr vs rca Try the Whitlock paper directed at students - Page 9 and 10. Although as the saying goes - you can lead a horse to water but... | |
| xlr vs rca Perhaps I was not clear in the last post.....a BIG BEEFY power supply means less fluctuations due too the varying demand from dynamic music and therefore less ground loops from leakage to ground from the PS => less noise induced into the low le... | |
| xlr vs rca Ive found its very often advantageous to float the ground at one end of the signal path. Agreed that is often the first thing to try out....it stops the microamp ground loop currents flowing between the various chassis as well as still groundin... | |
| xlr vs rca No hum, no ground loops and I am biamping. Ground loops do not always show up as hum with volume turned way up with no music playing (of course really bad ground loops do). The insidious kind is when a power supply leakage affects ground on a dev... | |
| xlr vs rca With the large amount of excellent SE gear it is hard to argue that balanced is inherently better in a home environment even though those that make it and use it would disagree. SE gear is cheaper so it must be better - the savings can be used to... | |
| So, What is the Verdict on the Beatles Box Sets? It's the same ole stuff - added treble emphasis, compression. I agree - I heard it playing in HMV on a terrible system but I could easily hear the tell tale signs of modern compression. Of course, many people will be delighted with the "emphasis"... | |
| Amplifier Power Ratings & Speaker Sensitivity In fact the maximum SPL I have got when listening to very loud music is 88dB in the peaks as my ears often give up first before something blows up in flames of fire. At 4 meters this requires 88 + 12 = 100 db SPL from the speakers. From the amp t... | |
| Amplifier Power Ratings & Speaker Sensitivity One other point I noticed - your listening position appears to be against a wall. This is rather bad news and it will also affect how cluttered and claustrophobic the sound field is perceived at higher levels. You definitely need space behind your... | |
| Amplifier Power Ratings & Speaker Sensitivity FWIW - I looked at your setup and the living room is a lot of space for those little speakers to fill. Harbeths are awesome but that is definitely a near-field type speaker it is not designed for such a large space unless you listen only at quite ... | |
| Amplifier Power Ratings & Speaker Sensitivity Your back of the envelope calculations are roughly correct.However, for every DOUBLE of the distance, the SPL will decrease by 6dB. Remember that 91 db SPL peak is hardly loud at all. Average at 91 db SPL with peaks at 100 db SPL is only beginnig ... | |
| xlr vs rca I understand it is better to used balance interconnects if possible. Is this always the case? With good compatible XLR equipment YES - this is always the case. However connecting between low quality consumer RCA to pro-quality XLR is not always st... |