shadorne
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| Interconnect Inductance vs. Capacitance Let me give an example to illustrate my point. I had a DIY preamp project recently. I used 0.68uF for the output coupling caps. Since my power amp has an input impedance of 500K, it yields 0.5Hz 3db cut-off freq. Then I changed the output caps to... | |
| Underestimating the influence of studio monitors? It would be interesting to compare recording engineer's monitors with mastering studio's monitors. Stan,You make an excellent point. I know of only one speaker manufacturer that is popular and has consistent products BOTH in recording AND in mast... | |
| Any French music lover out there Try Christophe Willem for some modern French pop. | |
| Are Harbeths really "all that?" Dodgealum, Watch out - IMHO AN fans are extremely protective and defensive of some of their classic retro type designs. You may have just entered a mine field - though I hope not as too many threads seem to take a bad turn these days. | |
| Jeff Beck "performing this week" OMG My Condolences. I will add that 91 is pretty good going though! I looked him up and he was on Sinatra's "White Christmas" (Capitol Years) - so I figure nearly everyone alive has probably heard Big Dom although they might not know it. | |
| NOS DAC or CDP? My sound is supremely cohesive, detailed to the minutest signal, and wonderfully analog. OS DACs sound terrible, and I don't care which one. I can demonstrated the difference here, and have, numerous times. Yes, I can see from your virtual system... | |
| NOS DAC or CDP? From what I have heard, OS DACs do need jitter control, because the digital filter introduces phase instabilities. Jitter comes from the digital interface connection between transport and your DAC. It is a universal problem that affects all DAC's,... | |
| Artists that sound alike - your best match-up 05-31-09: AudiofeilCeline Dion and my neighbor's pet parrot. Since when did moderators allow cruel comments about pets on this site? | |
| NOS DAC or CDP? Btw, curious on the sound of the Benchmark DAC. I generally go for a warmer, more analog type of sound than an analytical one, of course I do have tubes in my system, so perhaps my worries are unfounded. It isn't harsh in the usual digital sense ... | |
| The disappearance of the traditional amplifier But 400Hz does lie in a region below where most types of room treatment are effective, and yet above the region where a "control-room-sized" (whatever that is) room is exhibiting primarily modal behavior. Agreed - the frequencies between 60 and a... | |
| Jeff Beck "performing this week" OMG Bongofury,Funny you should say that - I liked Beck's work when he is not so busy too. He has great timing and I felt that the less aggressive numbers they played at Ronnie Scott's showed his real skills. Like the drummer who plays incredible polyr... | |
| Are Harbeths really "all that?" So are photography analogies -- over- and underexposed, lighting, soft focus, Kodak vs. Fuji color (hmmm...not sure I remember what those two look like these days). Not sure of the photo analogies but the bokeh on my Nikon AF-S VR NIKKOR 300mm f/... | |
| Anyone else in my shoes? Ears going......... I have always had the tiniest ringing in the ears when things are extremely quiet (the woods, the lake on a perfectly still winter morning) - even as a child - to me this IS the sound of complete silence. It does not change the fact that I can sti... | |
| Made in Canada conundrum In my experience both Fedex and particularly UPS exploit customs situations to their advantage - whenever they are involved I have paid 90 % handling/brokerage fees to Fedex/UPS and 10% or less of the fee is actually in tax. (Yes a I have paid bil... | |
| The disappearance of the traditional amplifier the low-mid transition is that of a horizontally-placed design. Yes but at 410 Hz (the crossover) the wavelength is about 2.7 feet (30 inches)! Given the drivers are only about 12 inches apart the lobing should not be apparent except at extreme a... |