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| Which amp will cause a larger increase in electric bill? In general, if it is solid state, I would not worry about power consumption or your electric bill. It doesn't matter if it is Class D or Class AB. Granted Class A amps do consume some power when it is on and idling but most Class A amplifiers ... | |
| Why Power Cables Affect Sound Actually, if one had a spectrum analyzer then one could see the improvement since it is easy to measure the power output with and without the new cord for a given piece of music. Once you have it hooked up, there is a LOT you can measure. Gran... | |
| Thinking of upgrading from pass labs x250 You probably need new tubes for those Citations. My CJ's start to sound constrained, stressed, and a bit weird when they want new tubes. I'd re-tube it and not look back, but I tend to be a tube guy on the midrange and upper frequencies and so... | |
| The invention of measurements and perception Erik - how do you figure 1 Ampere at 1 watt has a S/N of 90dB? There is no S/N correlation between Amperes and Watts. @jea48 - Actually, if one were to measure the linearity of the amplifier without loop feedback from min to max, there is a ve... | |
| Off grid digital music As a point of reference, my Bluesound notes states a one TB hard drive will hold about 20,000 CD's in FLAC format. I am using WAV files and I used about 4800 KB per CD. | |
| New $24,000 inter-connect Well, that is it - He needs the bucks for his attorneys. If he faked US made products, he is probably faking the sound quality of $24,000 interconnects. Even if he is not, I wouldn't buy from him. | |
| The invention of measurements and perception I studied a formula for jitter and how it relates to human perception some years back. I'd have to go look it up as I don't recall it exactly; the limiting number is related to the number of bits and the sample rate. Increasing the number of b... | |
| How To Utilize A Phono Preamp Board As Stand Alone kosst is correct, that is about all there is to it. Of course, you will need a chassis to put it in and all that goes with it. | |
| The invention of measurements and perception Actually, jitter is a problem just not the only problem. Industry knew it was a problem in the very early days, there was a lot of discussion on how much was too much. The fact is, the best jitter removal back then was not enough.There are nu... | |
| New $24,000 inter-connect @jhills - You are absolutely correct. I do believe that is the reason for so many naysayers - no science to back up what you hear implies marketing hype. And, there is plenty of that to go around in this industry. | |
| New $24,000 inter-connect Well, keep in mind what a billionaire told me - never try to outbid a billionaire in an auction. It was at a charity auction. I kept bidding and kept losing every bid. After the auction, he came over and thanked me. I said, "For what, I didn... | |
| Turntable got absolutely crushed by CD Yep, back in the day, we used to say "garbage in, garbage out". Today, we have not only that but we also have far better equipment to hear that garbage. | |
| The invention of measurements and perception I am not sure what you are asking - can you clarify the discussion issue? As for designing the measurements, once the amplifier or speaker designer has something in mind to improve the sound, it isn't too hard to create a measurement plan to quan... | |
| Question about speaker configuration with current preamp/amp I find it hard to believe the Mark Levinson would need the standard setting since that monster should have oodles of available current. My suggestion is to experiment with both and see which setting you prefer. Remember, once the math is done, ... | |
| Vibration Meter..... Can you tell how accurate the app is on your phone? If it is repeatable and linear, you can use it for relative measurements rather than absolute ones. Relative measurements should be fairly accurate. I'd be real suspect of absolute measuremen... |