steakster
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| Do Audiophiles usually keep the gain of the digital source at around 80%? OP: You might want to revisit my previous post. According to these Eversolo 8 specifications - the XLR output is 4.2 volts. The RCA output is 2.1 volts. Hans says this difference in voltage may cause clipping, Cue up Hans’ video here... | |
| Do Audiophiles usually keep the gain of the digital source at around 80%? 1) Does the Eversolo feed 🡢 the McIntosh preamp which feeds 🡢 the Moon amp? 2) One possibility is explained - here - @ 8 min. 48 sec. If so, use the RCA out instead of XLR out. | |
| USBe Perfect Hookup?? OP: If you don’t need it anymore, you probably can sell it. I asked Walter at Underwood HiFi, the distributor for the USBe Perfect, if the directionality mattered. He said just try reversing it. Nothing will break. He was right. - - - The U... | |
| Class of operation for Tube Power Amps dynamiclinearity In fact any push pull amp solid state or tube is unlikely to be class A at very high powers although it may be what's called rich class AB . . . My former monoblocks, CR Developments Artemis, were P/P Class A - all the way. | |
| Footers under new speakers OP: In order to tweak speaker placement on my thick pile carpeting, I put these furniture sliders under my Townshend podiums. They’re a perfect fit under the pods - and slide very easily. Since they don’t affect the SQ, I left them underneath. (... | |
| Which amp with Wilson watt puppy 8 @yoyoyaya BTW Quick comment on Wilson resistors. They will protect drive units to a point. But if the speakers are massively overdiven on a transient or with a short, at least the tweeters will fry before the resistor has time to blow. 100% t... | |
| Power Help - What Conditioner - WHERE? @jea48 I don’t know if that’s a good idea The concern is valid. But the results are fine. My multi-meter agrees. My system is configured the exact same way as my suggestion. Two balanced power conditioners, a non-current limiting conditi... | |
| Help please! Something amiss with my digital chain OP: Your question is most common for streaming newbies. Good SQ requires much attention to detail. @kennymacc nailed it. EVERYTHING in the digital chain matters. The easiest and fastest path to good SQ is also the most expensive. High qual... | |
| Power Help - What Conditioner - WHERE? Basic set-up 101: - Plug the digital components into the BPT 3.5 balanced power conditioner. Plug this conditioner into the 15amp circuit. The digital components don’t draw much load. - Plug the analog components into the XE-12. Plug it into... | |
| Chair Staples has a huge collection of chairs. I loved this Sharper Image S-600. I’m currently using this mesh desk chair with multiple adjustments - along with a standalone footrest. I also have a $3K Ekornes Stressless. Don’t like it for audio ... | |
| Xhadow XLR Connectors Any Substitutes? Sablon Audio uses Bocchino connectors on many of their high-end offerings. | |
| Sound quality differences in streamers @devinplombier That old Audiogon thread veers into a ditch early on due to an argument over, I guess, the physical representation of a digital signal being transmitted over a wire? What a strange comment. Apparently, you might not be aware th... | |
| Sound quality differences in streamers @devinplombier Thx for the laugh. Your dismissiveness and bemusing discombobulations are reminiscent of William F. Buckley Jr. * I’ll just ignore your passive-aggressive behavior. I’ve dealt with worse arrogance in the corporate world and ... | |
| Sound quality differences in streamers The so-called ’digital realm’ takes place on an analog carrier. - - - The link below is a worthwhile read. It is an enlightening discussion about 1’s & 0’s and square waves by AudiogoN veterans: - Almarg (physicist & multiple patent ho... | |
| Sound quality differences in streamers @mdalton In your attempt to support your position, you stated that you were guessing at an imaginary % based on a discussion thread that was in no way a credible statistical model for evaluation. That’s a non-sequitur to say the least. The ... |