williewonka
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| DSP and stores - Anyone else get the feeling they might be sweetening? Erik - I deleted my last post because it was not really addressing your concerns WRT:DSP components.But it did remind me of the time when analogue graphic equalizers were the rage.The sales people back then did have an enthusiastic approach to dem... | |
| Difference in sound between copper and silver digital cables? " Copper tends to deliver more mid-bass body and weight and is not as well defined in terms of leading edge detail. Bass is a tad more rounded and yes this can vary, but in general is accurate."I’m not disagreeing with this statement - but I do h... | |
| Difference in sound between copper and silver digital cables? @maxima95 - unfortunately XLR implementations are not my specialty, since most of my components do not employ that socket type.Others have had great success using the Helix geometry with Analogue cables, but I do not know of anyone that has tried ... | |
| Difference in sound between copper and silver digital cables? @maxima95 - I have only tried this for SPDIF cables up to 2 meters long. Others have tried it for SPDIF up to 3 meters long.AES3 (also known as AES/EBU) is a standard for the exchange of digital audio signals between professional audio devices.I h... | |
| Difference in sound between copper and silver digital cables? Wig, many thanks for the Kudos - It's always nice to hear of someone else that is enjoying better sound due to the Helix geometry.I've had many conversations with people about the various digital sample rates when used with the Helix SPDIF - and I... | |
| Noise reduction -why the rage now ? @jonnie22 - I have followed many of the threads on Agon and have for the most part recognised that some noises do present a significant issue, such as crackles and pops or hums when the A/C turns on - but those noises tend to be conveyed within th... | |
| Bass in a bad space @kevinappel - the room IS NOT your friend. I agree with the suggestions above.I play bass and recently we played at a hockey arena - concrete and glass everywhere. I had to turn my bass amp way down AND lift the amp onto a tableThe down firing por... | |
| Difference in sound between copper and silver digital cables? @danip - all good :-) Many thanks for taking the time to explain.Regards - Steve | |
| Difference in sound between copper and silver digital cables? @danip5 - you are clearly far more knowledgeable in this area than myself, so if I could impose on you one last time, for some points of clarification...If I understand your posts correctly - "Ethernet" detects errors, but it does not request a re... | |
| Difference in sound between copper and silver digital cables? @danip4 - I’m far from an expert on this topic, but this thread appears to show Checksum’s are employed in Ethernet...https://networkengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/37492/how-does-the-tcp-ip-stack-handle-udp-ch...What I can confirm is that... | |
| Difference in sound between copper and silver digital cables? RE: ... All you need is to have every send bit being received correctlyAnd there lies the problem !!!My understanding is...With SPDIF, Optical and USB there is no way to know IF the data stream RECEIVED is identical to the data stream SENTEthernet... | |
| What is the appeal of the Denon 103 cartridges? @aberyclark - they are inexpensive (for a moving coil)- pretty darn good at what they do - very musical - and easily modified.I started with the 103 and found it very nice. The price made it attractive for my first foray into the world of moving c... | |
| Loose speaker wire and high power amps @blueranger P.S. Since your amp is class A/B, it will run a little hotter than most other amps - it is nothing to worry about.I had a Luxman A/B amp and it got too hot to leave your hand on it for longer than a few seconds, so heat is not necessar... | |
| Loose speaker wire and high power amps @blueranger - your problem with you amp running hot may actually be due to the speaker cables (i.e. being of higher capacitance than most) causing the amp to oscillate.12TC is 494 pF / meter - you get 3 meters of that and it’s a whopping 1482 pF !... | |
| Shortcut or badcut? @sound22card - If you think about what is at play IF you were to do this...- e.g. Each set of speakers has it's own cross over, so unless you implement the same model/year of speaker there will likely be differences in the signal path, which can l... |