erik_squires
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| power conditioning question gentlemen Hi @oleschool Sorry for not answering, I was having trouble following the models. I don’t know anything about Core so I can’t comment. In general, power regenerators are the most expensive per watt. I really like and trust PurePower and PS Audio u... | |
| Active studio monitors anyone? Oh, so that's a good question. Do you have control over room acoustics or not? That makes a big difference. No acoustics = limited dispersion speakers. Well, I don't do the crazy cable thing anymore, what expensive cablesr are in my interconnects.... | |
| Active studio monitors anyone? Technically, yes, powered carefully matched monitors can have some benefits. BUT, the devil is int he implementation. And in the room acoustics. :) Another cost saving is to go with a very good kit or custom speaker maker. You can get outstanding ... | |
| Streaming DSD from Linux - Not as hard as I thought! Further, it's easy to switch back and forth between listening to music and movies. Just have to turn the streamer "OFF" from the Media server/app. That frees up the DAC and makes it available to the other applications you may have running, like Ne... | |
| MQA - All the Gory details over at Stereophile That is a pretty good article! :) I'm not sure about some of the gross arguments about file size and resolution. They seem pretty compact to me, but I have no way of really doing a comparison except to look at what 2L is publishing and comparing f... | |
| power conditioning question gentlemen For an in depth technical discussion of series protectin, please see the links on this site. http://www.brickwall.com/pages/the-worlds-best-surge-protectorsOf course, you can claim anything on the web, but having looked at the Furman units that us... | |
| Streaming DSD from Linux - Not as hard as I thought! I should add that the setup also controls my Logitech Squeezebox Touch. All of which is controlled from my Android phone using Squeezer. I am still having video problems related to the screen not coming up after the TV is turned off, but none of t... | |
| Please Support Music Education Thanks Whart! Here I am trying to enrich children's lives and it gets hijacked by a discussion about what makes a great musician.Best,Erik | |
| Used Pre - Ayre, Pass or Para JC2? Thanks for the responses eveyrone! While I am interested, I'm still thinking up how my entire home entertainment center will turn out. I may be locked into the P7, if not financially, because of connectivity.It's not bad at all, and gets highly p... | |
| DSD vs. PCM vs. MQA - Group listening experiment @georgelofi Well, I'm pretty sure my karma is such that I'll die of some mental disorder, but I turned the music off before they were affected. :) @jon2020 Like I said, the oddest thing. I've experienced this once before, but I think I attributed ... | |
| power conditioning question gentlemen Hi @rippet,Sorry I may have misread. If you were saying these units worked on the circuit, regardless of whether or not the items being "protected" were in series, then it must be a parallel surge protector. If I misread that I apologize. Otherwis... | |
| power conditioning question gentlemen Parallel surge protectors are not all that, and I've seen them fail en mass. Not pretty. First, they age and you have no idea how much. Second, they are slow. Third, their effectiveness can be compromised by the impedance of the electrical wiring.... | |
| DSD vs. PCM vs. MQA - Group listening experiment @jon2020 It was really odd. I mean my ear lobes literally felt hot. Like they'd been exposed to too much sun. :) I've not tried to reproduce it, it may have had more to do with the recording than MQA. Best,Erik | |
| Why do so few low power amplifiers using 300B have balanced inputs? Depends on the adapter. ;) Putting an active stage or transformer at the amp end will do a pretty good job. However, are yo sure there's something that needs fixing? 5m might be fine with shielded, single ended cables. Maybe. Worth trying first. ... | |
| Can headphones ever be as good as high end stereo? Good headphones with the right DAC/amp are pretty magical. Set your standards by listening to a Pono. It’s got one of the best output stages around. Second to this is the UFO DSD DAC’s if you can find them, Blue Coast may still sell them. At the l... |