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| DACs that upsample to DSD internally? @kijanki I sit corrected! I thought by now there were a few DAC chips with this ASRC built in, but after browsing it seems I was confused. Perhaps this was an outboard filter chip with ASRC built in. My mistake. Best,Erik | |
| DACs that upsample to DSD internally? I think you mean the DAC is a Delta-Sigma, which some mistake for DSD. DSD is encoded using Delta-Sigma. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta-sigma_modulationDAC's are either multi-bit or delta-sigma, although I think there's some hybrids with 2 b... | |
| Best Capacitors for Crossovers I should have added, this is the soldering station I use, from Aoyude. Includes various sized tips, which have been a god-send. Cheaper kits don't usually include extra tips. Hakko is the usual standard for soldering stations, but I think Parts Co... | |
| Amps for B&W Matrix 801 Series 2 I'm not sure about amps, but capacitors are so much better now. If you haven't already I'd consider upgrading the tweeter and mid range caps. Even the relatively bargain priced Mundorf MKP ( ~ $8) each would be a good way to go.In the schematic I ... | |
| Dipole Asymmetry @cleeds Sorry my friend, i may be a little brain fogged right now. If the speakers are less than 8' or so from the rear walls, the reflections would occur before 15 mSeconds. The idea is to reduce as much as possible all reflections within the fi... | |
| Best Capacitors for Crossovers Yep. Sorry my friend. Temperature controlled soldering iron with a large tip FTW!! :) | |
| Best Capacitors for Crossovers I have a 3rd order filter for some of the most revealing tweeters in the world on the way, the Mundorf AMTs. I’ll post when I have them in circuit. They behave practically as if they are massless and are easy to integrate with drivers thanks to a ... | |
| Best Capacitors for Crossovers @dgarretson Technically, it is only a conflict of interest when you serve two masters. Promoting your own wares over another may be biased, but not a conflict of interest. :) For instance, if you were being paid by a rag/mag to do "unbiased" resea... | |
| Best Capacitors for Crossovers But also, most caps take 24-48 hours to finish breaking in. | |
| Best Capacitors for Crossovers If you are going to compare caps, I would use screw in terminals or even speaker binding posts. You'll definitely hear relative differences that way. | |
| Best Capacitors for Crossovers Ozzy, Possible but unlikely. Avoid shortening the leads, and make sure your iron is hot enough, and the tip wide enough. Melting solder should take like 5 seconds or less! If you are sitting there for half a minute waiting for solder to melt, the... | |
| Best Capacitors for Crossovers Hey @dgarretson When will CSA range become available in the US? I'm happy to note the CMR is already orderable from Parts Connexion.Best,Erik | |
| Best Capacitors for Crossovers While I admire technology, I believe in results. I can take pretty much any DAC chip, put it on a circuit board and make it sound like garbage. Same for most technology. Beryllium tweeters, AMT, etc. can be implemented well and poorly. I think kno... | |
| Dipole Asymmetry @cleeds time.You need about 15 ms between the direct signal and first strong reflections so your brain builds up the image and tonal characteristics of the music without significant blurring and smearing. At about 1ft per millisecod, 5ft x 2 = 10... | |
| Need Advice on Multi-channel Amp Choices. I’m not sure about the nCore, but as for the ICEPower units, I would say that’s true, they really don't add anything to the signal so if you need warmth or liquidity added these are b. .... however.... Using my current reference speakers I could n... |