erik_squires
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| Different PCs gives me very different results First, Windows normal output is via a mixer, which pretty much means you won't get the right rate unless you set it, and even then your output won't be bit-perfect. It can be done, but I find getting Windows to output bit-perfect in any version is... | |
| High end UPS for Expensive audio eequipments There are many different grades of UPS. PC/electronic are usually the very noisiest, but APC does make A/V specific, sine wave output versions. Severely overpriced for my needs. Best,Erik | |
| Recommendation please: Small inexpensive DAC for smart phone to receiver I really like the UFO DAC's but mine died after like a month, however when it did work it was marvelous, very close to the Pono or best Fiio outboard headphone amps. | |
| Digital media server/players for a Skeptic? So while I do use Linux to play my music, and movies, and Hulu, etc. in my living room, I often rip with MediaMonkey because it's just more convenient. It has better / easier autotagging than I have found on Linux so far. If I'm ripping 1 CD at a... | |
| Will changing gain affect frequency response? Well, I'm in no way arguing F-M. Of course, they are old, and may need updating, but the principle has been around and used for a long time. :) Best,Erik | |
| Will changing gain affect frequency response? Right, I wouldn't call F-M curves "psycho-acoustic" as your knowledge or lack of it has no bearing on the perception. It's more of an ear-sensitivity issue. If you remember equipment with a "loudness" switch, or dial, they were meant to compens... | |
| Will changing gain affect frequency response? In addition to the famous Fltetcher-Munson loudness curves, you don't talk about whether you are running a tube preamp or not.Tube preamps are sometimes quite sensitive to this, and it has to do with the impedance changing as the resistance in the... | |
| Digital media server/players for a Skeptic? I use Logitech Media Server, it's taken a life of it's own after Lotitech shut the division down. It has a very active open source development, that has added things like DSD and Chrome cast support, among others. Take a look at my setup page, wh... | |
| Digital media server/players for a Skeptic? Personally I find most of them overpriced when you can build your own 2TB Linux based music server for about $600 and get iPhone/Android app support..If you are using the digital outs of your airplay I do think you'd benefit from a Wyred4Sound Rem... | |
| Used Audio Research Preamp Options Hi Kalali,To my ears with AR there's a real dividing line over the past 10 years or so and everything that came before. I find the modern AR sound, in SS or Tube, much more enjoyable, fun and natural. Of course, saying that immediately puts my lif... | |
| High end UPS for Expensive audio eequipments akg_ca is unfortunately incorrect when it comes to surge protection. A lightning bolt, or induced voltage from an EMF will happily go through most modern equipment's power supplies. HOWEVER, some is going to be more sensitive than others. Tube amp... | |
| High end UPS for Expensive audio eequipments If we’re talking purely on the basis of investment protection, Series Mode Surge suppressors are the only one’s I truly trust. The technology is licensed by PS Audio, Surge-X and Furman, but Furman tends to have the lower prices. A UPS often intro... | |
| Speaker - Room/size dilemma I've never tried a DIY solution, but the GIK Acoustic Soffit Traps are among the highest value bass traps you can buy. They are unique in how deep they go for the space and money | |
| Speakers in the 5-6K$ region & their components Sounds real is right, but kind of. My impression is a little different. For any given type of technology, Be or AMT or whatever, there are excellent and crappy versions. In and of themselves, diamond or Be tweeters are not all that. Still, ther... | |
| McIntosh C22 Unsolved Problem - for techs/smart guys/EEs What about tapping the unit? Does that ever help? If not, try tapping, or flicking the tape, volume and balance controls. Erik |