eldartford
Responses from eldartford
| ICEpower Digital Switching Amps? Ar_t...You said "An amp is really nothing more than a modulated power supply". Very true. In fact, long before digital audio amps were invented the manufacturer of an IEEE controlled bench DC power supply demonstrated the slew rate of his product ... | |
| Multi-channel vs 2 channel SACD; difference? I don't know what "most" people do, but if they only use 2 channels it is my opinion that they have wasted money on SACD. It can be better stereo, but not a dramatic improvement for the typical disc.To answer your specific question in a word...yes. | |
| Impotence Question There will be only slight reduction of volume when the second speakers are connected. The amp will put out a certain voltage (corresponding to volume level) but with two speakers being driven the amp will have to pump out twice as much current to ... | |
| Multi-channel vs 2 channel SACD; difference? Matchstikman...I am the wrong guy to ask as I rarely listen to SACD in stereo. However, I think that most would agree that either format can be good or bad depending on how the mix and mastering was done. SACD obviously has potential to be better. | |
| Learning about my room and my sound.. Peter_s...The Behringer mic is the one I use with my Behringer DEQ2496, and it is a good item..BUT...it requires a "phantom" power supply from the unit it is plugged in to. I don't think your computer does this. | |
| Multi-channel vs 2 channel SACD; difference? All multichannel SACD discs include a separate area of the disc which has a stereo mix of the program, but still in the DSD digital format. Some SACD discs only have a stereo program. Hybrid SACD discs have a separate "layer", which is read by a d... | |
| ICEpower Digital Switching Amps? Justin_time...Thanks for a sensible discussion. I would really like to see a "white paper" with technical details on the various deficiencies of the ICE modules, and ways to correct them. In particular I am puzzled by the reported need for a robus... | |
| H2O Owner Survey ? Ar_t..."reportedly" better was based on reviews of the 500 and 1000 watt eAR amps. I haven't heard either, yet. Am trying to decide what to buy. You say "different". Which do you like? | |
| Learning about my room and my sound.. Newbee...Yes I used the Rives disc, but only briefly because I got myself a spectrum analyer that is much easier to use. I don't recall the problem you mention, but I will put the disc on again and look for it. I will also look (with the analyser)... | |
| Learning about my room and my sound.. Rives audio sells a test disc which has tracks that are corrected for the Radio Shack meter error. If you use the RS meter, this is the disc to use. | |
| CD...then the SACD...all over again Newbee...I intended to comment about both being overpriced, not the difference. I suppose that a Hybrid SACD, with two layers, is harder to make, and would logically cost a bit more. Manufacture of a CD costs, I've read, less than a buck, and most... | |
| CD...then the SACD...all over again The real question is why does the CD cost $15, and the SACD $25. | |
| Idiotic Vertical Biamping Question Creeper...If everyone agreed about everything all the time the discussion would become very boring. How can you get so worked up about semantics? Resort to personal insults usually results from a weak argument. | |
| RCA to XLR adapters… I second the recommendation for A2Zcables.com. | |
| Idiotic Vertical Biamping Question Jeffreybehr...I always heard that connecting two power amp outputs in parallel was a NO-NO. Frankly, I never tried it, as the caution seems reasonable.Creeper...The "industry standard" when I started biamping in the mid 50's always involved a low ... |