eldartford
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| Results from Beta Testers of New Formulas This is very interesting. The vinyl enthusiatsts are all worked up about a method of reducing surface noise, which, I was told in a previous thread, doesn't exist. | |
| DVD Player, Better Sound? Try it. You'll like it. | |
| Audio out of sync with video DVD I think that the audio delay feature is intended to compensate for different distances to speakers in a multichannel system, and as such is too short to have any use in correcting a noticable video/audio out-of- sync condition. I think that the ou... | |
| Is it worth spending $10k on CD-only player today? I'm not sure that it ever was. In digital media sonic quality is ultimately limited by the finite amount of information on the disc. Playback equipment, no matter how good (or expensive) can only approach a limit imposed by the media. The informat... | |
| Spindle oil Sean...By the way, that Bose writeup on active suspension reads as if Bose invented it. Interesting reading, but typical Bose propaganda. Many people have worked on active suspension over at least four decades. GE was doing it when I went to work ... | |
| Spindle oil Guys...I guess you still don't "get" the concept behind the Sony arm. Perhaps my explanation was not the best.The gist of the thing is that the Sony arm IS A PIVOTED ONE. What moves with the linear motion servo is the pivot point. Even if the serv... | |
| Spindle oil Herman...Confusion is not the issue. It's just that you are citing the kinds of problems that a slipshod servo design might exhibit. By the way, the reason that relatively inexpensive linear tracking systems did not become very popular is that:1. ... | |
| Cabling to FM Antenna Broimp...Winegard makes a signal preamp with 300 ohms in and 75 ohms out. This is probably the overall best you can do. | |
| Is Spectron Audio "Dead or Alive"? Kclone...Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. They look good to me. Besides, they are located in the cellar, out of sight and out of fan noise hearing, but within a few feet of the speakers they drive.Nhtran...Sonics are also a matter of opinion,... | |
| Is Spectron Audio "Dead or Alive"? Too bad. I guess I did the right thing to buy three stereo CarverPro ZR1600 for less than half what one stereo Spectron would have cost. Perhaps my case is representative of Spectron's problem. They need to understand that the greatest advantage o... | |
| Cabling to FM Antenna Albertporter...I guess you missed the SHIELDED part of my 300 ohm twinlead suggestion. When I installed a big FM antenna decades ago 75 ohm coax was not used: 300 ohm twinlead was what everyone used. However, while I live in a fringe area I am clo... | |
| Cabling to FM Antenna If you use an antenna-mounted preamp the wire down to the tuner is not of great importance.Living in a fringe area, I found shielded 300 ohm twinlead to be the best (without using a preamp). I don't know if anyone sells shielded 300 ohm twinlead a... | |
| Spindle oil Herman...Your assumption that there is "cogging" really means that the control process exhibits overshoots. It is entirely possible to design a control process that does not overshoot at all.Regarding off center records...remember that the arm piv... | |
| Spindle oil Sean...But it doesn't. This servo system was not designed by amateurs. | |
| Spindle oil Herman..."Crab walking"? I'm not sure what you mean. The Sony PS X-800 arm actually does have a pivot. However, the arm angle is constantly measured, (Hall effect sensors) and the pivot point is moved as necessary to keep this angle tiny. The pivo... |