eldartford
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| Carver Pro ZR1600 sean...Yes, noise is a significant characteristic of an Op amp. However, the OP Amp circuit topography is such that an IC which is "junky" in other ways, like distortion (thermal or otherewise) gain tolerance, slew rate tolerance (as long as it is... | |
| Carver Pro ZR1600 Dmason...I hear the term "junk OP Amp" used a lot lately. What does this mean?With the exception of noise, the open loop electrical characteristics of an OP Amp have almost no effect on how it performs in a circuit, especially for a unity gain buf... | |
| Subwoofer Amp Recommendations Elgordo..."One man right (or even two men) is a majority of one". In their day the LO7M were considered the best. By now they are all well burned in...and still working!I have the service manual if anyone is interested. They are flat from DC to 50... | |
| Subwoofer Amp Recommendations Ritteri...My point about slew rate is that a subwoofer signal does not involve any "sudden changes", so the ability of an amp to track such changes is immaterial. The Kenwood LO7M is a true DC amp, with not a single capacitor in the signal path. I... | |
| Carver Pro ZR1600 Regarding mods...After studying the schematics, and reading about Mod activity, I "popped the cover" (a simple matter of sixteen screws) and looked inside. From what I saw I don't think much is practical with a few exceptions. The fan replacement ... | |
| Subwoofer Amp Recommendations Ritteri...Why is slew rate meaningful for a SW amp? Is "flat to 5 Hz" really significant? If so, I suggest a Kenwood LO7M, or other DC coupled amp, which is flat to DC. | |
| Subwoofer Amp Recommendations I don't understand why a Carver amp would be a problem with connections. Pls explain details. | |
| SACD VS DVD-AUDIO Leasingguy...You don't need video to play a DVD-A. Perhaps you should research worldwide sales figures. Several European audiophile labels are turning out superb DVD-A discs. I look for these first, and buy SACD as a fallback. | |
| anyone heard of Luxman amp.pls help I have a Luxman T-14 tuner, and it is a gem, both cosmeticly and performance-wise. I live in an FM fringe area where only the best FM tuners are worth owning.Lux/Luxman was described as "The Japanese McIntosh". Nuff said. | |
| Carver Pro ZR1600 sean...Get with the program!! :) | |
| SACD VS DVD-AUDIO The "superiority" of SACD is a creation of Sony marketing efforts. Either format eliminates the problem of marginal resolution of redbook CD, and any real differences are the result of how the various discs are mastered. My sonicly best discs happ... | |
| SACD Opinions: Gimmick? Like it? Don't? Why? Sogood51...If I had invested $6000 in a CD player, human nature would bias me to prefer it to my friend's $800 universal. Audiophiles are (I think) human. Besides, the $6000 player probably does sound as good as can be achieved with the marginal r... | |
| Carver Pro ZR1600 Dmason...The Carver is not my first adventure into the ProSound waters. I have a QSC amp which I bought for its capability with 2 ohm load, driving subwoofers. In the SW application I reasoned that superlow distortion and the like is not critical.... | |
| SACD Opinions: Gimmick? Like it? Don't? Why? Rsbeck...I'm not going to get involved with the argument about whether single media players are better than universal ones, but if you are correct about that, the explanation you cite is not the reason. "Stuff everything into one box". Practically... | |
| Carver Pro ZR1600 Kana813...Neutric Speakon connectors certainly look like excellent devices, but I do not need to frequently connect and disconnect speakers, so I think that bare wire clamped into the binding posts is probably best. (Least number of contacts, per ... |