herman
Responses from herman
| Tube hiss - any idea what's causing it? Well that is something that I overlooked. A solid state component common to both channels could cause the hiss. A rectifier or regulator perhaps. | |
| Tube hiss - any idea what's causing it? The hiss is 99% for sure coming from the tubes. It is very unusual to get the results that Mr. Ghost did and have it go away. That is unless what he describes as hiss is actually something else. Corroded pins usually make more of an intermittent c... | |
| How to avoid Kmixer Steve,I stated it was the only with a PC and XP, is it the only way if using Vista? | |
| External hard drive for expanding iTunes library? I have no way to prove this but I believe the consensus is that if your PC has so much running that the disk reads can't keep up with something as slow as digital audio then the sound is being compromised anyway by all of the background activity. | |
| How to avoid Kmixer The only way to avoid it with iTunes and XP is to transmit it wirelessly to an Airport Express. Since the brick has only a USB input and the AE only an optical output you would have to convert it.You will be amazed how much better your current set... | |
| External hard drive for expanding iTunes library? Speed is not an issue. Even the slowest hard drive in the world is way fast enough for music playback. | |
| Deep Cleaning Records With Steam? Crem, you are ate up with this steam cleaning thing.Bravo, I admire your passion. My system is down for a move but I have this thread bookmarked and will be steaming when I am back up. | |
| Pure Vinyl Software Digitizing vinyl is a pain in the @SSYou have to do it in real time, i.e. you have to play the record all the way through. Instead of a rip that takes a few minutes per CD you have to play a 40 minute album. You will have to edit out the thud when... | |
| a Power vs Volume Question Aolmrd, I don't think it is a matter of louder but cleaner. Think in terms of energy. The capacitor bank in the amp can only store a finite amount of energy. Bass notes take a lot more energy to reproduce than treble notes. If you free the amp fro... | |
| Audiophiles vs DIY-o-philes I think you are way off base. The DIY audiophiles I know build and then listen. It is 100% about how things sound and nobody really cares that much how it measures. Measurements may come later and are used to analyze when things go wrong, but if i... | |
| Audiophile Results what does that mean? | |
| Audiophile Results Mark, I've heard great speakers sound very good with average electronics. I've never heard average speakers sound any better than average no matter how good the front end is.The differences between average front ends and great front ends are subtl... | |
| Audiophile Results Stop this thread right here.Perhaps you have heard this before but a chain is only as strong as it's weakest link.It is a system. Questions like "most important" or "weakest link" or "most critical component" are impossible to answer.I do agree wi... | |
| iTunes config & Backup software for Mac Sidssp, won't you run into a problem when the first drive gets full and and you add a second? | |
| iTunes config & Backup software for Mac FYIIf you set the external drive as the default storage and at any time start iTunes before you connect it or turn it on iTunes will change the storage location back to the internal drive and won't tell you it did it.You should go to preferences e... |