Recent content by amira

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    SMSL DO300 DAC Review

    I'm terribly sorry. I will try to be better next time.
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    Ascend Acoustics Announces New Klippel NFS-Optimized Sierra Towers and Horizon Center

    It's really strange to see a company taking into account things like research and developmental costs when pricing it's products. I don't understand why more companies don't just try to barely break even, or maybe even lose a little money. They could just cut salaries and have less money to...
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    Audioquest Niagara 1200 Review (Power Conditioner/Surge Protector)

    Here's the Furman SMP board that Garth Powell also designed and is the basis of his AQ surge protection. Both MOVs are completely unprotected by the series mode circuit. The 1st MOV is also before the over-voltage relay and has no thermal protection. So it's completely unprotected and not...
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    Audioquest Niagara 1200 Review (Power Conditioner/Surge Protector)

    It's probably a little bit better, looks like he added a couple more small inductors.
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    Audioquest Niagara 1200 Review (Power Conditioner/Surge Protector)

    It uses the same hybrid MOV and series inductor as Furman's SMP (same designer). The over-voltage relay circuit is a really nice feature. But, it's basically a small inductor with 2 little MOVs. SurgeX/Zerosurge with their massive inductor and additional capacitors would still provide better...
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    Does Phase Distortion/Shift Matter in Audio? (no*)

    Yea, I don't like Amir either.
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    Spirits, what you drinking...

    Decided to break out the good stuff today!
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    Surge protector recommendations?

    You might want to read up a little more. The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers is not in the business of recommending snake oil: "One of the main functions of the service entrance SPD is to reduce the surge current reaching any downstream protectors (see requirement 2 under...
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    AudioQuest PowerQuest 3 Video Review (AC Filter/Surge Protector)

    There's really no question about it, ZeroSurge's founder filed patents 4,870,528 & 4,870,534 for "Series Mode" protection in 1988. Those patents are now expired and the second version of series mode protection (wide voltage range) is based on patent 6,728,089 from 2004 and 7,068,487 from 2006...
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    Do I need a high quality streamer for Airplay?

    7.8.1 firmware on the Airport Express causes distortion at the beginning of the audio for me. Googling around and it's a pretty common problem. Downgrading the firmware fixes it. I need Airplay 2 for multiroom audio, still looking for a good streamer that's not >$500.
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    Vanatoo Transparent Zero Speaker Review

    Does the bluetooth still broadcast as available to join even when it's using another input? That was really annoying in an office or apartment and there wasn't anyone way to turn it off.
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    Marantz Model 30

    Yea too many edges and it looks busy. I like a cleaner more industrial look.
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    Ascend Acoustics Horizon Center Speaker Review

    As an owner of Ascend towers and the Horizon, this review has answered a very important question for me. During several movies at louder volumes, I noticed that certain male voices yelling (like the Rock) would sound harsh. I measured the frequencies with REW and it was a spike in the...
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