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SIY
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Catalogue of blind tests
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There's a ton of them on this site- use the Review Index. Good luck!
Yesterday at 10:24 PM
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VTA ST-70 Review (Stereo Tube Amplifier)
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Be VERY cautious about that! Because the tubes won't start drawing current for 30 seconds or so (whatever warm-up time is), the power...
Yesterday at 10:22 PM
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Catalogue of blind tests
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Good questions. DACs are rarely different in an audible way. The main differences in the amps are drive capability (power, voltage...
Yesterday at 10:16 PM
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Scott, a fellow named Bill Gahl (you can Google his name and "60 Minutes") and I attended high school and college together back in the...
Wednesday at 4:54 PM
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Just found out over at diyaudio. https://www.diyaudio.com/community/threads/scott-wurcer-of-adi-fame-passed-away.410848/ His knowledge...
Tuesday at 10:11 PM
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RIP member Scott Wurcer
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Scott was a dear friend- we visited each other regularly, drank a lot of fine wine, had a lot of great food, and some memorable...
Tuesday at 10:11 PM
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Passive Preamps - Transformers
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The Jensens are fixed ratio. I think what the OP was talking about is a transformer volume control. The description of the sound is...
Tuesday at 8:01 PM
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Passive Preamps - Transformers
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I had one of those in house about 15 years ago. It worked... OK. Very expensive, and no better than a cheap chip and a few resistors. In...
Tuesday at 10:32 AM
SIY
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Any experience or reviews for "Tivoli Audio Cube"?
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These will soon have a new home.
Tuesday at 2:45 AM
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Master Thread: Are measurements Everything or Nothing?
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It's even simpler: 2nd harmonic means the transfer function is asymmetric with respect to zero. So if you have an up pulse, the output...
Saturday at 5:44 PM
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Master Thread: Are measurements Everything or Nothing?
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At least for me, it was counterintuitive that a higher distortion device would let me hear something I couldn't on a low distortion...
Saturday at 3:12 PM
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Master Thread: Are measurements Everything or Nothing?
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If you pick the right test tracks and the right speakers (seemingly paradoxically, speakers with high second harmonic distortion), you...
Saturday at 11:57 AM
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How to manage the mental somersaults, avoiding brain damage and brain rewiring from reading news?
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When you read the news, constantly ask yourself the question, "Who benefits if I believe this?" It's an effective first step in...
Saturday at 11:08 AM
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Master Thread: Are measurements Everything or Nothing?
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I'm sure this was done with complete rigor and without coaching.
Saturday at 10:57 AM
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Analysis of Paper on Measurements of RCA Cables by Kunchur (Video)
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There also seems to be magnitude differences in the different signals he compares, as they are seemingly not the same duration in time...
Saturday at 10:29 AM
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