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Added a DAC to a cheap CD player - and got a result
On Mon, 22 Dec 2003 09:10:41 -0500, Kalman Rubinson
wrote: On Mon, 22 Dec 2003 08:59:05 +0000 (GMT), Jim Lesurf wrote: [1] This is a turn-around. She resisted having large speakers in the living room for some time. Then a week or so ago she suddenly suggested we give it a try. I think she has over time become accustomed to good sound, and hence fallen victim - like myself - to the idea that the sound matters more than the clutter. :-) The down-side is that I'll now have to buy another pair of ESLs for the main hifi in the other room. And two more surround, eventually. ;-) I could possibly be persuaded to part with my Apogee Duetta Sigs and their partnering Krell.................... -- Stewart Pinkerton | Music is Art - Audio is Engineering |
Added a DAC to a cheap CD player - and got a result
On Mon, 22 Dec 2003 14:30:15 -0000, "Wally"
wrote: Jim Lesurf wrote: Ah, I see. How does one tell if one's absolute phase is correct? Method A) Experiment and compare the two settings. If you can tell the difference between phases, choose the one you prefer. If you can't tell the difference, it doesn't matter. :-) Method B) Check the units in your system to see if they end up 'inverting' the signal, then consider which setting might be best for ensuring your system is non-inverting (including the speakers, of course). Of course, in each case you have no idea *what* the studio, etc, did to the signal before it arrived in your home, and there is a good chance that some instruments, etc, were 'inverted' some of the time whilst others were not. Hence you might decide it is just another button to play with. ;- I suspect it is (I don't have one - Ian's Arcam DAC has it - I'm stuck with banana plugs on the speaker cables). Still, the Alan Parsons test CD has a clean, dry recording of a bass drum, so I might rip that track and burn straight and inverted copies to a CD-R and see if there is a discernible difference. I feel doubtful that it would have much effect on other sounds, but it strikes me that bass drum might do, given that it's a very short pulse which is quite possibly assymmetric. In case you weren't aware of it, your Meridian 203 is correct for absolute phase. -- Stewart Pinkerton | Music is Art - Audio is Engineering |
Added a DAC to a cheap CD player - and got a result
On Mon, 22 Dec 2003 14:30:15 -0000, "Wally"
wrote: Jim Lesurf wrote: Ah, I see. How does one tell if one's absolute phase is correct? Method A) Experiment and compare the two settings. If you can tell the difference between phases, choose the one you prefer. If you can't tell the difference, it doesn't matter. :-) Method B) Check the units in your system to see if they end up 'inverting' the signal, then consider which setting might be best for ensuring your system is non-inverting (including the speakers, of course). Of course, in each case you have no idea *what* the studio, etc, did to the signal before it arrived in your home, and there is a good chance that some instruments, etc, were 'inverted' some of the time whilst others were not. Hence you might decide it is just another button to play with. ;- I suspect it is (I don't have one - Ian's Arcam DAC has it - I'm stuck with banana plugs on the speaker cables). Still, the Alan Parsons test CD has a clean, dry recording of a bass drum, so I might rip that track and burn straight and inverted copies to a CD-R and see if there is a discernible difference. I feel doubtful that it would have much effect on other sounds, but it strikes me that bass drum might do, given that it's a very short pulse which is quite possibly assymmetric. In case you weren't aware of it, your Meridian 203 is correct for absolute phase. -- Stewart Pinkerton | Music is Art - Audio is Engineering |
Added a DAC to a cheap CD player - and got a result
Hi,
In message , Stewart Pinkerton writes I could possibly be persuaded to part with my Apogee Duetta Sigs and their partnering Krell.................... Out of interest, what would you replace them with? -- Regards,- Glenn Booth |
Added a DAC to a cheap CD player - and got a result
Hi,
In message , Stewart Pinkerton writes I could possibly be persuaded to part with my Apogee Duetta Sigs and their partnering Krell.................... Out of interest, what would you replace them with? -- Regards,- Glenn Booth |
Added a DAC to a cheap CD player - and got a result
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Added a DAC to a cheap CD player - and got a result
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Added a DAC to a cheap CD player - and got a result
On Mon, 22 Dec 2003 17:13:17 +0000 (GMT)
Jim Lesurf wrote: If I put *four* ESL63's in the living room we'd have no space left to sit there in between them! does anyone make 'mini ESL's ? -- Spyros lair: http://www.mnementh.co.uk/ |||| Maintainer: arm26 linux Do not meddle in the affairs of Dragons, for you are tasty and good with ketchup. |
Added a DAC to a cheap CD player - and got a result
On Mon, 22 Dec 2003 17:13:17 +0000 (GMT)
Jim Lesurf wrote: If I put *four* ESL63's in the living room we'd have no space left to sit there in between them! does anyone make 'mini ESL's ? -- Spyros lair: http://www.mnementh.co.uk/ |||| Maintainer: arm26 linux Do not meddle in the affairs of Dragons, for you are tasty and good with ketchup. |
Added a DAC to a cheap CD player - and got a result
On Mon, 22 Dec 2003 22:52:59 +0000, Ian Molton wrote:
On Mon, 22 Dec 2003 17:13:17 +0000 (GMT) Jim Lesurf wrote: If I put *four* ESL63's in the living room we'd have no space left to sit there in between them! does anyone make 'mini ESL's ? Stax did but they are rare. OTOH, there are some small magnetoplanars like the Magnepan and ET that might mate well for the rear channels. I have a pair of the small Maggies in my MCH system now. Kal |
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