erik_squires
Responses from erik_squires
| can you alter the gain of an amplifier? Whoops! Almarg is right, I was wrong. :) It's been a while since I had to do transformer math, but you got the idea. :)Best,Erik | |
| can you alter the gain of an amplifier? Well, here's a trick you may really like. Try using a 1:2 signal transformer. You can double the output voltage, while halving the input impedance though. I actually really like the sound quality, and it isolates the inputs. Jensen Transformers i... | |
| Speakers Women Like inna! I'm sorry I really don't mean to shut anyone out, but I do want to get past generalizations about women's hearing to specifics. I do remember a fellow Ayre lover, a woman, had a very very difficult time with digital sound until the Ayre QB-9... | |
| Speakers Women Like So, "my wife loves my speakers" is kind of not contributing. :) Nor is it that women have better hearing. What do women buy? That's the question, or what do they like to listen to. If they love your speakers, then what are those? :) Best,Erik | |
| Speakers Women Like Sure, it is for everyone, but what did you end up buying to listen to it? :) Best,Erik | |
| Repair Used Focal Speakers With the speaker disconnected, gently move both woofers. See if the "good" and "bad" woofer move with the same degree of freedom. If the bad one feels in any way different, then that’s your answer. Make sure your amplifier is off for this, as amps... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Wow, for some one not here to fight you type with a lot of attitude. Let me rephrase my meaning in a kinder, gentler Erik in the hopes that any attitude present on my own writing is taken away.I only meant that if you need to upgrade a source comp... | |
| Upsampling - but seriously folks DSD is another thing. The noise performance of normal DSD is normally pretty poor compared to 44/16 PCM, so it may in fact be a very good thing to do. In this case the argument is entirely about noise performance.Who can hear it and when can they... | |
| Repair Used Focal Speakers Tone, so you have 2 woofers in the same speaker that are not operating the same way? Then it's likely to be a woofer problem, but it could also be a cabling problem. If you can, remove the back plate and look at the crossover. See if the woofer ... | |
| Upsampling - but seriously folks Jim,Well, it won't give you more data, but it may push any noise up a few octaves, whether you like that or notice it or not may have a lot to do with your DAC. There's no 1 way to do upsampling though. Of course, you can draw a line between samp... | |
| Repair Used Focal Speakers Focal is distributed in the US by Focal North America. You should look them up, but any Focal dealer should help you at least get repairs.If you try going directly to Focal NA it may help you to have the driver part number handy. They are more lik... | |
| Magico S1 Mk II - The First Review Thanks to measurements taken at the National Research Center of Canada I've been able to produce an updated critique here. In some ways I was right, in some ways not so much. | |
| Bookshelf speakers on a budget Want to build it yourself? The LM-1 or Jeff Bagby's Continuum are in your price range. Figure you'll end up with speakers worth $1,500 to $2,500 speakers for the same spend. I have no financial interest in you building either, but I did design th... | |
| Attack of the Clone Amplifiers I’m not sure it’s an input resistor or a 2:1 isolation transformer actually. The latter makes more sense and is more likely to warm up the sound. Good one’s are around $75 each from Jensen Transformers. I believe this is similar to what JR was doi... | |
| Speaker Recommendation Needed I'm a big fan of the Monitor Audio silvers, never heard a Zu. Also, the Wharferdale diamond series use remarkably good tweeters, and over at the DIY forums a couple of members have upgraded the tweeter caps and been very happy with the results. No... |