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Much obliged as I believe the Stradivarius wood is from the South and should be much warmer in tone, no?
I admit that I was a bit worried as Baltic birch gives a cool sound, given its growth in more northern climates.
I am quite firm in my opinion based on my listening tests, but I am wondering what wood grows in central Europe because I think it may give a more balanced sound. My search continues.....
Much obliged as I believe the Stradivarius wood is from the South and should be much warmer in tone, no?
I admit that I was a bit worried as Baltic birch gives a cool sound, given its growth in more northern climates.
I am quite firm in my opinion based on my listening tests, but I am wondering what wood grows in central Europe because I think it may give a more balanced sound. My search continues.....
I very much enjoyed the news story that came out a couple of years back, that in a DBT, violin players were unable to tell which violin was a 'Strad' and which was modern. The fact it was players and not just listeners was important, as a player who knows they're holding a 'Strad' will automatically play it 'better' than he would a bog standard Yamaha or whatever, further perpetuating the myth.
Double-Blind Violin Test: Can You Pick The Strad? : Deceptive Cadence : NPR
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You've skipped half the picture. More than half, really, you skipped the important part. What does the DC coming out of the power supply look like and what does the output of the box of gain look like? If I have, for example, 10% third or fifth harmonic on the power line, the DC might even look better than from a pure 60Hz sine wave.
Exactly SY, higher frequencies are much easier to filter out than the 50-60 Hz fundamental. Hence the superiority of a well executed SMPS. AP went that way.
since we're here... anyone tried to artificially add low-level digital noise and listen for the difference?
not that I expect any meaningful answer.
not that I expect any meaningful answer.
Why some people act incredulously. Response to push/pull
I have a partial solution and a partial answer to the topic in question.
1. With interconnects, use balanced cables. Then it can be connected only one way.
2. The partial answer to the bigger question as to why some people think the way that they do with no logic or reason? The answer is simple. Some people are just CRAAZZYY. There is just various degrees of craziness. There are the functioning crazy at one end, then there are the ones that need to be committed to an institution. And all shades of grey in between.
I have a partial solution and a partial answer to the topic in question.
1. With interconnects, use balanced cables. Then it can be connected only one way.
2. The partial answer to the bigger question as to why some people think the way that they do with no logic or reason? The answer is simple. Some people are just CRAAZZYY. There is just various degrees of craziness. There are the functioning crazy at one end, then there are the ones that need to be committed to an institution. And all shades of grey in between.
Here's some kinda amusing sounding stuff -
A few years back Sy and another poster analyzed and tested some C37 and PK, and the other poster wrote the following:
I didn't know Sy was an EnAbL-phile. Snakes alive!
A few years back Sy and another poster analyzed and tested some C37 and PK, and the other poster wrote the following:
I didn't know Sy was an EnAbL-phile. Snakes alive!
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Better, if at the wrong level. My preference would be prefer 3-phase. The picture discussed though was nature of the waveform from a wall outlet and the naive believe utilities still provide nice, clean 60 Hz sine waves. In more troublesome situations driving nasty industrial loads I've seen waveforms approaching a triangle.
All the easier to filter in the raw supply. The trouble comes in with RF, where power supply caps aren't as effective and the use of toroids exacerbates things, but that's why Mouser sells Corcom filters. What people believe or don't believe about AC power is less relevant than what happens at the DC end. The idea that "pure" 60Hz is desirable is a curious one.
Because some of us read that in Stereophile that you need to get the incoming AC all cleaned up and looking purty, or so said the seller in said mag...
And I accepted it...hook, line, sinker...barf...
And I accepted it...hook, line, sinker...barf...
The medical staff ?
(My g/f had a trainee who was convinced the mentor had the evil eye, hid behind a column in the corridor each time she saw her approach. Turned out she'd been institutionalised prior to her 4-year internship, after she flipped out in her previous career as a PhD + MD microbiologist.)
Nice devices and I'm not in the camp which believes they 'steal life'. As to the consequences of rectifying wide band, low frequency input noise, I've never analysed it. Seems to me it would have more impact on inter-chassis ground currents than on the B+, possibly explaining why some like the sound of high galvanic isolation.
I might wonder what characteristic of the associated electronics would need life 'added' via its power connection.
I really used to take Stereophile for granted. and why? because they published graphs. and then they go on and say "but they don't mean a thing". it took a while to realize they're the typical buffoons, just wearing slightly different clothes.Because some of us read that in Stereophile that you need to get the incoming AC all cleaned up and looking purty, or so said the seller in said mag...
And I accepted it...hook, line, sinker...barf...
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Gosh you sure have a snarky tone in your replies. Get more sleep before you reply next time.
Please read the following: Power Line Noise
More specifically what's in II and III.
Interference: Defining the Source | FCC.gov
Those concern noise only. Have you raised any concerns to your utility company about the voltage fluctuating? If not then I don't won't to hear anymore from yourself about it. Seriously if you haven't even tried then stop complaining to me and start complaining to them.
I clearly stated about the filters that there are lots more to be found online so do your own research.
Yeah it's funny how this "objectivist" actually used a real life situation where I measured the voltage at a steady 123 volts and zero noise on the line 🙄 I'll try to be more grouchy next time and rant about my "poor" electric power so you won't feel left out. The bottom line for me is that I NEVER hear any affects from my AC power in my audio components and that's good enough for me.
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