Posts by Syzygies

Quote: Originally Posted by linuxworks  I just have to wonder, what people think they are gaining by making their own usb digital cables? My HRT Music Streamer II+ sounds better going through a D-Link 4-port...

Ety 4p's are hyper-revealing, some say to a fault, more so if you add 75 ohmn of resistance (use best materials and resistors available or you'll dislike the results, the official conversion cable costs $65 for a reason) to turn them...

Quote: Originally Posted by rickcr42 http://www.digido.com/portal/pmodule...er_page_id=27/ Easy to understand language,very non technical,dead on This article does a great job of explaining dithering. I...

Before digitizing analog audio for myself, I had always thought that the 44.1 K sample rate was the main weakness of CD audio, not the 16 bits bit depth. I was wrong. There's a right and a wrong way to digitize CD audio from...

Quote: Originally Posted by amb ...only matters in high impedance areas of the circuit. At the output of the amp where R9 is, this is not the case. Hard to tell with the depth of field blur in the photo, but...

I've gotten the impression from various tech notes that it's a good idea to solder resistors flush with the PCB, to minimize signal path and stray inductances and so forth. On the other hand, we see 'dead bug' construction all the time...

I bought a pair of good wire strippers at Fry's, intended separately for stranded and solid wire. I sometimes cheat by intentionally using the wrong one at my peril, e.g. with particularly tenacious insulation, but at least my tools...

Quote: Originally Posted by zip22 http://www.fixup.net/tips/ety/ety.htm just wire in some high quality 75 ohm resistors (1 per channel). One should glance at this page for ideas, then wait until one has...

I don't know how uzziah came by this link, and I sure don't want this whole forum going off its meds again, but this link has picked up somewhere a commercial "tail", the equivalent of a computer...

Quote: Originally Posted by peranders Those above are used for 69 USD! To be fair, 69 USB for all ten.