Posts by thomas

Quote: When folks do stuff like copy and post the circuit for the RA-1 that does nothing top help our end of the hobby one bit. Actually, the RA-1 design was practically common knowledge to DIY ever since the DIY...

"Detail" is a subjective term that's hard to relate directly to the performance of a specific component- a lack of detail could be caused by distortion, poor high frequency response, or compressed dynamics, which could be...

Quote: Is there something about the setup you’re suggesting that would keep it from being portable to this degree? Nope, not at all- But when i mean portable, i'm speaking from my own experience, usually using it on...

Quote: This alone proves that it’s not an either/or choice. It IS NOT just a choice between convenience and sound quality, or it didn’t used to be. There used to be a spectrum of choices. There is choice- get a good...

The D-ej01 does have a terrible headphone out, but it also has a very warm, smooth line-out- one of the best of any player i've used (not very many)... Even Keven Gilmore used a D-ej01 with his portable STAX setup.... So if you're...

Disclaimer- I've never actually seen a set of electrostatic headphones in my life, so my description might not be completely accurate... I don't think your descriptions of the cables is correct, AFAIK there's no way to send power...

First off, G-protection does not use compression, though many of the older "classics" with 40 second buffers did use compresion I have a 5 year old Sony D-ej01, the first with G-protection. It uses a 16 mbit DRAM chip for...

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I just found out that the professor for my analog electronics course (just started this week), Dr. Lloyd Pepperd, is the owner/designer of the Mapletree line of amplifiers... As a professior of solid state electronics at one of...

Quote: Thomas, That is a part of doppler effect. This moving boundary changes the effective path of sound in the frame of reference of the audience. However, what you suggest is very difficult to do. And you can achieve...