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Anyone know what this is ?

post #1 of 11
12/3/02 at 8:29am
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Or what it actually does ? How it does it ?

http://www.audioadvisor.com/store/pr...ation%20Device
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post #2 of 11
12/3/02 at 8:51am

Re: Anyone know what this is ?

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Originally posted by HighwayStar
Or what it actually does ? How it does it ?

http://www.audioadvisor.com/store/pr...ation%20Device
Looks like a crossfeed device...
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post #3 of 11
12/3/02 at 9:40am
there was a big debate about TDS's harmonic enhancers a while ago. i don't remember if it was here or at headwize. at any rate, search both forums for TDS to read up on it. it's pretty much an enigma as to what it does, and how it does it. the TDS's patents are equally enigmatic.

it's not crossfeed. it's my personal belief that it applies compression to different parts of the frequency spectrum.
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post #4 of 11
12/3/02 at 10:51am
Do a search on TDS Passive Audiophile. I've taken the pictures down, though.
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post #5 of 11
12/3/02 at 10:55am
hmm, anyone have one of these? It looks like it EQs the signal somehow. . .
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post #6 of 11
12/3/02 at 11:41am
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Originally posted by andrzejpw
hmm, anyone have one of these? It looks like it EQs the signal somehow. . .
Yep. Somebody's got one. The newer one at Audio Advisor looks like a stripped down version, though.
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post #7 of 11
12/3/02 at 12:33pm
88Sound has a TDS posted in the For Sale Forum, but I don't think it is exactly the same as the one in AA.

http://www4.head-fi.org/forums/showt...threadid=20446
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post #8 of 11
12/3/02 at 3:20pm
Thread Starter 
Thanks guys !

Hirsch, are you still using your unit ?

JMT, thanks for the link, 88Sound has a link in his ad that sort of explains it..
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post #9 of 11
12/3/02 at 5:28pm
It's another piece of junk that messes with the signal and, ultimately, degrades the sound.

Keep it simple, keep it pure, keep it straight.


Pinkie
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post #10 of 11
12/4/02 at 1:41am
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Originally posted by HighwayStar
Hirsch, are you still using your unit ?
Actually, I haven't used it recently. But it's something I want to try in my speaker setup when I get the time.

PinkFloyd, in principle I agree. In practice, the TDS unit is hard to pin down. What it does is to add a pair of inductors to the signal path. There is an increase in gain, and a change in frequency response. Whether the changes to the sound are worth the extra passive component is up to the listener.
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post #11 of 11
12/5/02 at 6:19am

Snake oil?

According to this thread on the 'Asylum it's nothing more than a distortion generator for second order harmonics (not unlike the Musical Fidelity X10-D).
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