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    Dynamic range compression of classical music.

    Perhaps a stupid question but I'm trying to get my head around dynamic range compression of classical music CD's:   If JRiver Media player can be trusted most classical tracks seem to have been mastered with a dynamic range of about 15-20 dB.  Compared to other music that's certainly very...
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    Tube amp output transformer impedance matching

    I'm trying to make some sense out of OPT impedance matching to headphones and the more I read up on it, the more befuddled I get.   About the project:  I'm building my first tube amp for headphones, to make things easy I purchased PCB's for a well documented first build, the tube lab SSE...
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    Technical reasons for measuring THD+N at -1 dBFS?

    When looking at the specs for a DAC I noticed that THD+N were measured at -1 dBFS.  A certain designer whose name cannot be mentioned on this site also measures the same factor at -1 dBFS for 20 Hz and 10 kHz, yet uses 0 dBFS at 100 Hz.   Is there a technical reason for this (obviously other...
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    My quest for the perfect classical music headphone: a brief visit of the DT-880, T1, HD-800, HE-6 and HE-500 (long!)

    Disclaimer:   I'm not an audio engineer nor do I have 'golden ears' or for that matter any particular expertise as far as music is concerned.  I was a guy looking to upgrade his classical music listening gear.  In what follows I'm going to post a couple of impressions that some gear and...
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