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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...- Xenophon
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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...- Xenophon
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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...- Xenophon
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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...- Xenophon
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- Forum: Headphones (full-size)