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    How could you do DIY shielding for a portable headphone amp?

    The cheapest form of shielding is separation, so keep the phone as far from the amp as possible. The pickup may not be radiated emissions anyway, it's more likely inductive if you have the devices in close proximity. Or just put the phone on 3G when you're using it for music.
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    Making own tube amp from scratch?

    A tube amp is very attractive in some ways, but it's hard to get off the ground. You need transformers, tubes, it's dangerous, expensive.   You can experiment with solid state amplifiers for virtually zero cost. You can scrounge PSUs and high power transistors from scrap, although many...
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    Defeating Subjectivist Arguments - Strategy and Tactics

    Subjectivist thinking is flawed.   Subjectivist arguments always depend on a misrepresentation.   If a scientist is worth his salt he will defeat a subjectivist on a level playing field.   In order to maintain a subjectivist outlook a disorganized personality is required. A inconsistent...
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    Measuring output of IEM's

    You could measure the voltage across them and calculate what they are outputting. This would assume that everything output is coupled to your eardrums, but this should be the case with IEMs. You also have to depend on the manufacturer's spec being accurate.   The easiest way to see what is...
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    Does ripping from Vinyl get better sound than ripping CDs to lossless?

      Jealousy will get you nowhere.
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    Does ripping from Vinyl get better sound than ripping CDs to lossless?

    OK, here we have a digital master.   Shall we put it straight onto a CD or record it onto vinyl and then re-record the vinyl?   No, we should put every track on a 45 and play it over AM radio and then re-record it.   Just how stupid do I have to make the examples before you stop laughing...
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    Skeptico Saloon: An Objectivist Joint

      Short answer, yes, its not erratic. It depends primarily on the input impedance of the IEM. Most transducers input impedance varies with frequency. The amplifier output splits between the amplifier internal impedance and the headphone impedance, so different fractions appear at different...
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    Testing audiophile claims and myths

      Yes, this is what I find puzzling.   Where I live there's a big issue over energy prices. Gas, electricity. The wholesale gas price goes up, the price to the consumer goes up, the wholesale gas price comes down, the price to the consumer stays the same. Except people kicked up so much they...
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    Skeptico Saloon: An Objectivist Joint

      I don't like the frequency response. It's 40-15000Hz for a start, when I'd prefer to see 20-20,000. If these are the manufacturers figures, I suspect the flatness is a lot worse for the extended range.   With 32 ohms, a -1.66 dB dip is quite noticeable. 0.1 dB is a perceptible difference...
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    Does ripping from Vinyl get better sound than ripping CDs to lossless?

      So what? I've heard hundreds of CDs that were far better than any vinyl.   Put quite simply, a CD presented with the same program material as was presented to the vinyl will be less likely to suffer problems than any re-recording via vinyl. This is a simple audiophile principle 'the less...
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    Testing audiophile claims and myths

      So you and this person are going to achieve an unbiased result?   Don't even bother. Just lie, it'll be a lot less trouble.
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    24bit vs 16bit, the myth exploded!

      Sorry, I didn't realise your symptoms were so florid. So are there any audio devices that you reject as scams? How 'bout the Lessloss Blackbody? Do you believe that bit-identical files sound different if ripped on a regular computer or one with a low-noise PSU? Or if the destination medium...
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    24bit vs 16bit, the myth exploded!

      Rubbish.   It's well known that a sufficiently loud explosion can perforate your eardrums. Instantaneously.
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    24bit vs 16bit, the myth exploded!

        Did he say that? If he didn't he should have. Every now and again you pushers push the envelope out of shape. We need an antithetical model to put up against the barrage of senseless crap based on the necessity for recording sounds that nobody can demonstrate they can hear. There's a lot...
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    Capacitance of the ESL diaphragm (questions about how the ESL works)

    'Ground' or 'Earth' is one of the most troubling concepts for budding engineers to come to terms with. Frequently understanding only dawns when it is required to design an antenna system or RF output amplifier. Earth is not just a place to send large unwanted currents in an emergency.   The...
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    Capacitance of the ESL diaphragm (questions about how the ESL works)

    There is normally no voltage between the stators, since both are connected to the same side of the PSU. Until you apply a signal.   It's the voltage differential between the diaphragm and the stators that maintains the charge. If the stators are connected to -ve, then electrons are pushed onto...
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    What is required to get a perfect vinyl rip?

    What is required to get a perfect vinyl rip?   Perfect vinyl.
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    Capacitance of the ESL diaphragm (questions about how the ESL works)

    Self capacitance is pretty meaningless in this case. We're interested in mutual capacitance. You can only drive a charge onto something with respect to something else. Ground if all else fails. I mean you have to have something to connect the other side of the PSU to. Even if the connection is...
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    Capacitance of the ESL diaphragm (questions about how the ESL works)

    More charge = more electrons = same capacitance and more voltage = more capacitance and same voltage.
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    LNMP Finishing touches - wiring the battery pack and enclosing

    I've seen products massaged through test with copper tape. All the test houses have large rolls of the stuff, it has conductive glue. Of course any modifications have to be carried through into the product.   The problem is gauging the effectiveness of what you've done. In a test you can...
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    My DIY electrostatic headphones

    Hi guys.   Sorry I haven't made a contribution for a while. Getting stators and spacers manufactured in bulk has just proved beyond my energy.   Regarding the stretching problem, there are a couple of things that might be done.   A stretching jig might be devised with some kind of...
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    MultiChannel Audio Player via Smartphone??

    No, that's a programmable filter. It has no memory for music storage.   What you need is like a double-DAP. 2 audio players in the same package with a single memory and controls. It's far from impossible, just nobody makes anything like it, AFAIK. I stand to be corrected.   There are...
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    MultiChannel Audio Player via Smartphone??

    You can't do it. The phone has only 2 output channels. This is a hardware limitation, there's no good reason to have more. You need a device that commonly has 4 or more output channels. Like a desktop computer with onboard sound.
  24. wakibaki

    How does amp circuitry work?

      Lots of people find that maths is much easier to deal with when it's applied to something they're interested in. I used to hate trig identities. I used to think they were as useful as the Latin I had to learn. Now I have a use for them. You might find the same thing.   The Latin comes in...
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    How does amp circuitry work?

    I remember in my first year of uni. electronics, the professor came in one day and said, 'OK, I'm taking the class today. One thing you all need to know, is how to design an amplifier. Relax. I'm going to explain how to do it.' And he did. In less than an hour.   Of course it wasn't a full...
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