[HighwayStar]

Or what it actually does ? How it does it ?

http://www.audioadvisor.com/store/pr...ation%20Device

 

[Dreamslacker]

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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...

 

[skippy]

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.

 

[Hirsch]

Do a search on TDS Passive Audiophile. I've taken the pictures down, though.

 

[andrzejpw]

hmm, anyone have one of these? It looks like it EQs the signal somehow. . .

 

[Hirsch]

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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.

 

[JMT]

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

 

[HighwayStar]

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..

 

[PinkFloyd]

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

 

[Hirsch]

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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.

 

[SumB]

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).