The adverse effects of eddy current do diminish with distances.
But the minimum safe distance is far greater than you think.
I have personally witnessed different degrees how sound changes by placing (the same) metallic object at varying distances from an audio component on test.
A smallish...
Long ago I was experimenting with wrapping cd discs with aluminium foil (and found 2 distinctively different sonic consequences depending on whether the glossy side or the matt side of the aluminium foil was in contact with the disc) when I unwittingly discovered leaving the used aluminium foil...
As I mentioned previously, the issue with CDs (in large quantities) accumulated in the same room as your audio system, affecting the system's audio quality is a magnetic field interference problem. Even a single piece of CD disc (if placed very near an audio component) can also bring about some...
Music recorded by US label/artistes sound better on vinyl pressings manufactured in the label/artistes' home country/continent - most people agree.
What about doing the reverse?
Get hold of music recorded by Japanese label/artistes on vinyl pressings manufactured in Japan and compare them...
the clear plastic wrappings we place our vinyl records into can accumulate electric static charge.
they can audibly affect sound of audio components nearby, although i have heard it, i have not tried experimenting enough to be able to describe the characteristics of their influence more in...
the sony bravia oled tv => "....speaker is the screen of the TV..." ???
the sound is being emitted from the TV screen?
the TV screen is the transducer that reproduce the sound?
what are the frequency response of this tv screen transducer?
my guess: from 150hz to 15kHz. So wouldn't it be...
What has stopped me buying the 1200G are:
(1) No local distributor in Singapore
(2) Too many metallic parts - platter and plinth
Are there any differences between the motor of the 1200G and the normal 1200?
What is/are the weak point(s) of the 1200G tonearm?
people make the mistake of thinking magnetic field interference only happens with proximity to ferrous metal.
if you study the physics of eddy currents, you will know that the loops of current induced by changing magnetic fields nearby can happen within any conductive materials - including...
This is really the best time to test the theory - "less metallic parts, better, more opened, more natural sound"
while you taking apart the whole system to set up the massif rack in its place, try using only 1 playback source driving the amps at this stage.
use either the digital (preferably a...
the massif don't appear to do anything towards the elimination of vibration, and yet, by espousing metallic materials in their make up, they help the system attain a level of openness, musical ease and naturalness previously not achieved by support structures heavily laden with eddy-current...
You can check the thread on EMM LABS DA2 where users posted their experiences regarding ST Optical cables connect with the NS1 streamer.
One think about the PLINK interface - it will tremendously matter which direction the cable is connected, and it will be necessary to clean both ferrule tips...
My understanding is the Washington Post is anti-audiophile.
Fremer had run-in at least once earlier on about their whimsical dismissals on vinyl, and then there was that mofi digitisation crappie of their vinyl releases, and now this.
WA always seems to focus on the worst dregs of listening to...
Are those Straightwire Crescendo (original 1st gen) balanced XLR cables? What is their lengths? If ever the owner is thinking about letting them go, would you kindly let him know I'm looking for them?
So, I wasn't imaging things
Everytime someone copy/paste a digital file, it does change the sound!
"jit pai seow liow" => this time I must be going crazy
Maybe i wasn't so crazy after all.
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Those people who made the scd-1 really screwed up big time over a few things:
(1) they know nuts about optimising the analogue output stages. The resultant sound could have been much much better.
(2) they could have implemented true balanced audio all the way from the decoder chips to the...
I would welcome more of such similar videos in the future, if the music playback recording is taken from an ADC off the phono stage output, and then inserted into the video through some editing process. The room effects would've been minimised(or eradicated), so what viewers hear will just be...