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    Measuring power line noise with the TriField EM100, and the impressive effect of Shyunyata products

    I suspect there is a line noise filter (small cap) near the low noise outlet. However resonances in the power network could be amplifying the noise. The connection to earth/ground will have little effect on the noise (except when its helping the antenna properties of the wiring). Romex is pretty...
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    Measuring power line noise with the TriField EM100, and the impressive effect of Shyunyata products

    Alpha Labs and Trifield are the same company. And they have been making the same type of instrument for years. It started with the old Entech meter (a modified Trifield originally) custom built for Monster. The Audio Prism was a rebadged baby noise monitor. Its true that you don't get a lot...
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    Auraliti PK100 and DSD operation

    The Auraliti does not support DSD with its internal DAC. The hardware all predates DSD as a distributed format. Software decode on that platform was really beyond the processor so we don't support it. However we do support DSD/DoP with external DAC's.
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    DSD Battle Royale!

    The linked download directory seems to be empty. Did we overstay our welcome? Were all the files encoded simultaneously or sequentially? Changes in the tape playback over repetition is pretty well known and at this level could be significant.
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    Baffled about computer power

    What I really focused on was isolation. I did everything possible to minimize the coupling between the AC power connections and the power going on to the player. I need to recheck but I think the total coupling is around 100 pF. This plus a low noise power supply design to reduce the noises from...
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    Baffled about computer power

    Aggressor vs. Victim is a good description. The noise can modulate the signal both in amplitude and time and can be synchronous (data related) or asynchronous (any un-audio related noise). The effects will be in the analog output, not particularly in the data stream itself. Digital data has what...
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    Baffled about computer power

    Its not the noise that you hear, its the noise that modulates the signal you are listening to. There are a number of mechanisms that allow noise to essentially modulate the signal (audio) but have little or no presence when there is no audio to modulate. Jitter is one of these phenomena. Also...
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    Spectral DMC 6 Preamp

    Those are the correct points. Good luck!
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    Why DIY computer-based music servers are not ready for me

    First if jitter were the only issue it would be a simple problem to resolve. Nevertheless I have measured the master clock jitter of several sound cards and wound up focusing on the ESI Juli@. I got a 25 pS cycle to cycle jitter from a direct measurement of the clock, pretty much the noise floor...
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    Spectral DMC 6 Preamp

    Its been years since I looked at one. The basics are as follows: The bias current is set via a resistor to the positive rail in series with the output FETs. If you are looking at the board with the controls toward you the component layout is very similar to the schematic. The resistors are 100...
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    Spectral DMC 6 Preamp

    Thats almost a philosophical question. The Phono section rolls off following the RIAA curve starting at 2120 Hz and continues to about 50-80 KHz and then is flat to several MegaHertz, except the DMC6 may have the hybrid version which works similarly but not the same. The line section is flat to...
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    Spectral DMC 6 Preamp

    I would just run it at full gain. The gain control is in the phono section which means the response will change when the gain changes. The unit has enough dynamic range to handle a high output cartridge at full gain. The volume control is positioned to handle managing the range and keeping the...
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    Spectral DMC 6 Preamp

    (Dusting off very old memories) The only problem with connecting the crossover in the tape loop is that there will be no volume control for the bass output since the volume control for the system is after the tape loop.
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    Absolute Sound Review Of Alpha USB on-line

    I think we are on the same page with jitter issues. They are quite complex once you get to actually making something. What is a Time Pod? I'm pretty familiar with available solutions for measuring phase noise and this is new to me.
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    Absolute Sound Review Of Alpha USB on-line

    Since you started this thread, sure. The moderator can move it if desired. Its perhaps easiest to think of the box as an audio computer. It does what is necessary to take the content of a USB stick or USB connected drive and play it through the S/PDIF or USB output. You can find out more here...
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