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  1. Empirical Audio

    Any one using Acoustic Revive devices or Acoustic System Resonators?

    I am interested in making my walls disappear in my reference system so it's more like being in the actual venue. The Acoustic Revive devices seem interesting: http://www.acoustic-revive.com/english/roomtuning/ RR-888 low-frequency pulse generator QR-8 resonator RCG-24 Ground Conditioner...
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    Donations for PPE for NYC hospitals

    I want to help with the PPE situation. I was trying to buy some respirators for NYC hospitals on ebay and discovered that ebay is removing all listings that try to sell N-95 respirators, even legitimate ones. I guess they are tired of the scams and don't want any more losses. Too bad. But...
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    Manufacturers - OEM USB and Ethernet modules available

    Empirical Audio is now offering OEM both XMOS galvanically isolated USB and Ethernet DLNA modules for DAC front-ends. These can be used in your new or older DAC designs to improve their performance significantly. The jitter of these modules is the lowest in the industry, less than 10psec. We...
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    IC and speaker cable technology for sale

    This is a business that Empirical Audio started back in 1996. After we started offering our own component products, we eliminated the cable products from our site because we did not have the bandwidth to support both. I still use these cables in my system and at shows. I still get requests...
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    Is a S/PDIF coax cable longer than 1m better?

    See my white-paper: http://www.positive-feedback.com/Issue14/spdif.htm We can argue til the cows come home about the signal risetime and whether this is really necessary, but I have verified it using a 400psec risetime device when doing jitter measurements. (Most S/PDIF outputs are much slower...
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    Test tracks to see if Offset is audible

    Offset is the leading nulls and trailing nulls that enclose the music data in the total data record of any track at any sample-rate. It seems logical that this should not matter for sound quality, only the data words themselves. Maybe not so logical.... So I have made four test files...
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    Does Offset change sound quality?

    Offset is the leading nulls and trailing nulls that enclose the music data in the total data record of any track at any sample-rate. It seems logical that this should not matter for sound quality, only the data words themselves. Maybe not so logical.... So I have made four test files...
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    Audi EV announced - E-Tron

    Audi, Can you believe they call this a "Luxury car"? $75K and somewhere over 200 miles range. Optional adaptive cruise control - no autonomous. Much smaller capacity than the Telsa Model X. It will be all-wheel drive. https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/2019-volkswagen-jetta-bonneville/
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    Active licence plate for Tesla, CA only

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6D3-hAzuUg&feature=youtu.be&utm_source=Tesla+Owners&utm_campaign=04dcbb0f35-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_07_20_07_04&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_bf2f692cda-04dcbb0f35-150033333&mc_cid=04dcbb0f35&mc_eid=ab516053a5
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    Why Archie Bunker is different

    I grew up watching this and I know what kind of portrayal that was. Bunker said rude things and insensitive things, but he ultimately got put in his place. The good values were obvious. These were the values of Edith. It was obviously comedy and I watched it to see Meathead and his sister...
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    How to extend your dogs life

    I have had a Lab for 12 years now, and she has slowed on the walks a little, but still very active, catching critters every day, running and digging large trenches hunting for them. 13 years and going strong. I will not share the name because this can get used for security questions online...
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    USB versus Ethernet - a study reveals the winner

    See: http://www.audiocircle.com/index.php?topic=155232.0 Steve N. Empirical Audio
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    Manufacturers Reference Speakers

    These full-range ribbons with bass-boxes have been our reference and used at shows for 8 years. Perfect condition. We are selling them because we have upgraded to Vapor Nimbus. The ribbons are heavily modified, including new crossover boards using the best parts available as well as rewiring...
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    Can jitter be measured in S/PDIF cable and correlated to SQ?

    I think so, but only if you use the right measurement equipment, technique and have a really low jitter source. Check it out. Looks promising: http://www.audiocircle.com/index.php?topic=154425.msg1651215#msg1651215 Steve N. Empirical Audio
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    New jitter measurement technique

    I don't trust the current spectral jitter measurement techniques to tell me anything about the sound quality. There does not appear to be a correlation between jitter and SQ, except for maybe at a gross level ie; 100nsec jitter sounds worse than 10psec of jitter. I want to change this. I have...
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    For those using Ethernet to your DAC

    Interesting findings with the help of other forums. BTW, I tried this both wired Ethernet and WIFI. 1) I tried several types of Ethernet isolators and found them to improve things, some better than others. The 1GHz versions were not always better than the lower B/W versions. I use CAT7...
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    Plasmatron AC regulator

    I'm not a fan in general of AC conditioners. I've used several, including transformers and they all seem to reduce dynamics or aggravate ground-loops. One exception is the Plasmatron from VHAudio. Chris from VHAudio brought one to our exhibit room at RMAF and we gave it a try. I was...

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