Paul McGowan: For those of us with long memories here’s a flashback. Remember when preamps sported rear-mounted AC receptacles to power the rest of the system? The first memory I have of the rear-mounted AC receptacle was on my father’s McIntosh C28 preamplifier. Note the use of switched and unswitched outlets. The idea was that […]
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IMO the DAC1’s true potential can only be realised when the extra bells and whistles (XLR output attenuators, physical volume pot) are switched off, and it is fed a digital signal that is attenuated, with dither at 24 bits, and upsampled well (e.g. SoX with -v) to 110.6kHz. If used via XLR, also the XLR […]
Have you heard a difference between the DAC performance of the Benchmark USB DAC and the Benchmark DAC-1 preamp and if so, which one is superior? I have done this experiment on a number of occasions and have very rarely heard any difference at all. It might have been my imagination. And so it is […]
Here, Nick demonstrates the art of delicately “glass bead blasting” the CNC machined IKARUS integrated
Paul McGowan Several days ago I promised I’d tell you how I connected the mystery subwoofer to the system and why. The subwoofer is a sealed box powered subwoofer I am auditioning from a local company and it is really an excellent sounding product, easy to seamlessly integrate into the system and as musical […]
Time for one of those long, boring semi-technical posts that no one here reads… As a few of you know, I bought a rare Kenwood 700M amplifier a few weeks ago on eBay. It arrived with a weak channel which was taken care of by replacing a bypass cap. Since then, I have gone through […]
There’s Spotify, Tidal, Qobuz, Vtuner and on and on. What are these services, how do they work, what are there differences? Mike in England is dying to find out from Paul.
Would any owner of this be interested in sending us their observations about this machine in operation please? Thank. HP
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How can equipment with only 2-prong plugs have ground? There is no earth ground, right? Paul explains in easy to understand terms all about that mysterious subject, ground. Watch Now Paul McGowan
Q: Hi Mike. Some makers are extolling the virtue of seemingly unlimited amplifier power as a requirement for un-restricted system dynamics. Logical or merely smart marketing? A: Well I suppose it must depend on a number of things. Let’s take the things that it depends on. Sound pressure level – that you hear in your […]
The descriptive text states ….. ‘This is a video version of my Audio Myths workshop from the October 2009 AES show in New York City. Questions and discussions about this video are welcome at my Audio Expert forum’
Two of the greatest loudspeakers ever built are the Infinity IRS V and its successor, the Genesis 1, both designed by the legendary Arnie Nudell. What are the differences between these two monster speakers? Watch Now Paul McGowan