Best Of
Re: The dumbest audio-related claims you’ve heard.
In areas we can control, you get what you accept.
With ethernet cables, it's not just the wire but the termination. Back when I was doing DIY DAC's, I modded a Sony 3910 to export PCM and DSD to my DIY DAC. I had dropouts with DSD using some cheap Cat6a patch cords while PCM played fine. I purchased a couple patch cords from Blue Jeans cable. Not that expensive either. He tests them to make sure the cables performed properly.
A naysayer replied two different CAT6 cables will perform the same.
Kurt of Blue Jeans jumped in...
"I saw this thread and thought I'd jump in and comment on this; I'm Kurt Denke, owner of Blue Jeans Cable in Seattle WA, the manufacturer of the patch cord used by SCompRacer.
I agree with you, in principle, but I strongly suspect that the speed difference SCompRacer reports in his file transfer is for real. The surprising thing is that HUGE numbers of patch cords on the market fail their stated spec, and when we tested 20 different so-called Cat 6 and 6a patch cords from a variety of retail vendors on our Fluke DTX certification tester, sixteen failed their stated specs, and eleven of them not only failed their stated spec, but also failed the Cat 5e spec.
So, what is happening, in my view, to a lot of users is that they are indeed seeing different performance with different patch cords; this would be inexplicable if we assume that all of the patch cords meet spec, but once we realize that many of them fail it miserably (one "Cat 6" cable we tested failed the 5e return loss spec by 8 dB!), the likelihood of real-world differences in use really does loom large."
With ethernet cables, it's not just the wire but the termination. Back when I was doing DIY DAC's, I modded a Sony 3910 to export PCM and DSD to my DIY DAC. I had dropouts with DSD using some cheap Cat6a patch cords while PCM played fine. I purchased a couple patch cords from Blue Jeans cable. Not that expensive either. He tests them to make sure the cables performed properly.
A naysayer replied two different CAT6 cables will perform the same.
Kurt of Blue Jeans jumped in...
"I saw this thread and thought I'd jump in and comment on this; I'm Kurt Denke, owner of Blue Jeans Cable in Seattle WA, the manufacturer of the patch cord used by SCompRacer.
I agree with you, in principle, but I strongly suspect that the speed difference SCompRacer reports in his file transfer is for real. The surprising thing is that HUGE numbers of patch cords on the market fail their stated spec, and when we tested 20 different so-called Cat 6 and 6a patch cords from a variety of retail vendors on our Fluke DTX certification tester, sixteen failed their stated specs, and eleven of them not only failed their stated spec, but also failed the Cat 5e spec.
So, what is happening, in my view, to a lot of users is that they are indeed seeing different performance with different patch cords; this would be inexplicable if we assume that all of the patch cords meet spec, but once we realize that many of them fail it miserably (one "Cat 6" cable we tested failed the 5e return loss spec by 8 dB!), the likelihood of real-world differences in use really does loom large."
SCompRacer
4 ·
Re: Which is the best version of the SDA SRS??
I have the original SDA SRS. They are my favorite speaker. I am very satisfied with them. I have a variety of SDA's and all of them sound great.
bluecomet
1 ·
Re: Which is the best version of the SDA SRS??
My srs have better bass than my 1.2tl did, MANY members agree on this. I have modded 2.3tls and the original SRS eat them up in the bass department. If I were to do it over I think the original srs with rdo tweets would be the way to fly, I would bet they would be 98%ers with better bass.
4406bbl
1 ·
Re: Which is the best version of the SDA SRS??
So the original SDA SRD aren't as good as the later ones??
What do you mean by "good".
Every new model had some changes in the drivers, x-overs and cabinets. Original SRS's were outstanding. SRS 1.2's were a bit of an improvement and then the SRS 1.2 TL's were an improvement over the 1.2's most notable was the sl3000 tweeter.
It's hard to put a percentage on how much better each is over the other. All 3 are outstanding SDA's and there is NOTHING out there today that even comes close for less than $5-7K and even then you don;t get the SDA properties.
So let's say as a ballpark the each of the 1.2's are 10% better than the previous model.
H9
heiney9
1 ·
Re: The dumbest audio-related claims you’ve heard.
That speakers put out watts. Something along the lines of "your bookshelf speakers put out 50 watts, my Cerwin Vegas put out 200 watts". This comment is made regardless of reciever output. As if the speakers are putting out the watts not the amplifier/the receiver.
H9
H9
heiney9
3 ·
Re: The dumbest audio-related claims you’ve heard.
I'm being truthful when I say I could easily compile a list from myself from my early days in this hobby; live and learn.
motorstereo
2 ·