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  • audioluvr
    audioluvr Posts: 6,079
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    Clipdat wrote: »
    @mhardy6647 Isn't there a potential for negative effects/interference/distortion by having the internal speaker output wires running this close to a transformer?
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    Should be in the "baby show me your guts" discussion but, wow that is pretty close. What amp is that?
    Gustard X26 Pro DAC
    Belles 21A Pre Upgraded with Mundorf Supremes
    B&K M200 Sonata monoblocks refreshed and upgraded
    Polk SDA 1C's modded / 1000Va Dreadnaught
    Wireworld Silver Eclipse IC's and speaker cables
    Harman Kardon T65C w/Grado Gold. (Don't laugh. It sounds great!)

    There is about a 5% genetic difference between apes and men …but that difference is the difference between throwing your own poo when you are annoyed …and Einstein, Shakespeare and Miss January. by Dr. Sardonicus
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  • Clipdat
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    audioluvr wrote: »
    Clipdat wrote: »
    @mhardy6647 Isn't there a potential for negative effects/interference/distortion by having the internal speaker output wires running this close to a transformer?
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    Should be in the "baby show me your guts" discussion but, wow that is pretty close. What amp is that?

    It's this: https://www.balanced.com/vk80i-integrated-amplifier
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  • audioluvr
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    Clipdat wrote: »
    audioluvr wrote: »
    Clipdat wrote: »
    @mhardy6647 Isn't there a potential for negative effects/interference/distortion by having the internal speaker output wires running this close to a transformer?
    5s338c9l8u6r.png

    Should be in the "baby show me your guts" discussion but, wow that is pretty close. What amp is that?

    It's this: https://www.balanced.com/vk80i-integrated-amplifier

    If BAT is doing that they must shield the crap out of it somehow. Invisible Aluminum?
    Gustard X26 Pro DAC
    Belles 21A Pre Upgraded with Mundorf Supremes
    B&K M200 Sonata monoblocks refreshed and upgraded
    Polk SDA 1C's modded / 1000Va Dreadnaught
    Wireworld Silver Eclipse IC's and speaker cables
    Harman Kardon T65C w/Grado Gold. (Don't laugh. It sounds great!)

    There is about a 5% genetic difference between apes and men …but that difference is the difference between throwing your own poo when you are annoyed …and Einstein, Shakespeare and Miss January. by Dr. Sardonicus
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  • audioluvr
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    Probably Wodka.
    Gustard X26 Pro DAC
    Belles 21A Pre Upgraded with Mundorf Supremes
    B&K M200 Sonata monoblocks refreshed and upgraded
    Polk SDA 1C's modded / 1000Va Dreadnaught
    Wireworld Silver Eclipse IC's and speaker cables
    Harman Kardon T65C w/Grado Gold. (Don't laugh. It sounds great!)

    There is about a 5% genetic difference between apes and men …but that difference is the difference between throwing your own poo when you are annoyed …and Einstein, Shakespeare and Miss January. by Dr. Sardonicus
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  • daddyjt
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    “Human beings are born with different capacities. If they are free, they are not equal. And if they are equal, they are not free.”
    ― Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
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  • Clipdat
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    Oh, the humanity:
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  • SeleniumFalcon
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    One of the benefits of a toroidal transformer is that the lines of magnetic flux are focused inward towards the center of the toroid instead of radiating outward. If the speaker wires were draped over the top of the toroid that would be poor design.
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  • maximillian
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    Correct, it's highest in the center, but the magnetic field does exist outside. Following the round contour of the transformer isn't the best choice. It would have been better to put the transformer at the side of the enclosure to keep wiring away from it. Side issues is that the enclosure's center-of-gravity is on the side.
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  • mhardy6647
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    Clipdat wrote: »
    @mhardy6647 Isn't there a potential for negative effects/interference/distortion by having the internal speaker output wires running this close to a transformer?
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    Well... the idea of the toroidal PT is to minimize magnetic leakage -- so it shouldn't be as big a deal as it might be for a traditional "E-I" type PT.
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  • mhardy6647
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  • mhardy6647
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    https://www.curbsideclassic.com/blog/vintage-ads-and-brochures/vintage-ad-1988-volvo-740-what-you-see-here-is-exactly-what-you-think-you-see-here-no-its-not/
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  • Tony M
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    Clipdat wrote: »
    Oh, the humanity:
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    Help! I can't breathe... :#


    I know you're limited on space but I also know you could never make a stack like this. Never.

    I wonder WHY the owner had to do this. The owner doesn't even have room for the TT's cover... wow. :s
    Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.

    “Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.”
    --Mark Twain.

    “If at first you don't succeed, then skydiving definitely isn't for you.” - Steven Wright
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  • Clipdat
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    As a side note, it really bothers me that on a $10k integrated they appear to have used some of the cheapest most generic looking binding posts I've seen:
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  • Clipdat
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    Tony M wrote: »
    Clipdat wrote: »
    Oh, the humanity:
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    Help! I can't breathe... :#


    I know you're limited on space but I also know you could never make a stack like this. Never.

    I wonder WHY the owner had to do this. The owner doesn't even have room for the TT's cover... wow. :s

    I can't imagine buying a $4k SA-KI Ruby and then putting a cheap Pioneer turntable on top of it like that. Cruel and unusual.
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  • Tony M
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    mhardy6647 wrote: »

    It reminds me of Dobby;
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    Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.

    “Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.”
    --Mark Twain.

    “If at first you don't succeed, then skydiving definitely isn't for you.” - Steven Wright
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  • OleBoot
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  • mhardy6647
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    There are no words.

    Is that a Dodge Diplomat reboot or a Ford Fairmount reboot? :#
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  • maxward
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    Yes.
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  • mrbigbluelight
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    Sal Palooza
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    Sal Palooza
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  • BlueBirdMusic
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    or if you consider Projective Geometry:

    In projective geometry, any pair of lines always intersects at some point, but parallel lines do not intersect in the real plane. ... Also, if any pair of lines intersect at a point on the line at infinity, then the pair of lines are parallel. Every line intersects the line at infinity at some point.
    "Sometimes you have to look to the past to understand where you are going in the future"
    Harry / Marietta GA
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  • mhardy6647
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    ... and then there's Riemann (Riemannian) geometry.
    :)
    https://encyclopediaofmath.org/wiki/Riemannian_geometry
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  • Tony M
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    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    ... and then there's Riemann (Riemannian) geometry.
    :)
    https://encyclopediaofmath.org/wiki/Riemannian_geometry

    :o:s:)
    Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.

    “Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.”
    --Mark Twain.

    “If at first you don't succeed, then skydiving definitely isn't for you.” - Steven Wright
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  • treitz3
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    Tom
    ~ In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence. ~
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    Tom
    ~ In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence. ~
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  • maxward
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    That dude was coached (poorly). He really likes a bitter IPA.
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