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Post by julesd68 on Sept 27, 2019 13:43:28 GMT
Thanks Martin - would you test this album for me later which is made of short tracks but should play as one long piece of music?
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Post by jandl100 on Sept 27, 2019 13:49:30 GMT
I think it's Spotify, Jules.
Spot usually gives me gapless playback, but there's a 0.5 secoond-ish pause between tracks on that album.
Try another album.
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Post by jandl100 on Sept 27, 2019 13:54:37 GMT
Oops, no - Spot is now giving slight gaps on other albums!!
Might be an error they'll correct themselves soon.
It's fine on Qobuz, thankfully!
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Post by julesd68 on Sept 27, 2019 13:54:59 GMT
Same problem with other Firebird albums that divide it up into lots of titles!
How annoying.
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Post by julesd68 on Sept 27, 2019 13:56:05 GMT
Oops, no - Spot is now giving slight gaps on other albums!! Might be an error they'll correct themselves soon. OK yes am having the same problem! Glad it isn't just me.  |
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Post by jandl100 on Sept 27, 2019 13:59:24 GMT
The Nelsons Firebird is gapless with Qobuz.
I'll bet Spot will fix it soon.
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Post by MartinT on Sept 27, 2019 18:47:33 GMT
Thanks Martin - would you test this album for me later which is made of short tracks but should play as one long piece of music? Spotify does not play it gapless. Qobuz does play it gapless. |
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Post by MartinT on Sept 27, 2019 18:51:20 GMT
The Symphony of Psalms is rather lovely on the same album.
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Post by julesd68 on Sept 27, 2019 18:59:29 GMT
Thanks Martin - would you test this album for me later which is made of short tracks but should play as one long piece of music? Spotify does not play it gapless. Qobuz does play it gapless. Thank you Martin. I’ve noticed that spotify plays it gapless on my desktop player right now, but not with spotify connect / volumio earlier. There was a spotify update this evening - maybe that fixed things, will see tomorrow … |
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Post by Stratmangler on Sept 27, 2019 19:39:13 GMT
The Nelsons Firebird is gapless with Qobuz. I'll bet Spot will fix it soon. I'll bet they won't. |
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Post by julesd68 on Oct 1, 2019 23:03:38 GMT
Yes that should work. A good few options to try John, have you compared balanced and RCA outputs on your D70? |
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Post by seanm on Oct 1, 2019 23:22:25 GMT
Julesd68,
I am looking forward to you experiences with the Bosc mono amps. They have piqued my interest. Sadly, it is only academic interest since, my nomadic lifestyle prevents purchase in the short term.
Cheers
Sean
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Post by SNR&THD on Oct 2, 2019 0:02:14 GMT
Julesd68, I am looking forward to you experiences with the Bosc mono amps. They have piqued my interest. Sadly, it is only academic interest since, my nomadic lifestyle prevents purchase in the short term. Cheers Sean He has finished listening to them. Probably not too much longer till the review. |
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Post by John on Oct 2, 2019 4:00:39 GMT
Yes that should work. A good few options to try John, have you compared balanced and RCA outputs on your D70? Just the RCA but could go Balanced to the Behringer in the future If you can try going balanced with the power amps you trying it certainly would be worth trying |
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Post by MartinT on Oct 2, 2019 7:07:15 GMT
I am looking forward to you experiences with the Bosc mono amps. They have piqued my interest. Sadly, it is only academic interest since, my nomadic lifestyle prevents purchase in the short term. Yes, but look at all the inexpensive Chinese goodies you have at your disposal meanwhile! |
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Post by julesd68 on Oct 2, 2019 15:45:27 GMT
Julesd68, I am looking forward to you experiences with the Bosc mono amps. They have piqued my interest. Sadly, it is only academic interest since, my nomadic lifestyle prevents purchase in the short term. Cheers Sean Here you go Sean! theaudiostandard.net/post/164151/thread |
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Post by julesd68 on Oct 2, 2019 20:26:28 GMT
So can anyone tell me if you can deduce from specs alone whether a passive pre will give enough volume with a particular power amp?
If so, how's it done?
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Post by SNR&THD on Oct 2, 2019 23:51:49 GMT
The output impedance of the pre and the input impedance of the amp will form a resistor divider.
So the higher the output impedance the lower the voltage the amp is seeing, or you are losing gain.
At a minimum you would want the output impedance to be 10 times less than the input impedance. This way you loose less than 10% of the signal.
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Post by julesd68 on Oct 3, 2019 0:21:25 GMT
Thanks Leo - looks like I have some maths to do tomorrow!
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Post by MartinT on Oct 3, 2019 6:05:06 GMT
To increase the voltage output, and overall gain, of your system you really need an XLR passive or an active preamp.
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