In Reply to: RE: there are no acoustic signals coming from the computer posted by fmak on June 15, 2012 at 07:16:14:
Are you suggesting that just running a computer in the listening room would affect sound quality, even if the computer is not connected to the audio system and even if the computer's acoustic noise is inaudible when the music is silent? (I think I can agree with you based on my own experience, BTW. I am just trying to make your issue clear.)
Another problem with fans is that they may be quiet when new, but noisy as the product ages. They fall into the category of razor blades, a product that one can never trust as they insidiously degrade. This is what happened to my SOTA turntable. The sound quality gradually degraded and I never noticed it until there was horrible wow and flutter, due to a failed bearing. Vacuum Tubes have the same problem, hence they are banned from my system, no matter how good they sound under ideal circumstances.
Tony Lauck
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Follow Ups
- Fans, razor blades, and vacuum tubes - Tony Lauck 08:13:15 06/15/12 (41)
- Baby out with the bath water? Tubes aren't the only thing in an amp that degrade... - Steve Parry 15:39:20 06/15/12 (0)
- RE: Fans, razor blades, and vacuum tubes - AbeCollins 11:48:03 06/15/12 (5)
- RE: Fans, razor blades, and vacuum tubes - Tony Lauck 12:02:14 06/15/12 (4)
- RE: Fans, razor blades, and vacuum tubes - rick_m 17:45:02 06/15/12 (0)
- RE: Fans, razor blades, and vacuum tubes - AbeCollins 12:15:08 06/15/12 (2)
- RE: Fans, razor blades, and vacuum tubes - Tony Lauck 12:35:04 06/15/12 (1)
- RE: Fans, razor blades, and vacuum tubes - AbeCollins 20:38:59 06/15/12 (0)
- RE: Fans, razor blades, and vacuum tubes - Mercman 09:03:05 06/15/12 (14)
- RE: Fans, razor blades, and vacuum tubes - Tony Lauck 09:51:18 06/15/12 (13)
- RE: Fans, razor blades, and vacuum tubes - Mercman 10:52:30 06/15/12 (4)
- You mean this museum quality old tube? - Tony Lauck 13:48:53 06/15/12 (3)
- RE: You mean this museum quality old tube? - Mercman 14:34:25 06/15/12 (0)
- RE: You mean this museum quality old tube? - Mercman 14:17:12 06/15/12 (0)
- ah yes, a thing of beauty - bwb 14:02:42 06/15/12 (0)
- obsolete? - bwb 10:10:12 06/15/12 (7)
- I did not write "obsolete". nt - Tony Lauck 11:21:40 06/15/12 (5)
- are you a lawyer? - bwb 11:29:54 06/15/12 (2)
- RE: are you a lawyer? - Tony Lauck 11:56:23 06/15/12 (1)
- you completely lost me - bwb 15:35:38 06/15/12 (0)
- RE: I did not write "obsolete". nt - Mercman 11:26:46 06/15/12 (1)
- RE: I did not write "obsolete". nt - Tony Lauck 11:50:52 06/15/12 (0)
- RE: obsolete? - Mercman 11:02:21 06/15/12 (0)
- magic pebbles, mystical wristwatches, and teleportation phone calls - bwb 08:54:46 06/15/12 (7)
- "people hear the effects of magic pebbles..." - you would too, if bothered to try. - carcass93 12:23:13 06/15/12 (4)
- so - bwb 15:01:34 06/15/12 (3)
- RE: so - Dynobot 16:49:05 06/15/12 (2)
- agreed - bwb 17:10:18 06/15/12 (1)
- RE: agreed - Dynobot 17:40:04 06/15/12 (0)
- RE: magic pebbles, mystical wristwatches, and teleportation phone calls - Tony Lauck 09:31:16 06/15/12 (0)
- Heyyyyyy magic pebbles actually work - Dynobot 09:11:37 06/15/12 (0)
- RE: Fans, razor blades, and vacuum tubes - Dynobot 08:36:32 06/15/12 (1)
- RE: Fans, razor blades, and vacuum tubes - Tony Lauck 09:17:33 06/15/12 (0)
- RE: Fans, razor blades, and vacuum tubes-NO - fmak 08:21:44 06/15/12 (8)
- RE: Fans, razor blades, and vacuum tubes-NO - rick_m 10:25:43 06/15/12 (2)
- Once the sounds get inside your head - fmak 11:00:53 06/15/12 (1)
- RE: Once the sounds get inside your head - rick_m 11:30:43 06/15/12 (0)
- RE: Fans, razor blades, and vacuum tubes-NO - Tony Lauck 09:14:00 06/15/12 (0)
- RE: Fans, razor blades, and vacuum tubes-NO - Mercman 08:58:33 06/15/12 (3)
- if I listened to music in an anechoic chamber - fmak 10:56:11 06/15/12 (2)
- RE: if I listened to music in an anechoic chamber - Mercman 11:04:41 06/15/12 (1)
- RE: if I listened to music in an anechoic chamber - fmak 08:40:15 06/16/12 (0)