Recent content by Alan March

Still deciding best way forward.

IIRC we have had one in several years of use, so as I said before, a vanishingly low failure rates.

Hi @Paul7777x No one has actually ordered a black pair yet. I think it would be pretty imposing. The candy red has been really popular followed by Tasmanian oak

Hi @Paul7777x It's RAL 5008, matte finish.

Good question. Our PSUs do indeed have transient suppression MOVs and very high voltage mosfets, so are protected. We know this must be adequate as the failure rates are so vanishingly low. Of course it does depend on the scale of the mains transient and protection cannot never be 100%...

Good question. Simple answer is that you dont know for sure unless you have test data. However, this is the same for any component, including analogue volume controls. I have to say that I have never come across a defective digital volume control. I have seen some pretty mediocre pre amps.

We have established that the customer has extreme humidity swings in his apartment. Beyond any normal range. We have no wider issues with cabinets cracking. The very few issues we have seen have always been due to extreme humidity swings. One customer had a communal building air conditioning...

Erm...well...yes, I 100% agree. Speakers are horrible in terms of disrortion compared to electronics. However, we were talking specifically about noise. In this context, the speaker distortion issue applies just the same to analogue and digital volume controls. Also it should be noted that...

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Hi @Ash I've looked at the Gustard, its a good performer and I wouldn't hesitate to use its own own volume control.

Hi @Ash There is a bit of a misunderstanding generally about how digital volume controls work. I cant comment specifically on the Gustard as I dont know how its implemented, but here is a general comment. The calculations for a digital volume control should be performed at higher bit depth...

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