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There will ALWAYS be a measurable difference between single ended and differential designs, especially for low line level signaling. This assumes the test gear you measure with is good enough to measure the difference. BTW, the Audio Precision APX-585 and all of their test gear uses fully...

Of course, its a mathematical certainty at all frequencies. See figure 4 of my measurements of the XPA-2 amplifier comparing single ended vs bridged mode: Emotiva XPA-2 Measurements and Analysis | Audioholics Differential amplifiers are absolutely necessary for small signal amplification...

Comparing two identical circuits, one being single ended, one being fully differential, it's very easy to measure a difference in noise and distortion. It's a very trivial matter actually. Audibility is another story however. I recommend reading this article I wrote many years ago...

Usually they use a differential input op-amp and then convert to single ended. Depending on grounding scheme, its possible to get some noise immunity benefits but not lower distortion.

As a telcom engineer for 7 years prior to doing this website full time, I can tell you all things being equal, fully differential designs are ALWAYS superior to single ended. It's not just for noise immunity but for reduction of distortion too. When I designed analog front ends of modems, we...

There are plenty of other audio forums for you to participate if you don't like it here. In fact, in your case, I encourage it.

This is the case with many preamps. You have to look very carefully if the design employs fully complimentary circuitry throughout the entire design. Most don't unless your dealing with upper echelon gear.

As mentioned in the article, the P 5 preamp is a single ended design with balanced connectors. It's not a fully differential design topology.

you missed the point of the article. Many people can't have surround speakers, let alone a full blown 5.1 system in their homes. This is why Soundbars are so popular now. This article offers better sounding alternatives to Soundbars while keeping the form factor acceptable.

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That's a huge measurement difference. Ours is an industry standard controlled practice for accurately measuring subwoofers. In addition, we use CEA2010 test patterns for distortion and max output. I will see if I can line up a review of the M&K with Josh.

The 61-SE/R's are classics. They use the Scan Speak 9500 which is arguably one of the finest dome tweeters ever built due to its incredible off-axis response, high power handling, low Fs and low distortion. The mid driver is still their current aluminum phase plug mid used on many of their...

I've never been able to replicate their measurements even when doing summed near field or gated. My measurements closely resemble what Brent Butterworth of Sound and Vision gets, particularly for M3s and M60's however.

Just for clarity that is not a measurement done by Audioholics. Our reviewer pulled that from the Axiom website.

No the T1 satellites should be crossed over at 80Hz 2nd order HPF. The T1 bass modules should be crossed over above 80Hz, likely 120Hz or 150Hz with a 4th order LPF. Single band EQ is all that is needed to flatten out the extra low end extension if they are placed too closely to a corner and/or...

Yes but now you have to place 2 subs in close proximity to the main speakers so that they blend properly and aren't localized. Hence, why not just go back to sub/sat tower system like a T2 and bass manage and EQ the bottom subs? Excellent results can be achieved like this, especially since the...

Here is a nice article written by Brent Butterwoth that plugs us and compares a bunch of Outdoor Speakers: The Best Outdoor Speakers | The Wirecutter Looks like we should get a set of those Yamaha's in for review.

Sorry haven't been following ADTG's 20-30 different speaker setups :) I like Philip's approach and his stuff looks solid. Great build quality, great drivers, great know how in execution. My point was small bookshelf speakers paired with multiple subs can be great but you never get enough...

Ordinarily I would agree but the 8Ts load bass into a room unlike any other speaker I've ever experienced. I wouldn't trade the 8Ts setup as a fullrange system for 8T Satellites with 2 or 4 of its bass modules properly placed in the room for anything but maybe home theater. The way the bass...

Better build quality, more power, better cosmetics, lower noisefloor, modest price increase. Not sure what else you were expecting but I'd say those are changes worthy of a Gen2.