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AIMP 5 and Windows 11 works very well

: 23 paź 2021, 21:42
autor: BienSoundPC
AIMP and Windows in the latest versions already work great for playing music recordings with a computer and a good sound system

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It was very easy and fast to install Windows 11 from a USB memory to an empty hard drive. The AMIP 5 installation was even faster

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Everything worked very well when tested with BienSoundPC https://sites.google.com/view/biensoundpc/

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Microsoft's new surround configuration can be used without any problems http://forum.aimp.com.pl/viewtopic.php? ... 453#p45703

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Easily handles Sound HD https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/help/quest ... s/hd-sound
when radio stations freely share their broadcasts with it on the Internet
for example using a stream https://http-live.sr.se/p2musik-aac-320

See also: BBC Sound HD free from Swedish Radio 2 https://audiophilepc.blogspot.com/2022/ ... dio-2.html

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News with AIMP plugins: scrobbler
  • an ability to display information about artist
  • integration to default skin
  • support for libre.fm and listenbrainz.org services

64 bit AIMP is already tested with BienSound PC

: 18 wrz 2022, 10:40
autor: BienSoundPC
The tests began with the beta version, which appeared on April 12, 2022 and in the information about it, the author of the program on his blog stated:
Today we have started public beta-testing of AIMP for Windows v5.03. As we have announced, this release brought native Windows 64-bit support. Since now, player will releases in two editions: 32-bit and 64-bit. http://www.aimp.ru/blogs/?p=1171
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Currently, we have been testing stable 64-bit versions with Reference BienSoundPC for a long time and the music is played even more faithfully

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We tested with the Realtek Semiconductor Corp driver. 9205.1 released on 7/13/2021. In it, we manually configured the distance between the speakers used in the tests, and the DAC work at 16bit / 192kHz. AIMP worked with WASAPI and 32/192 oversampling

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Tests with the motherboard, which has a separate audio section, and the CPU runs at 48 GHz, and RAM half as good, turned out to be particularly favorable.

This is most heard in the configuration Brodcasted Music PC Reciver PC

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The FFmpeg libraries has been updated in AIMP to 64 bit version 4.3.3
FFmpeg is a free and open-source software project consisting of a suite of libraries and programs for handling video, audio, and other multimedia files and streams. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FFmpeg
FFmpeg supports decoding of aac and mp3 which are used for streaming, and with 64 bit technology it can be done more efficiently

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Advanced Audio Coding (AAC) is an audio coding standard for lossy digital audio compression. Designed to be the successor of the MP3 format, AAC generally achieves higher sound quality than MP3 encoders at the same bit rate. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Audio_Coding
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In mp3, it is only a little easier to decode 576 separate signals into which the 20 Hz - 20 kHz audio band is divided. The codec analyzes them on the basis of a psychoacoustic model and determines the accuracy with which each of them should be encoded.

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The format of the mp3 stream depends on the sender
Constant Bit Rate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constant_bitrate
Variable Bit Rate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variable_bitrate
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and there are also CVBR and AVBR

See also: 64 bit programs are better for Broadcasted Music PC Receiver https://audiophilepc.blogspot.com/2022/ ... r-for.html

AIMP function and British wireless proposals from KEF

: 19 wrz 2022, 16:44
autor: BienSoundPC
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KEF LS50 connected to PC? https://audiophilestyle.com/forums/topi ... ted-to-pc/
In 2016, this question appeared on an English-language forum for enthusiasts of faithful reproduction of music.

The old design of the KEF LS 50 was with passive filters and required expensive amplifiers to faithfully reproduce music. The LS50 was created to celebrate our 50th anniversary. With numerous technological breakthroughs, LS50 took the original LS3/5a studio monitor concept and brought it into the living room.

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Now the KEF LS50 Wireless II is available. https://eu.kef.com/pages/ls50-wireless-2
and for half the price is the LSX II https://eu.kef.com/products/lsx-2

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The modern design of the KEF with active digital filters and power amplifiers for optimal control of the Uni-Q is even more PC-friendly. https://audiophilepc.blogspot.com/2022/ ... m-kef.html

Their advantage is that, conversion to analog signals takes place only between the crossover and the amplifiers, in independent DACs. The digital crossover is preceded by an equalization, and this by a digital preamplifier.

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The new KEF wireless speakers can play streaming music completely on their own, but Broadcasted Music PC Receiver and Audiophile Music Server PC with Windows 11 and AIMP give you even more

Such possibilities have a PC individually configured for good Hi-Fi equipment. https://sites.google.com/site/audiophilepc/

Brodcasted Music PC Reciver PC - to play and record music from streams
Audiophile Music Server PC - for owners of both - attractive vinyl records and CDs


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The Sound HD transmission stream can be saved in the original on the hard disk, to create your own collection of unique recordings with music.

Interesting opportunities for music lovers are offered by Notturno on the stream of Swedish Radio https://audiophilepc.blogspot.com/2022/ ... dio-2.html

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Euroclassic Notturno is a six-hour radio sequence of classical music recordings assembled by BBC Radio from material supplied by members of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and distributed, via the EBU's Euroradio satellite network, to a number of these broadcasters for use in their overnight classical-music schedules. The recordings used are not taken from commercially available CDs but come instead from earlier (usually live) radio broadcasts
Streaming recording can be made automatically at any time

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The recorded radio program can be freely divided into individual music pieces

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The free mp3DirectCut program is very practical for this https://mpesch3.de/
Cut and edit MP3 and AAC fast and easily

mp3DirectCut is a fast and extensive audio editor for encoded MP3 and AAC. Without re-encoding directly cut, crop, split and join your tracks, create fades on MP3 and much more. Direct lossless editing saves encoding time and preserves the audio quality of encoded tracks. The built in recorder creates MP3 on the fly. With Cue sheets, Pause detection or Auto cue you can easily divide long files.

2 or 4 channels with Dual Concentric

: 08 paź 2022, 07:25
autor: BienSoundPC
The Tannoy Gold 5 is interesting for music playback with 2 speakers or 4 in the latest Microsoft surround configuration.
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200 Watt Bi-Amplified Nearfield Studio Reference Monitor with Proprietary 5" Dual Concentric Point Source Technologyhttps://www.tannoy.com/product.html?modelCode=P0C2B
  • It measures 294 x 183 x 252 mm, which is the height of an A4 sheet, and becomes almost invisible in the living room.
  • The total power of 4 x 200 W allows you to play music even in a very large room without amplifiers distortion.
  • It has a stereo mini jack that has the function of "transmitting the signal" to the next speaker, which makes installation from a PC very easy.
  • There is also an eco-friendly auto "sleep" feature, which is beneficial with increasing energy costs.
  • 200 watts gives SPL 107 dB
Class-AB system with transducer-matched LF and HF bi-amplification for accurate dynamics

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Why Class-AB? The duty of any amplifier is to take a small input signal and turn it into a louder output that maintains the characteristics of the original signal, and to be large enough to meet the demands of the loudspeaker it drives. While Class-A amplifiers sound great at low volumes, they waste a tremendous amount of power that is lost as heat when asked to output hundreds of Watts. And even though Class-B amplifiers are much more efficient, they tend to bring a great deal of distortion to the mix. A Class-AB amplifier combines the linear performance of Class-A with the higher efficiency performance of Class-B, producing a much better amplifier design for loudspeakers used in critical listening environments.
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There also 2 larger models with a 300 watt amplifiers for a 6.5 and 8 inch Dual Concentric

300 watts in Tannoy Gold gives SPL 110 dB

4x 300 watts is enough for even a large room

Frequency response:

GOLD 7: 65 Hz – 20 kHz ± 3 dB; 46 Hz – 20 kHz -10 dB https://www.tannoy.com/product.html?modelCode=P0CMZ

GOLD 8:
54 Hz – 20 kHz ± 3 dB; 40 Hz – 20 kHz -10 dB https://www.tannoy.com/product.html?modelCode=P0C2C

Music playback is more precise with Dual Concentric

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Discrete driver speaker systems using non-coaxial sources have an inherent design flaw in that each drive unit is an acoustic source of its own. While the components are physically aligned on one axis, they are displaced in source and can only be coherent at one specific listening point. When delays are applied to compensate for driver alignment, signals can only be aligned along a narow listening plane on one axis. Even systems with ratatable horns suffer from a significant 'suck-out' in the crossover region, and no amount of DSP processing can correct this phenomenon. The constant directivity characteristic of the Dual Concentric overcomes such time alignment problems
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Dual Concentric was offered in the 1940s and is constantly being improved

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Tannoy has produced coaxial loudspeakers, for the hi fidelity home consumer market since the early 1950s. Their "Dual Concentric" drivers early series included in order of introduction: Tannoy Blacks, Tannoy Reds, and Tannoy Golds. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coaxial_l ... Home_audio
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The Litle Gold Monitor model appeared in the golden age of hi-fi with the reigning compact cassette. They had a passive crossover and are still used by manufacturers of high-end amplifiers as a reference. Now it has served as a model for the modern active crossover range.

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Tannoy Ltd is a British manufacturer of loudspeakers and public address (PA) systems. The company was founded by Guy Fountain in London, England, as Tulsemere Manufacturing Company in 1926". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tannoy
In Britain any PA system is sometimes colloquially referred to as a Tannoy, after the company of that name, now owned by TC Electronic Group, which supplied many of the PA systems used previously in Britain https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_address_system

Multichannel playback


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This configuration is available on a PC with analog output for multi-channel audio


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The new Tanoy Gold works very well even with orthodox quadraphony, but other sockets should be chosen.

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It is no different for a traditional home theater setup.

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They are available Low Profile 18 or 15" Subwoofer This enclosure makes it ideal for mounting behind the cinema viewing screen for the ultimate in discreet subwoofer placement.

The 4,000-Watt DCS118B is a direct radiating 18" subwoofer system designed specifically for cinema installation applications. https://www.tannoy.com/product.html?modelCode=P0CAN
A dual ported bass reflex system, the DCS118B features a high powered 18" low frequency driver that provides extended low frequency response to well below 30 Hz – for chest-pounding bass. Fast and accurate transient response enables the DCS118B Subwoofer to generate copious quantities of tight low end output that is virtually distortion-free – creating a truly dynamic and immersive experience.
At home with 5 or 7 Tanoy Gold, all you need is a 15" driver for extended low frequency response to below 35 Hz and 800 Watts continuous, 3,200 Watts peak power https://www.tannoy.com/product.html?modelCode=P0CAM

Active filter in an old speaker

: 29 mar 2023, 22:03
autor: BienSoundPC
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You can also modify old speakers, which always lose their properties after a while because of the capacitors in the passive filter.. Changing capacitors is not cheap and they don't last forever. Digital active filter has longer life.

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There is no shortage of digital crossovers in the offers of music stores

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Stereo 2 way digital crossover can be bought for as little as €109. For that you only need to modify the speakers for bi-amping and you can leave the original passive filter in them. An extra amplifier is also needed, which can be used and can always be easily exchanged for an even better one. A passive filter in a speaker is always a big challenge for an amplifier, and definitely less so with an active one.

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Dyrare är modifiera 3-vägshögtalare. OMNITRONIC DXO-26E kostar 300 Euro och kräver 2 extra förstarkare.

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The AIMP worked very well with the Audio Pro A4-14 produced in Sweden in the 1970s

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The active loudspeaker was already offered in Sweden in the 1950s with a tube amplifier https://www.carlssonplanet.com/en/speak ... alscuttle/
Amplifier: Push-pull tube amplifier, OTL, Output Transformer Less with two separate channels. One for low frequencies 20 – 300 Hz and one for higher frequencies 300 – 16.000 Hz. 55dB of negative feed-back. Amplifiers located inside the cabinet.
Output tubes:Two pairs of EL86
Output power: 10 – 12 watts per channel (high freq. and low freq.).
Principle: Three way bass reflex. Active bi-amplified speaker with level adjustment for the low frequencies for adjustment to the room.
Woofer: Peerless 10 inch, 800 ohms.
Midrange: Philips 9710AM, 800 ohms
Tweeters: 4 Pcs. Peerless MT20HFC driven by a transformer with air gap.

ElectroAcoustic Converter

: 14 kwie 2023, 09:38
autor: BienSoundPC
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There's a vandal on the forum again!!!

It's sabotaging, and who knows what, so it's best to provide a safe direct link to: 4 You Music & EAC (ElectroAcoustic Converter - electric current > acoustic waves) https://audiophilepc.blogspot.com/

The subject of AIMP is discussed in the blog entries:

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64 bit programs are better for Broadcasted Music PC Receiver https://audiophilepc.blogspot.com/2022/ ... r-for.html

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BBC Sound HD free from Swedish Radio 2 https://audiophilepc.blogspot.com/2022/ ... dio-2.html

transparent casing

: 02 maja 2023, 06:27
autor: BienSoundPC
in the post above the vandal amok once again

Fortunately for those who use AIMP, there are more interesting things in the world

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A transmission line loudspeaker may, for example, be transparent
A transmission line loudspeaker is a loudspeaker enclosure design which uses the topology of an acoustic transmission line within the cabinet, compared to the simpler enclosures used by sealed (closed) or ported (bass reflex) designs. Instead of reverberating in a fairly simple damped enclosure, sound from the back of the bass speaker is directed into a long (generally folded) damped pathway within the speaker enclosure, which allows far greater control and use of speaker energy and the resulting sound.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transmiss ... oudspeaker
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Why not transparent BenSound PC for "La musique sonne bien avec cet ordinateur de bureau" and 4 Your Music. https://audiophilepc.blogspot.com/p/4-y ... order.html

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Audiophiles don't have to limit the PC to a standard form
https://audiophilepc.blogspot.com/2023/ ... limit.html

Analog records @ BienSound PC

: 16 cze 2023, 12:38
autor: BienSoundPC
Music from gramophone records can be played from a PC

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A PC is more practical than a turntable with a record changer. Popular streaming services are even more practical and have a wide range of recordings, but too often they are made available in poor quality. Attractive recordings downloaded from the network or ripped from CDs and analog discs should be stored with optimal quality on your own PC music server. Below is the short version of the information, and the longer version on the blog https://audiophilepc.blogspot.com/2023/ ... erver.html

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Digital recordings from analog can be done with simple programs

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or advanced audio editors

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The German Dual offers 4 players at different prices and they are for every type of analog discs https://hifi.dual.de/en/home-en/

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With a modern turntable and the cartridge well seated in the groove of the record, it can extract a lot of music to be stored on BienSound PC. The Danish Ortofon has a wide range of cartridges and, for example, 2M can easily change the stylus for records with 150 microns, 50 or 40. https://www.ortofon.com/hifi/

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Digital recording of music from analog discs does not make sense with modern devices with USB output, in which the tonearm usually has a cartridge called: piezoelectric, crystal, ceramic.

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Such a cartridge used to be a good alternative to the steel needle in crank turntables.

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It worked well in furniture with a tube radio, which had a built-in speaker, and a turntable was added, which already had an electric motor.

PC4uMusic multilingual on facebook

: 13 sie 2023, 10:40
autor: BienSoundPC
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PC4uMusic will ensure complete relaxation at home.

Audiophile Music Server for owners of both - attractive vinyl records and CDs as well as good equipment to listen to music, which of course applies equally to those who buy music on the stream to save to a hard drive. Relax without rituals with modern Hi-Fi recorder! Here AIMP is the reference program for playing music.

Brodcasted Music PC Reciver with good HiFi equipment provides new possibilities for streaming users and even for listening to the radio and watching TV. There are unique recordings from the European Broadcasting Union or musical diversity in the French Mezzo HD TV program, and even performances by the Metropolitan Opera in New York
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The new facebook profile for the topic of PC configuration for music playback is multilingual https://www.facebook.com/4umusicpc

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and is support for blogs on Goggle:
Acoustic converter and PC4uMusic https://audiophilepc.blogspot.com/
(se) Akustisk omvandlare och PC4uMusic https://audiofildator.blogspot.com/
(pl) Akustyczny przetwornik i PC4uMusic https://4biensoundpc.blogspot.com/

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and also websites about optimal configuration:
4 Your Music at individual order https://audiophilepc.blogspot.com/p/4-y ... order.html
(se) Musik är inget kontorsprogram https://audiofildator.blogspot.com/p/mu ... ogram.html
(pl) Muzyka to nie aplikacja biurowa https://4biensoundpc.blogspot.com/p/muz ... urowa.html
(ua) Музика не офіс програми! https://sites.google.com/site/audiophil ... 0%BC%D0%B8
(ru) Музыка не офис программы! https://sites.google.com/site/audiophil ... 0%BC%D1%8B

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Congratulations to the creator of the reference program

Artem | 2023-08-08 10:00:00
Today AIMP celebrates it 17th birthday!
http://www.aimp.ru/?do=news&id=174
and that day also released beta 5.30.2505, which supports Virtual Studio Technology and 798 kHz sampling

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You can install professional programs on your home PC like a recording studio to optimally configure the speakers for music playback. Windows also has automatic calibration available for free in the system.

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Matching speakers with furniture can also make it easier to relax with music at home.

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Even unique orthoacoustic speakers with furniture in an elegant and modest Gustavian style

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The 4 active speakers in the room with the new Microsoft configuration can provide a nice relaxation with music without disturbing others

The topics covered in this post are discussed in more detail on the blog: https://audiophilepc.blogspot.com/2023/ ... ebook.html

320 kbps for Rendezvous & LG loudspeakers

: 03 paź 2023, 08:33
autor: BienSoundPC
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Every Friday at 5.06 p.m. and in repeat Saturday at around 1 p.m. Svergies Radio offers a relaxed music mix. Latin, lounge, exotica, cool jazz, chanson - music from the 20s to the 20s. This radio show is called Rendezvous and is hosted by long-time music journalist Kristjan Saag, who also has a Spotify list. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2aAdp ... L7iwyidorr

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The PC4uMusic configuration provides a lot of pleasure while listening to the very interesting music presented in this program, which is also transmitted in a 320 kbps stream with studio sampling standard 48 kHz and precisely encoded with Advanced Audio Coding. The topic of these streamed transmissions has already been presented in the text entitled BBC Sound HD free from Swedish Radio 2 https://audiophilepc.blogspot.com/2022/ ... dio-2.html

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Great relaxation with music is ensured even by the optimal PC4uMusic setting for standard 3-way speakers with 10-inch bass and a passive crossover in which the old capacitors have not been replaced.The speakers were only matched with furniture by the Rad-Pol upholstery workshop for exhibition in the Sopot showroom.

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The speakers are powered by the also relatively inexpensive Rotel RX 950 AX. The analog signal from the PC was connected directly (main in) to the power amplifier to ensure the lowest possible risk of clipping. The manufacturer provides the power in the technical specification: 2x85 W DIN (1 kHz, 4 Ohm, 1% THD). During testing, playback is of much better quality and uses less watts. The speakers are connected to the long-proven Supra cable with oxygen-free copper (2x2.5 mm).

More https://audiophilepc.blogspot.com/2023/ ... ld-lg.html