Posts by Charles Hansen

Quote: Originally posted by Bulldogger Charles Hansen, you guys at Ayre definitely seem like "my kind of folk." It is not popular to have a separate box for video switching. Two of the best sounding pre/pros that I...

Quote: Originally posted by John Kotches Should be interesting to see how things shake out over the next couple of years. Hello - For what it's worth, my prediction is that FireWire will fail. In fact, I would...

Hello - Thanks to Andre Yew and jheoaustin for your comments on double-precision arithmetic. Best regards, Charles Hansen Ayre Acoustics, Inc.

Quote: Originally posted by AndreYew I don't understand why FireWire has to have jitter problems like you describe. Since it's such a high-bandwidth link, one could transmit data at a rate much higher than the playback...

Quote: Originally posted by sspears Would you consider it marketing hype if it can be measured? 48-bit arithmetic precision is not the DACs, but to preserve the signal to its highest integrity after many cascaded...

Quote: Originally posted by sspears So, you are saying you don't go out and buy all of your competitors products to pick apart? I really wish companies had the resources to do this. :) Hello - Geez,...

Quote: Originally posted by sspears Neither does Meridian. Hello - Thanks for the clarification, Stacey. I never claimed that the Meridian used a digital volume control. John Kotches implied that it did when...

Hello Bruce, Thanks for your interest in the forthcoming Ayre surround-sound processor. We will not include video switching in the same chassis. As you have correctly pointed out, combining the two functions into one box causes a...

Quote: Originally posted by John Kotches Charles, Actually I have been getting what you're saying all along. The problem is we're talking about two different areas. You're locked on the effective resolution of the...

Quote: Originally posted by sfogg Charles, "However, there is a different problem caused because these mixed signals may be time delayed by different amounts. This will cause comb-filtering (partial cancellation) of...