opaqueice Wrote: > This debate over DC is irrelevant for at least three different reasons: > > 1). The primary signal I tested DOES NOT HAVE a DC offset. I removed > it precisely so as not to worry about this. > > 2). The amp would probably filter it out anyway (something as simple > as a cap would do that). > > 3). Even if it were present and the amp left it, there's no reason it > would be bad for speakers any more than a 20 Hz plus 1000 Hz tone is > "bad for your speakers". DC deposits exactly zero power on the speaker > cones. All it does is make them oscillate from a slightly displaced > equilibrium position. So long as the total DC level plus the highest > AC level is less than the max voltage the speakers can tolerate, there > shouldn't be any problem. In this case if you think about how I > generated the signal it's obviously not a problem, as the total level > is far below the max. > > There's a much more interesting issue here, which is that the absolute > phase was audible for some reason...
You are probably just imagining things. -- P Floding ------------------------------------------------------------------------ P Floding's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2932 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=23759 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
