brjoon1021

https://www.gammaelectronics.xyz/audio_013-1985_carver.html What do you folks think of this? Should I go by its measurements? I am not interested in turning it into a project so I suppose, 'yes" is the answer. It is a little distressing that there can be unit to unit variation... But I am not going to do any measurements or pay anyone to do them. Do any of you use the circuit either in acd player, standalone, etc...? I like it! Just curious what others have found

Thanks for responding. Surely somewhere there are numbers. I mean Carver was big on specs.... maybe somebody will have them or know where I can find them

Hello all, Thank you for your help before. Still using my digital time lens standalone. I like it. I think I can get more use out of it by understanding its Equalization curve and that's where I need help. I want to use the parametric EQ on my streamer to reverse the DTLs Equalization for some tracks that sound a little bit flat or dark with the DTL EQ in place. I can't find any accurate specs about the EQ curve used in the DTL. There's an old audio Magazine review from 1985 which gives one figure and chat GPT brings back numbers less than half those in the audio Magazine review. Audio magazine says there is a 2.4 DB increase at 145 HZ and a 2.1 DB cut at 3.1 kilohertz I have done several AI searches and looked all over the web myself for specs. As I mentioned, I'm finding conflicting information which might be due to a possible difference between DTL and soft EQ? I think maybe chat GPT found an obscure review of soft EQ? As its numbers are about 1 dB changes at those same frequencies. Whether that's an evolution in the circuit or I'm finding bad data I don't know I really don't want to "use my ears" so to speak. I want to know what the actual EQ implemented by my device is and then set 10 parametric EQ settings reducing that by 10% each step to being completely flat ( Total reverse of DTL EQ). Do any of you know anything that can help me? And that's step one... once I know what the actual EQ parameters are I have to figure out the Q factor for the parametric EQ, but I assume a pretty gentle slope would be the ticket as I believe analog circuits such as the dtl are going to be quite Broad and not a peak at the EQ points Thanks!!!!!

Thank you all.

I thought a preamp put out considerably more than the two volts that the DTL would be expecting at the input? Wouldn't The preamps output going into the DTL's input be an overgain (maybe even distortion) situation?

Thanks Gentlemen I have an audible illusions modulus 2D tube preamp. It is about the same vintage as the DTL. The way it's buttons for selecting inputs work it seems that I have a phono and 3 line level inputs. Whether that can be configured to do what we are talking about, I do not know. Thanks again!

Hello all, This is my first post. I have the standalone digital time lens unit. I like it and I use it now and again depending on the source material and how I feel.. I have more than one digital source though. I am wondering is it okay to place the digital time lens between the preamp and amp that arrangement would enable me to use it with every source? Or, does it have to come between the source and the preamp ? Sorry if it's a dumb question.. A lot of people have read this so far nobody answered ... I turned the dither up and I think I like it better? Have any of you fiddled with the dither and do you think it does or should make a difference by adjusting it?