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| File Under Misc. Audio Musings--Do any famous/infamous people qualify as audiophiles? Clint Eastwood:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clint_Eastwood#Musical_interestsNot sure if the Rockport turntable the article says he owns is the same model as the one Stereophile reviewed back in the year 2000, but that model cost $73K at the time... | |
| The Carver Amp Challenge and the 21st Century and it's Failure Good thread, Erik, and good points in your OP!To clarify some historical facts about the "Carver Challenge":Aczel’s preprint of the amp matching effort Carver performed under his auspices was written sometime prior to January, 1983, while the Ster... | |
| Splitter question My hunch is that you won’t be able to hear a difference in sound quality using the SYS and you’ll appreciate being able to attenuate signal levels as needed between the two sources. I agree, assuming the two source components are solid state.Given... | |
| Splitter question While there are some circumstances in which routing two outputs to one input with a splitter would work ok, there are many more circumstances in which the results will be either what you have described, or very poor sonics, or possibly even damage... | |
| RIAA, Questions only please Yes, Imhififan has provided us with an outstanding reference on the subject. (Just as he had done, btw, in an unrelated thread not too long ago in which I and Roger had also been participating, which helped bring all parties to agreement). Thanks!... | |
| RIAA, Questions only please Ramtubes 3-1-2019 Here is something to consider. What if we didnt use RIAA or any EQ in making a record. If we recorded a constant voltage sweep from 20 to 20Khz and looked at it under a microscope what might we see? When we played the final produ... | |
| Speaker wiring question @Freediver, what I said is correct. If the two sets of terminals are connected by jumpers, and let’s say the + wire from the amp is connected to the HF (high frequency) + terminal and the - wire from the amp is connected to the LF (low frequency) ... | |
| Speaker wiring question @Metman, what you asked about in your initial post is referred to as a diagonal connection configuration. In various past threads here **some** members have reported finding that configuration to be preferable to connecting both wires to the low f... | |
| RIAA, Questions only please Tammy, here is a link to the deleted thread that has been referred to above by ct0517 and others:https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/how-does-riaa-pre-emphasis-work-on-reducing-record-noiseBest regards,-- Al | |
| Whats the deal? Why do people, myself included, place so much emphasis on build quality and appearance over sound? ... Why oh why do we spend all kinds of $ trying to make speakers that we don’t like sound like speakers that we do like.Wouldn’t it just be easier ... | |
| Why do some manufacturers reverse preamp polarity in the first place? A point that hasn't been mentioned is that when the setting of the polarity switch that is provided on some components is changed, in addition to the polarity of the music signal being inverted the sonics of the component could conceivably change,... | |
| RIAA, Questions only please Atmasphere 2-28-2019 At one point you were insisting that the cutter’s constant velocity characteristic was compensated by that of the cartridge....Hi Ralph, Actually it wasn’t Roger who asserted that. I stated that based on what was said in the f... | |
| Stereo pre-amps with dual outs for bi-amping and a subwoofer line out A point to be aware of is that most preamp and line stage designs which provide two pairs of RCA outputs drive both of them from the same output stage, and simply jumper the two connectors for each channel together inside the rear panel. And likew... | |
| Phono switch box cable question While it may or may not make much difference, it would be preferable for all three cable sets to have low capacitance. See the post by JCarr (Lyra cartridge designer Jonathan Carr) dated 8-14-2010 in the following thread:https://forum.audiogon.com... | |
| Backert Labs Rhumba preamp Glad I was helpful, Milpai, and thanks for the nice words as well as for the comprehensive update. But more importantly I'm glad it worked out so well for you. Enjoy! Best regards,-- Al |