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| Preamp for audio research ref110 It's all good, but to me it's OK to live few days with unbalanced depleted signal. ARC preamps have very high line-stage gain so the volume won't be deficient at all till the other unit arrives.This does not see a good suggestion to me! In addit... | |
| Help choose best amp/preamp combo? Usually any impedance over 10k is considered high and acceptable by most preamps. The more sensitive preamps will start to roll off high frequencies as the amplifier impedance drops or the volume control is changed.This statement is not correc... | |
| What is more accurate: magnetic anti-skating, or barrel weight attached a fishline? In a conversation I had with Tri Mai of Triplanar he pointed out that there is no industry standard for how much anti-skate to apply. Further, it does appear that the amount of skating force is dependent on the geometry as well as the shape of the... | |
| JBL Everest DD67000 vs. Avantgarde Duo Mezzo I imagine you are an engineer associated with this company: http://www.atma-sphere.com/Hello gdhal, your surmise is correct. | |
| 5% THD to .000 THD SOUND This is a complex topic. But if you understand how the ear works it gets easier. So let's start there.Here are the human hearing/perceptual rules that are most important regarding this topic. There are three. They are:1) the human ear/brain system... | |
| DALI MEGALINE AMPS & CROSSOVER Albert had a custom tube crossover made of which he was emphatic that it made a huge difference- by comparison the stock crossover was so much junk. The crossover was built by Tom Tutay who does not go on the web- you have to call him. The last nu... | |
| JBL Everest DD67000 vs. Avantgarde Duo Mezzo whart, according to the spec they are 96db efficient. I would consider that "crazy efficient".The Everest is at the very bottom of what might be considered high efficiency and at the high end of what is considered moderate efficiency. The woofer a... | |
| A friend told me JBL DD67000 is actually very bad speaker, is it true? The Everest is excellent. It really is intended for either solid state amplifiers or tube amps employing lots of loop negative feedback. | |
| Cable Controversy In contrast: Regarding balanced cables, at least one experienced poster and equipment designer has stated here that all balanced cables perform identically, once a few basic design parameters are met.I know I subscribe to this.And its not becaus... | |
| Question about neutrality and transparency in an amp One thing to keep in mind in a conversation like this is that the human ear/brain system converts all forms of distortion into tonality.Tubes are often docked for having a 'warm' sound- this is often due to the presence of a second harmonic. Trans... | |
| Loudspeakers have we really made that much progress since the 1930s? ^^ you are better at this than I. That is what I was trying to say for all that text. | |
| Should I buy a Class A Amp. My amp sounds better with some types of music than others. I base my findings on empirical evidence and what I hear, not on theory.I would regard this statement as 100% correct and inviable- I can say exactly the same thing about my stereo. Some m... | |
| Should I buy a Class A Amp. Could it be said that Class A amps, like Pass for example, play better on certain types of music? Better classical than rock, for instance? Not really. The requirements of an amplifier do not vary according to the music. As I said before, the id... | |
| Loudspeakers have we really made that much progress since the 1930s? So..it appears that John is right, there is no innovation in a true meaning of it, just some improvements in certain areas, maybe.Speaking of cars, not from 30s. The original BMW M3, small and light, was a true driver's car. The same with Porsc... | |
| Tube Phono Stage with balls, and slam!! Lions and tigers and bears, oh my! The Manley Steelhead is a hybrid. Oh the humanity; solid state and tubes in a single unit, what is the world coming to?Yeah- stuff doesn't have to be all tube or all solid state to work. |