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| Is no preamp really better that a good preamp? Having enough gain in a source component is not all that is necessary to get the best sound out of that component. The output stage of a good pre-amp is engineered to drive the input stage of a power amp, while any given DAC or phono stage may or ... | |
| EAT EC88 - your opinions really appreciated I talked recently to Kevin Deal, who told me he found EAT tubes to provide a lesser quality of sound than many others. No offense Beewax---Kevin said it, not me! | |
| Is it possible to down-mix stereo outs to mono amp Right you are Al, your original post wasn't up yet when I made mine. As for sound quality loss from a Y-adaptor, with the Grundig being the final link would that really be of much concern? | |
| TheVinylPress.com Bill---Unbelievably (considering my age, which should have made me part of it's target audience---I wasn't, by choice), I until recently had never seen Woodstock the movie. The Band's set was not included, and they were the only Woodstock performe... | |
| It Was 40 Years Ago Today... Going back to the sources (something I'm prone to do, as an amateur musicologist---aren't we all?!), I've always preferred both Albert (whom I saw live in '68---fantastic!) and Freddie to B.B. The defining characteristic of B.B.'s playing is that ... | |
| Linn Karik's CD drawer cannot be closed The 80's 5-series was a good car too. My '83 lasted me twenty years and over 200,000 miles, at which time parts cost made keeping it running any longer a bad investment.But the gears and belts for CD transports can be found cheap on ebay. The draw... | |
| Stand out phono stages Jwilsco---A more complete and detailed explanation is that sources other than a record player (turntable/tonearm/cartridge) have an output voltage of 1 to two volts, commonly. The non-phono inputs on a pre-amp/integrated amp/receiver provide about... | |
| Is it possible to down-mix stereo outs to mono amp Sure, all you need in a Y-adaptor jack or Y-cable. The jack has two RCA jacks at one end (into which the RCA plugs of the stereo cable coming from your source are plugged into) and one RCA plug at the other (which goes into the single input jack o... | |
| It Was 40 Years Ago Today... I forgot one thing. I agree with you Marty, my description of the ingredients necessary for a recipe to be Rock n' Roll IS too narrow, and was said mostly as a means of explaining why I don't consider what Springsteen does to being R & R. Whil... | |
| It Was 40 Years Ago Today... I was away for a few days, and missed all the excitement!Marty, I have the live ABBA CD, but haven't listened to it yet (it's only been, what, ten years? I have about 6,000 of them left from my days as the Indi CD buyer at a Tower Records store, m... | |
| Well Tempered Signature turntable and arm Yeah, but 8 power tubes for only 60w! Double that for two channels. I didn't ask Elliot why he was giving up the Atma-Sphere line. I know he liked the Joule products a lot, but that was a while back. | |
| Rock: well recorded bass...60s/70s One last note on a related matter, that of a musician's "taste". When a musician has attained a certain level of technical proficiency, he will (hopefully) come to realize that technique is of value only in the service of playing what that musicia... | |
| Quad 2905 ESL Arcing Sparks That is great news Goofyfoot, I'll have to look into that. I already have the Quad voltage clamps which limit the input to them. | |
| Rock: well recorded bass...60s/70s Oh, here's something some may find interesting: The piano part in the middle of "Layla" was composed and played by drummer Jim Gordon. Jim was a 1st call session drummer in L.A. whom George Harrison had brought over to England, to play on his firs... | |
| Rock: well recorded bass...60s/70s Sorry for my sometimes "tone", Ghosthouse. When I use a work like "stinks" to characterize the quality of, say, a Group/Band's playing, it is done in a very literal sense. In other words, it means they play poorly, objectively. That does not neces... |