eldartford
Responses from eldartford
| How can I learn how to fix equipment Too bad that Heathkit went out of business. | |
| Clever Little Clock - high-end audio insanity? .An audiophile named WellfedIs trying to get in my headHe says that this clockMakes a Bose really rockBut I think I'l do cryo instead. | |
| Vinyl lovers--in case you haven't tried this yet .Zaikesman...Another thought. Playing a Mono LP without engaging the MONO switch on the preamp is foolish. Here is a little experiment for you. Bridge your power amps with a speaker. (You may want to disconnect the regular speakers to avoid too lo... | |
| nad s300 , 200 watts 4 ohms? .In general gain can be high or low regardless of whether connections are balanced or unbalanced. It depends on design of the equipment. If you have a particular piece of equipment that has provision for either balanced or unbalanced connections i... | |
| Vinyl lovers--in case you haven't tried this yet Zaikesman....1..When playing a mono recording a different stylus may be better...not the large diameter one for old 78s but perhaps not line contact either.2..Really old mono cartriges did have low compliance for vertical modulation, and we were w... | |
| Searching for power amps with low damping factor. Pray tell...why do you want low damping? I thought that higher is better. | |
| UcD vs TriPath Digital amps. Drubin...It's not that I dislike the Maggie ribbon. Rather, I like the QR approach just as much. I did listen to both, and I could not hear any reason to pay so much more for the MG3.6. The QR does have the advantage of using the same technology a... | |
| nad s300 , 200 watts 4 ohms? How far you turn up the volume has nothing to do with the power capability of the amp. It has to do with GAIN (volts out/volts in). A low power amp can have high gain, and under normal listening conditions play louder than a high powered amp, but ... | |
| UcD vs TriPath Digital amps. Just to close out my observations about the CI D200 in my system...Physically attaching the amps to the MG1.6 speakers proved impractical mostly because there would be both a line cord and a signal cable to drag around when moving the speakers. In... | |
| Clever Little Clock - high-end audio insanity? Valinar...Remember the fencer, named Fisk?Whose fencing was incredibly briskSo rapid his actionFitzgerald's contractionConverted his rapier to a disk.. | |
| Vinyl lovers--in case you haven't tried this yet .1. I presume you are still listening through two speakers, even though the program is mono. Before stereo came along the very best systems were using two speakers for mono. This avoids the effect of listening through a "hole in the wall" and prov... | |
| hum from nearby high-tension wires? If you can't drive a rod down into earth, another approach is a metalic mat, say 4X8 feet, which you bury as deep as posible. | |
| Tubes and microphonics All tubes are microphonic, but some tubes are more microphonic than others. And it makes a difference where in the amplifier circuit the tube is used.A severe case of microphonics is certainly bad. However, it may be the case that a trace of micro... | |
| MC transformers - what do they sound like? When I had MC pickups I initially used a Signet transformer that was almost the size of a beer can, which I gather is larger than most. I was very skeptical about the merits of a transformer, and it was only after I abandoned it and went on to act... | |
| Clever Little Clock - high-end audio insanity? .Wellfed...Thankyou for the statement.Guilty as charged.NEXT CASE.. |