eldartford
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| question re: poor bass response In the good old days preamps had a "Loudness"control which automatically boosted the bass as volume was lowered. It was based on the Fletcher-Munson curve mentioned above. Audiophile purists stamped out Loudness controls, along with Tone controls ... | |
| Bi-amping: y-adaptors or two sets of outputs? In practice, "Two sets of outputs on the preamp" consists of a Y-adapter inside the preamp. It would be possible to have two output line drivers (fed incidentally by a Y-adapter), but I doubt very much that such a preamp exists.Minimum loading of ... | |
| Compare Maggie 1.6QR to IIIA Dewhi...The "Tweeter" in the MG1.6 is just more Mylar diaphram with lighter conductors on it. Same as the Woofer except that the conductors are metal foil rather than wires and (I think) the Mylar is thinner. In the "R" models, the tweeter is a co... | |
| Do not use stock jumpers Artmaltman...By "AU24" I suppose you mean AWG24 wire made of silver. In spite of being silver, such small wire would have much more resistance than most speaker cables. The smaller the wire the greater the benefit of biwire (according to my biwire... | |
| Compare Maggie 1.6QR to IIIA The deal on the MGIII sounds good. I wonder how the speakers sound.About the tweeters,,,replaced three years ago is ok, but they can be damaged in a few seconds.some people (like me) actually prefer the QR tweeter, the technology of which matches ... | |
| What affordable amp should go w/ magnepan 1.6? Like Zenieth, to drive MG1.6 I used an Adcom amp, a 5503, 350 wpc at 4 ohms. It was better than a 100wpc Adcom.I recently changed to CarverPro ZR1600 digital amp rated at 600 wpc into 4 ohms. The CarverPro amp costs only $840 or so via internet. I... | |
| Do not use stock jumpers Artmaltman...Sorry but I can't reverse jumpers because my speakers are biwired. Yes, biwired, something that I never thought worthwhile. But in that case I had actually come up with a theoretical reason why it might make a difference (return wire ... | |
| Red rose Affirmation made in china, any problems?? When I was a boy I lived in Malaya, which was an English colony. About half the population was Chinese, so I gained some first hand experience with Chinese people. They were our neighbors. Chinese people are very intelligent, creative, and wise. C... | |
| killer violin tracks. Itzhack Perlman..."My Favourite Kreisler" EMI CDC 7 47467 2. A 1987 recording when Itzhack was in his prime. | |
| Do not use stock jumpers Artmaltman...I went and figured. You're nuts!No offense...in one way or another, we all are :) | |
| CDs sound better when recorded to tapes? With all the talk about copyright protection on digital discs, it seems to me that one would do fine for all but the most critical listening tests, making cassette tapes on a good machine. The only drawback I see is not being able to easily select... | |
| CDs sound better when recorded to tapes? I seem to remember this issue coming up before, perhaps in context of direct to disc recording. There is some characteristic of a magnetic tape recording (on a top notch machine) that is pleasant to the ear. | |
| Does balanced interconnect sound beter than RCA? Buscis2...Lots of interesting ideas there, but I just don't think there is much relevance to home audio equipment. Your reason #3, relating to power supply demand, does not (IMHO) have much relevance to low level (eg: preamp) circuits, where the p... | |
| Does balanced interconnect sound beter than RCA? Balanced lines provide imunity to noise pickup, and are of great benefit to pro sound folk who work with a tangle of long wires. Their benefits are mostly irrelevant in the home audio situation.The higher voltage signal (4 volts vs 2) would tend t... | |
| Does "Non Compensated" Reviewing Still Exist? Sean...Good question. My reasons were as follows, generally in order of importance.1. I am familiar with the technology (from work) and I know that it has great (even revolutionary) promise.2. I researched the CarverProZR line of amps. This includ... |