eldartford
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| Is there any obvious advantage for monoblocks? Subaruguru...We agree! (Something must be wrong here). All my power amps and electronic crossovers live in the cellar, and have done so for decades. Besides, that way you can hide from your audiophile buddies the fact that your amps don't carry hi... | |
| Audioquest Dialectric-Bias System Why can't you accomplish the same thing by misadjustment of the amp bias? Also, batteries have rather high internal resistance. | |
| Top Audio Designers Of All Time? Sorry guys, but depending on your definition of "top" it is arguably Bose. $$$$$$$$$.Actually, in 1956, when Bose was a MIT prof, he had a multidriver (I think it was 24) speaker system set up in the MIT music library that was cutting edge technol... | |
| Cable Hook-up / Direction needed for Moron The signal does not "flow". The arrow just tells you at which end the shield is tied to ground. The arrow points away from that end. Usually grounding the shield at the source component (eg: preamp) is most effective for noise rejection, but not a... | |
| Is there any obvious advantage for monoblocks? High power capability, that you can still pick up and carry.Short speaker wires/long interconnects... probably a wash.Separation (low crosstalk) is a myth unless your stereo amp is a clunker. | |
| Calling all analog experts I agree that the best pickup I ever had was MC, but for practical reasons I now use a Shure V15MR, and it ain't bad at all. Two points with reference to prior comments.1. I don't think that trackability explains MC superiority. No cartridge beats ... | |
| Carver Power Amps Ears...I made a typo.. it is less than $900, but may be down to $800 by the time you order. I was going to order one and give it the listening test. But then I really needed three channels for the Maggies, that meant two Carvers. But that left one... | |
| Carver Power Amps Pro sound amps, which Carver now makes, are serious business, not a hobby, and performance (and price) sells. The current Carver ZR 1600 (PWM digital)is specd both at 1 khz and for 20 to 20KHz, 660 and 600 watts respectively into 4 ohms. Not much ... | |
| What Equipment Remains In Your System Long Term? Luxman T14 FM tuner. Really beautiful slim design, ergonomic controls and indicators, with top notch performance. | |
| Carver Power Amps It's hard to imagine that any audio power amp would have problems in the LF range. That's the easy part. Making it work well at high audio frequencies (above 10KHz) is harder. | |
| Calling all analog experts Jasonic...These threads do tend to evolve into discussions related to, but not directly answering the original question. Frankly, we often answer one of the prior posters, rather than the original thread author. In this case Dougdeacon's mention o... | |
| Calling all analog experts A general comment from an engineer with long experience in the design and testing of precision servo loops..If you want to maintain precise uniformity of mechanical motion (such as RPM of a turntable) in spite of variable drag and/or motor torque,... | |
| Gilmore Audio planars revealed I really don't blame Sellerwith... for taking a break. I am beginning to feel sorry for him, like the poor bank loan officer in the Ditech TV ads. | |
| What are the most under-appreciated products? Eico tube amp kits. Comparable to Dyna Kits (later Dynaco) for less money. Ah for the good old days when matched KT 88's went for $25. | |
| Inactive speakers in the room...any effect? Linn is the "certain British manufacturer" who tried to pressure dealers into having a dedicated Linn room. The extra speaker thing was part of it. |