elizabeth
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| Neutral or warm? Which do you prefer? My freak things are clarity and upper frequency perfection.Those need to be perfect as can bee attained.The rest is better in the neutral range than warm.Though not to the point of being clinical.. | |
| Questioning a/c isolation for digital.? I use a separate power conditioner for my digital stuff.After reading about using alternative AC power frequencies in Stereophile, I searched for a conditioner which could provide alternate power frequencies.Seettled on a PS Audio P600 with the op... | |
| How to increase the gain on a preamp Lewm: it is what makes sense. No other issues have that combination of problems.Common sense based on experience.If you do not see it perfectly clearly.. Sorry. It is clear as day to me. | |
| How to increase the gain on a preamp Sitation normal. Your preamp has gain only for a movingmagnet cartridge, or a high gain moving coil.You cart is most likely a lower gain type.You need a step up transformer for your cart, or buya high gain cart. | |
| Best Power Cable for less than $100 Pangea has decent lower priced powercords. All of my IEC cords are Pangea. | |
| Pre-amps with seperate power supplies ..... I own three peramps with separate power supplies.Bryston BP-26Audio research Sp-15VAC StandardEach is nice in it's own way.I am not big on aftermarket upgrades to my stuff. | |
| Is a dimmer noisy when it's turned OFF? No. A standard lamp dimmer adds no noise to the powerline when it is turned completely off. | |
| Question on Gallo Reference 3.5 The 'SST' 'SST²' will sound better than your 4B.The 7s will have more power, and work well. The 'power handling' means what the company would suggest as the power needed to really play loud.The only danger with having a lot more power avaialble wo... | |
| Adcom Amplifier Speaker Protection Speaker protection is the speaker manufacturers problem, not the map makers.I really never hear much of amp taking out speakers unless the speakers are being played way way too loud.No special reason to worry about Adcom amps in that respect. | |
| Marantz SA-14 acting up It may use a belt to open and close the tray. If so that is most likely worn. It may be the bearings the belt pulley moves on.Or needing some grease.Usually a tray popping back open is stuff caught in the mechanism. Might be hairs caught in there.... | |
| Why are wireless headphones so rare? When I was a kid we had to plod through neck high snow with ten foot drifts in temps 20 below zero, gale winds, and thitry miles to the unheated one room school through thick underbrush.. fighting off the packs of hungry wolves with only sticks.. ... | |
| Problem with Turntable leveling? Yeah, antiskate setting is moving the arm as it falls.Not a lot to do about it.Though perhaps wiping the lift bar (if you have one) off with alcohol.And flipping the drop lever more slowly, instead of fast.The arm now is free floating down, if you... | |
| Why are wireless headphones so rare? The point was no wire.. Why bother with a battery pack and a wire, when all you needed was the wire to the player? | |
| Has any one heard Kimber over audio quest? I have owned AQ stuff and have to say never again.AQ wire insulation rots,So I used Kimber. Never any problem.You opinion may vary. But for me, I would not use AQ shit unless I got it for free. | |
| To splice or not to splice? Short interconnects are a mistake. Invariably later on you are pissed that your once great IC are now 2" to damn short to work.Been there done that.Short sightedness is a flaw we can all overcome.Save them. Sooner or p=later you will be glad you d... |