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| Thinking about selling my CD collection = MP3 Click here for a long boring discussion on the legality of it. After this discussion I came to a few conclusions based on the idea that what you are buying is not a physical item as much as the right to listen to the music when you want to. The di... | |
| Passive Pre - No Regrets? I know that creating a system around a coloration will not work in the face of creating a system around no coloration. Synergies in effect do not work.I agree that it is a worthwhile goal to build a component that is completly neutral (straight wi... | |
| Amplifiers: High Current? High Voltage? Peter, you are correct. Most amps are designed to act as voltage sources. An amp designed to be a current source is called a transconductance amp and their use is limited because they don't work well with most conventional 2 and 3 way speaker desi... | |
| Passive Pre - No Regrets? The issue of DC on an output would not be solved by any of these controls, but I should nave been more clear. My point was that even though DC on an output would be a problem for an autoformer, this didn't strike me as a real life problem since re... | |
| Passive Pre - No Regrets? Unless I missed something, all of this talk of transformer vs. autoformer is pure speculation. I don't see where anybody posting has actually compared.Neither have I, but the link I gave to Intact Audio has an active forum with people I know, and ... | |
| Best way to copy LPs to CD's using a Computer The pain-in-the-butt factor is purely personal preference, and if I have the record I don't see much reason to digitize it as I would rather listen to the record when I'm home. I have over 2,000 CDs ripped so that is plenty of portable music if I ... | |
| Best way to copy LPs to CD's using a Computer If you buy an analog-digital converter it will come with a software package. Go to pro audio sites like this to see what is available. The Lexicon Omega is a nice little unit that comes with CuBase LE, which is a very powerful program and widely u... | |
| do NAIM cdp sound good only with Naim components? I've heard many times that Naim cdps work at their best with special naim interconnect,otherwise they loose something of their true potential.That might be true if using a Naim preamp but impossible to verify using another brand. You can't do a co... | |
| Phono preamp evolution Some of these I bought as upgrades and some were downgrades for cash flow reasons, None of them were bad so take my comments as being relative to the whole body of phono stages and a negative comment not a fatal flaw for those critiqued. I can't r... | |
| do NAIM cdp sound good only with Naim components? No, I know that some, and maybe all of them now come with RCA outputs as well as DIN connectors. Even those that only have DIN connectors can be used with DIN-RCA adapters. They are very nice players that sound good with a wide variety of components. | |
| Passive Pre - No Regrets? Here's another one for you. Intact Audio A transformer winder from hell. With discussion on how to tune the transformers to your system. Not for the faint of heart but results can be stupendous if you are willing to invest the time and effort to o... | |
| Passive Pre - No Regrets? Mr. Sphere, So if the volume control is connected to the first stage of an amp by a few inches of wire that is OK, but if it is connected by a few feet then that is bad? I don't buy it. The difference in impedance of 3 feet of wire vs. 3 inches of... | |
| Passive Pre - No Regrets? Gmood, where did you put your buffer and what did you use?What you have is basically an active preamp broken into several sections. An active preamp usually consists of some switching - maybe an active gain stage that also acts as a buffer - passi... | |
| Passive Pre - No Regrets? There is a lot of confusion about this. The volume control in a passive is no different than the volume control in any active preamp. It is in a different box so you neeed cables to hook it up, that's the only difference. The volume control inside... | |
| Conrad Johnson Act 2 series 2 First Impressions Is that true, you are a dealer and didn't identify yourself? |