herman
Responses from herman
| Furthest reception from your tuner and how? If by 4-6 hours you mean 200-300 miles then it will be impossible to pick up FM stations from that distance. FM is basically line of sight and at 200 miles you are well beyond the horizon. | |
| CD format war and resultant music players This is not exotica, basically the computer just replaces the transport. Computerized music is the same as CD music in the sense that it is the same data so it doesn't matter if Levinson gets on board or not. It just a more convenient way to store... | |
| CD format war and resultant music players There is no longer any need for a new media. Download speeds continue to increase and storage is cheap. The iPod generation is not going to be buying little plastic discs to get their music. Computer based servers and either hard drives or some fo... | |
| Audio Dealers to visit in Memphis, TN? Underground Sound, like so many others, is a mere shadow of it's former self. At their old, downtown location they had numerous listening rooms with great systems. They are now in a strip mall in the burbs and the last time I was there they had a ... | |
| Sound traps/acoustic panels to improve the sound I totally agree with Duke about your situation. The last thing you want is more absorption. I disagree with the diffusion, first reflection stuff but that is not the issue you're dealing with here.I was in Duke's camp until I tried this stuff. htt... | |
| Biwired-Dunlavy V- Bass reduced why? Are you sure you didn't reverse the polarity on one of the woofers or the wires are mislabeled? Reverse the leads to one woofer and see if you get more bass.Maybe you had too much bass before and now it is the correct level? | |
| what is good music? I agree with Jond, except for the music that he likes but I dislike, which of course is bad music. | |
| High Current / Low Current / No Current ?????? The max current stays constant whether 4 or 8 ohms (assuming the output transformer has both taps) but the max voltage changes. An 80 watt tube amp will deliver the same watts & current to both a 4 ohm or 8 ohm speaker, but the 4 ohm speaker w... | |
| Preamp gain vs. poweramp sensitivity Clio, I think I did yours incorrectly. It may be capable of 300W, but if the rating is 225W with a .8V input, to get 300W would take an input voltage higher than .8V.To get 225W into 8 ohms takes 42.4V42.4 divided by .8 = a gain of 5320 log 53 = 3... | |
| Preamp gain vs. poweramp sensitivity 250 watts per channel in to 8 Ohms with 26.6 db of gain.26.6 dB..... 10 to the power of (26.6/20) = gain of 21.4 250W into 8 ohms takes 44.7V because ((44.7 squared)/8) = 25044.7V divided by 21.4 = sensitivity of about 2.1V .8V sensitivity and pu... | |
| CDP to replace vinyl The most expensive Naim you can afford. The CDX2 is a great unit and from there it only gets better.However, no matter what you get it won't be better than your vinyl. | |
| Isolating the listening chair? I've had better luck with high mass dampening. Placing a large sandbag on top of my head snaps the soundstage into focus and increases air around instruments. | |
| Preamp gain vs. poweramp sensitivity I agree with the responses about the passive. While your setup is certainly a great textbook match for a passive, some will still prefer an active stage. The good news is you can get a used passive and sell it at no loss if you don't like it. Pers... | |
| Preamp gain vs. poweramp sensitivity Gain and sensitivity are actually 2 ways of talking about the same thing. One can be calculated from the other.Sensitivity tells you how much input voltage it takes to drive the amp to full power, 600 mV is actually on the low side as many amps ta... | |
| Audiophile Electrocution electrocuted- but livedDan, he might have been electrocuted, or he might have been shocked and lived, but he didn't do both.electrocution = electrical + execution. By definition it is always fatal.I suggest staying away from this guy. |