jeff_jones
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| Do we believe in Machina Dynamics? As far as the brilliant pebbles, weight loading components is pretty well excepted as a tweak that can sometimes have a positive effect. I haven't bought the pretty rocks or other expensive means to do this, but I suspect that some folks have used... | |
| Balanced in phono stages preamp? Anyone have access to a VKP10 schematic? My curiosity is tweaked now, I'd like to see if there is any difference to the balanced input connection downstream of the connectors. | |
| Balanced in phono stages preamp? Jfrech - No step up. Gain switch to high. Balanced output to pre (full balanced through pre to power amp). Shelter 90x. To my ear the main difference is reduced background noise. Lewm - didn't mean to say that balanced was bad just that there were... | |
| Balanced in phono stages preamp? There is an exception to every rule I reckon. I've got a VKP10SE and I like it a lot better with the input connection unbalanced. To the second half of the original question, I think the answer is no. Some great phono stages give you the balanced ... | |
| Effects of voltage converters. For pricey audio stuff a well built and slightly oversized outboard transformer is an option, this gives you some cleaning of the ac line as a bonus. Sola is a good brand if you want a regulated (somewhat immune to normal voltage swings in your ac... | |
| Best Recording of Traffic: Low Spark Anybody understand the meaning of the title track? I've burned many a brain cell trying. | |
| Benz Micro Ace upgrade to H2, any opinions? Have also been thinking about trying a Benz and so far it seems like info / shared insights / reviews are few and far between. Have read or been told the following, which may or may not be true; Their is a nice jump in quality when you step up to ... | |
| ARCAM CD23 Transformer Buzzzzzzzzz Never had a transformer buzz in my cd23. Had a couple arcam alpha 10 amps that both buzzed, quite loud sometimes, until I tightened up my neutral connections in my circuit breaker panel. This completely fixed the problem. AC appeared fine on my vo... | |
| Tripping Breakers Sounds like the KW500 has a short and fairly large fuses? Sometimes you can see or smell what is fried by popping the cover off (after ac power disconnected and caps are discharged!) and giving everything a good look see. Other thing, if it is tri... | |
| type of house wire 10/3 solid copper, standard romex(BSEE U of I, fwiw). To Lacee's question, the 10 solid copper is a bit lower in resistance than 10 stranded and will give you a bit more of a solid buss back to your fuse or breaker panel, not that this is a big de... | |
| How to properly isolate a turntable? Tried everything except a wall mount and 300-500 lb granite platform (couldn't make the wall mount work in my room & didn't want to gamble on the platform). Moved the table in the end. If you have suspended wood floors, low frequency feedback ... | |
| Rumbling ? I had the same symptoms. My problem was low frequency feedback. The final solution for me was using 30 foot long interconnects between the phono pre-amp & pre-amp, which allowed me to move the turn table well away from my speakers. Playing wit... | |
| Replacing stock cables: where to start Audphile1 - If I didn't address the question my apologies to you and the author of the post. I agree with your statement that you hear what you hear. My advice is to try the cheapest cords you can find of sufficient gauge, test them against any co... | |
| Replacing stock cables: where to start Audphile1 - No issues here. I suspect, but don't know, that the reason power cords are not a worthwhile investment to me is your item #2. Most of my equipment has pretty robust filtering, by the time the ac gets all the way to the dc buss it has s... | |
| Replacing stock cables: where to start I'm fussy about my ic's and speaker cables but never found a power cord that sounded any better to me than what you get for $10.00 at Wal-Mart. Your own experience may differ and it is reasonable to assume that it is somewhat dependent upon differ... |