marakanetz
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| 2ch to 1ch... Stereo to Mono issues. Kr4,I should've known the shunting case!I should've recalled Bryston preamps that have MUTE switch that basically switches the preamp to MONO thus reducing an output signal by 20dB simply by shunting whattafool!I guess I should use transformer to ... | |
| Totem Forrest or Vandersteen 3A Sig? I'm the happy owner of Forrest and I did audition 3A. In fact I like them both but 3A is not great for near-field and requires much larger space than Forrest. Becides Forrest does not compromise in "size" of sound to 3A despite being quite small a... | |
| Sumiko BPS $350 is the highest retail price on BPS. It could be acquired for much less brand new@$220. | |
| Want More Bass Why did you switch to tubes?Do you like the rest of sound except bass quantity or the bass is your main consern?If that's the case you should get either sub or the speaker that goes deeper with bass and have higher efficiency.You may also vary som... | |
| What's under YOUR turntable? I use 3/4" Walker Audio disks as a part from Valid Points under Michell Gyro SE. The motor is elevated with three 3/4" equal pieces of cork wine-bottle lid. | |
| Sumiko BPS Wat's the point getting BPS with BROKEN stylus???I'd understand Koetsu Lyra or VDH but BPSSSSS??????Don't waste your time you can get much better one for the repair you're going to spend. | |
| Gear in Albert,In fact I stated basing on Rcprince first responce as his amplifier has only the input stage powered no DC to the output stage during stand-by.Any sence running it 24/7 in that case on stand-by or I guess the best way to leave it COMPLETELY... | |
| Replacement cartridge? Be optimistic since you can get much better cartridge for the value of BPS or even less! The best replacement and significant upgrade over BPS will be Dynavector 10x4 for nearly the same amount of BPS' MSRP or even less. If you catch some good dea... | |
| Gear in Albert,If DC offsets are turned off in stand-by mode from the output devices than I see less sence leaving an amplifier on all the time.The 75% of wormup time takes to establish DC offsets and getting an output devices to the higher temperature. S... | |
| Vandersteen users: How low can you go with tubes 50W OK 80W certainly better. Vandies will benefit from higher power but so as they someway will from tubes(as any other speaker depending on one's tastes). In your budget I'd go for Quicksilver M60 monos with KT90 that will swing them at 90W/ch or... | |
| Gear in In general, Ohm's Law is valid only in 293K temperature and so all of the values of wires, resistors, capacitors and other passive or active elements are specified. Amplification components run at slightly higher temperatures and as they're suppos... | |
| Something wrong with the Studio 100 v.2? Good luck educating your baby daughter!:-) | |
| "Parts upgrade" on crossovers -Any experiences? That's where I wouldn't mess up at all. There are a particular values placed and zillion times tested for a particular optimal crossover point. All you might do is just ruin it to the different parameters and don't try to force yourself that your ... | |
| spend more money on pre or power amp ? There are tons of different approaches selecting an amplifier but at first it should match speakers.There are many 'philes would say that preamp is the most important component in the system as the general rule of thumb but far far far it is not. ... | |
| The heat of tubes... Thomas, How about listening naked? |