marakanetz
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| $3000 MF a3.2 seperates or Arye Integrated or ? Placette passive $900 used and VTL MB125 used $1600(input sencitivity 0.6V) works magics with low-efficient speakers .Note I stated the maximum prices and you can get away cheaper.If you will buy these components new you'll still be not to far awa... | |
| General DIY Soldering Questions Sean, you're 100% right about selecting soldering irons or stations. I realized when I used RadioSnack soldering 20...40W station. It burned down after 10hours of using and figured more expencive for a good quality one is actually alot cheaper. | |
| Talon Khorus - Why So Many So Cheap? They're initially overpriced v.s. performance. | |
| Avantgarde Solos That's one of the best products made by avantgarde and it doesn't sound that "horny". They can perform great in small and mid-sized rooms, giving superb soundstaging and imaging. Not a bad bargain as well. If you order them from Germany you can sa... | |
| Demagnetizing my cartridge? how? how much$$$? For MM cartridge if you de-magnetize the cartridge simply will not work and the magnet isn't going to move.For MC cartridge you need demagnetizing no often than once per 400 hours or OK not to demagnetize at all since demagnetizing brings almost n... | |
| Totem's "Hawk" and "Forrest":How Hi-End Are They? One more thing that is realy in common to all smaller Totem speakers and monitors:They're all designed for relatively small rooms and therefore the demand on efficiency is low. They all have superb imaging and staging even including the cheapest f... | |
| Help with speaker upgrade Consider Dyna 3.3 your main contender and the most valuable upgrade in the range you're seeking. | |
| cartridge recomendations Turntable information is not a bottom line and more info is realy required to make the match more precise.What phono preamplification you're going to use. Michell can successfully accomodate a huge veriety of cartridges even in your price range.Re... | |
| Totem's "Hawk" and "Forrest":How Hi-End Are They? Forest is much stronger and better on higher volumes(110dB continuos what do you think?). They realy breath on high volumes. Since all Totems have relatively stable impedance they're considered to be a tube- friendly. Even specs on Forest say that... | |
| Need A Quick Education S/N is a measure for the poweramp that matters more than S/N measure for the preamp... | |
| why does triod mode sound better than ultralinear? the shorter the signal path the greater the sound. under this theory SET is the best with single- power tube and possibly directly coupled(OTL). there are not too many speakers that are efficient and full range and in cases otherwise the greater p... | |
| Need A Quick Education Mwilson,S/N in this case is more for the amplifier domain than in preamp and low-powered amps for horns usually have S/N much higher than 90dB. | |
| Need A Quick Education as soon as it >= 90db it doesn't make a difference in these terms as long as it can play music the way you want to hear it. | |
| What Instrument do You Play? Accordion, Chromatic Accordion, Bandoneon, Harmonica. Some guitar rhythm and bass...I can't call myself as a musician since I do not perform professionally but being what I am does not influence my equipment choices. It rather influence the music ... | |
| Why no remote? Estein, even if you acquire remote-volume CD-player you pretty fast realize that using fixed output with your existing non-remote preamp will make much more sence sonically! |