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| Retermination Services in NYC John from Audio Connection can terminate cables. I don't know how complicated a termination he can do, but I trust him. JPS Labs is on Long IS. Looking at the price of his cables, I would say Suffolk County. I you can't find anyone local, Cable Co... | |
| Kef LS50 - can it handle a subwoofer properly? Bass management is a HT solution. For music, you should deal with it yourself. If you buy a powered sub it should come with a built in xover, and instructions on how to set it up. There's no reason to make it complicated. People were setting up su... | |
| Audio compatability and testing Don't use 2 preamps. Just use the MF 100 and it should sound fine. | |
| Too Much Power? You really never have to worry about too much power. Thats what the volume control is for. If you push a speaker too hard, it's very easy to hear. | |
| Separate conductors for separate frequency ranges in cables "The $129 price is for the lowest level and shortest length, not an unusual lead in to the pricing structure."No mystery there. They have to charge something. My point was, as high end products goes, its hard to find a PC for $130. Go to Cable Co'... | |
| getting into vinyl "I’ve been looking at some used Music Hall MFM and Ikura turntables in the 500 range over kill for 1st TT?"Shame on you. A system can never sound too good. What ever you decide to go with, make sure you post first. Vinyl is not difficult, but you ... | |
| SE vs Balanced volume Sorry Al. You put your last post up while I was typing mine, so I didn't see it. You're much better at explaining this type of thing than I am, so I'm sure you would have had to clarify some of my posts anyway. | |
| SE vs Balanced volume "So what your saying then is the RCA input uses the IN134 to provide an extra 6db of gain to keep both inputs the same level, but there’s no feedback network to set the gain, and as the data sheet says it’s fixed gain at unity."No. The IN134 is... | |
| Experience with Parasound P5? Given your system, thats not a bad idea. Parasound makes a Halo integrated amp that has a built in DAC for $2500. I think it would look and sound better than what you have now. | |
| Separate conductors for separate frequency ranges in cables I've never seen a PC claim quite like this one, so I went to PS Audio's web site and had a look at the cable. Its definately an odd design, but the one quality that stands out most is the price. With 3 different types of conductors and whatever el... | |
| Separate conductors for separate frequency ranges in cables I don't think you're going to get a solid answer. We really have no idea how PS Audio came up with all that. Did they sit down and engineer a cable with those exact properties, or did they just try combinations until they got it right? We'll never... | |
| New Preamp...New Cables??? "But am I defeating the purpose of the expensive pre by keeping halo?"I understand why you would ask that question, and it certainly makes sense, but that type of thinking will hold you back. Its easy to go out and buy good components, and get goo... | |
| Lyra Dorian Set Up Issues I forgot to put this in my first post. Your old cart puts out .25mv and the Lyra puts out .6mv. I would lower the gain as well.Also, I wasn't too familiar with your modified Denon cart, so I went to the manufacturer's web site. It states that they... | |
| Lyra Dorian Set Up Issues Some may disagree, but break in can be a huge factor. There were times when I thought a new phono cart was defective it sounded so bad. Put about 25-30 hours on it. It should sound a lot better. If not, you may have a different problem, but you re... | |
| SE vs Balanced volume " Forgot to include in the original post that the tube amp is definitely fully balanced. Can the attached photo help determine if the SS amp is also?"Look at the specs for both pieces. If a component is fully balanced, they list 2 sets of specs. ... |