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| what is a better power amp ? Robert, the best move is to save your money. Get the speakers in and try them with the Pio receiver, depending on your listening tastes and room, you may be pleasantly surprised. If not, you can always buy the amp later. I have not heard either of... | |
| arm mass/ cartridge compliance mismatch The suspension of a cartridge can be modeled as a spring. The stiffness of the spring being the analog of the compliance of the cartridge suspension. The entire moving system has a primary resonance, or actually two primary resonances in the case ... | |
| Best version of Velvet Underground & Nico? Audiotomb, actually it did not go for 155K, the buyer of that auction, "...could barely afford car fare.", to quote him. It was reauctioned and brought over 100k less. But still a nice find. I believe it was a yard sale on the street where it was ... | |
| Best version of Velvet Underground & Nico? After having gone through quite a few different copies, my preference is for the British LP. It sounds very fluid with better dynamics. Good luck in your search. | |
| What is your favorite reference music? Kenny:If you do not like it, I would be happy to purchase your copy from you. Regards,Marty | |
| Current vs. Watts??? Need clarification. The basic question goes to the understanding of Ohm's Law, V=IR. Where V is voltage, I is current and R is resistance. It should be clear from the formula that, as the impedance of a loudspeaker diminishes, current must increase if voltage is to r... | |
| ADVICE NEEDED - DRIVER DAMAGE - SILVER i PSB Jim, advice? Usually, worth what you pay for it, no? Seriously, I am not familiar with any speakers that have glued in drivers. A few have a rubber gasket between the back of the driver and the front of the cabinet that can make it seem like the d... | |
| Empire 698 + AT440mla = vinyl bliss for $500 The photos in your identical post on Vinyl Asylum were really nice. This feature needs to be added on this forum. Thanks for your review, it shows both a reverence and a love of the history of our hobby. | |
| Most expensive Audio disapoinment? Sometimes the price does not drop; the technology just turns out to be crap. How old are you? Do you remember Elcassette? Hard to beat that one, but RCA Dynaflex is a close second. | |
| Hearing above 15kHz Just because you cannot hear tones above 15K does not mitigate against having loudspeaders that have response at least an octave above this. First, a 15K roll off will cause phase shift within the audible range. The audibility of such phase shift ... | |
| ADVICE NEEDED - DRIVER DAMAGE - SILVER i PSB Jim:Best course of action is to immediately inform the seller and FedEx. My next call would be to PSB. Most companies are very helpful in these matters; they will be able to give you guidance. But, to answer your question, the easy thing to do is ... | |
| power reserves Its best to find the best sounding amp. | |
| Can anyone suggest a good universal headshell? Belyin, it will never work, and besides it is just a piece of junk, you need to sell it to me so that you can enjoy your stereo ;^)Thom, my sincerest appologies for misspelling your name; it must get old!Marty | |
| Buffered Pre-out? What is it? Buffering lowers the output impedance of the source. Why? Well, sometimes the receiving component has a low input impedance, like some solid state amps. Long cable runs can also load the driving component excessively. So what does it sound like? R... | |
| How to burn in a new pickup Don't let the cartridge keep spinning in the lead out groove, the vinyl will heat up and become glazed onto the stylus. Playing records is fine, but I read in a Shure brocure once that they recommended breaking in the suspension by leaving the sty... |