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| Need help with high pass filter Let's talk circuit topology. For a high pass filter (HPF), you will need the capacitor (C) in series in the signal path from preamp to power amp. The additional resistor (R) can go in one of three places: (1) it could bridge across the preamp outp... | |
| Gold CDs sound Darker? As far as a magnetic clarifier having an effect, "SHOW ME THE BITS!!". Has anyone done a comparison of the bit stream coming from an ordinary CD and that coming from the same CD after "clarification" (or any other tweak for that matter)? I'd like ... | |
| Home-Made Bass Traps, Sound Diffusers??? Check out "Master Handbook of Acoustics" by Everett, and "Handbook for Sound Engineers: The New Audio Cyclopedia" by Ballou for lots of practical information on design and construction of bass traps and sound diffusers. | |
| The best used preamp and d/a converter I don't know about "best", but I've been using a McCormack TLC-1 Deluxe line stage preamp for about 4 months and have been very happy with it; it's quiet and transparent (what more do you want from a preamp?). I also just added an Aragon D2A2 outb... | |
| Speakers: all-time worst What is it about Bose speakers? Several times now in casual conversation with different colleagues the topic of audio has come up and when they find out I'm into high end audio, they proudly announce that they, too, are audiophiles-- they've "just... | |
| leave amps on? I called Mondial to talk with them about pros and cons of leaving my Aragon 8008BB turned on continuously. The owner's manual says to turn it off, that it should reach operating temperature in about 20 minutes. Mondial says that if the power suppl... | |
| Cones, spikes, or vibrapods for heavy sp Based on what I read here, I did a little tweaking this afternoon. I have a pair of PSB Stratus Gold-i speakers. When I bought them last summer, they came with spikes and a set of little clear rubber buttons (sorbothane?) to use as feet. There wer... | |
| best 2 channels power amp around $3k? You've already mentioned some very good amps. Don't forget about the Aragon 8008BB; it lists for around $2800 and offers a dual monoblock design with 200 W/ch into 8 ohms. It's a dual monoblock in that the only common components between the channe... | |
| Advice for a new hi-fi customer Welcome to high end audio! The good news is that high end is not necessarily more expensive than top of the line mass market stuff. The other good news is that going to good equipment tends to rekindle one's love of music. One rule of thumb I foll... |