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| Why does my system now have shrill top end. I also agree, Todd, that the cables are not a particularly likely culprit. However, as Uberwaltz said just above, and as I said earlier, it is easy enough to perform a test that would rule the possibility in or out. And as I also said earlier ther... | |
| Why does my system now have shrill top end. Jim (Jea48), in my case there's no particular reason I haven't mentioned the preamp. It's certainly one of many possibilities that can't be ruled out at this point.Also, +1 to all of the comments by Uberwaltz.Best regards,-- Al | |
| Low Inductance Speaker Cables Hi Chris,The impedance presented by an inductance is directly proportional to frequency, and the inductance of a cable (and consequently the impedance it presents) is directly proportional to length. Assuming the goal is for the cable to behave in... | |
| Where should the better of two sets of cables go? I see in one of your other threads that you are using a Dynavector 10X5 high output moving coil cartridge. Given that, if there is a substantial difference in the capacitance of the two interconnects I suspect it would be best to use the one havin... | |
| Most transparent power amp Kosst, not to belabor a minor point, but a "passive" electronic device would usually be considered to be one having no "active" components (e.g., transistors or tubes), at least in its signal path. A device which provides zero voltage gain but a... | |
| Tekton Double Impacts Treebeard1, regarding your question about output impedance, it was said earlier in the thread that the three pairs of outputs of the MZ2 (left and right preamp outputs, speaker outputs, and headphone outputs) are wired in parallel for each channel... | |
| Why does my system now have shrill top end. Jea48 11-28-2017 Al,Is it possible the P5 is the problem? ... When the OP is using the P5 for the front equipment could the P5, because of some internal problem, be causing the sound problem?I would think it’s unlikely, Jim, but I suppose it’s a p... | |
| Why does my system now have shrill top end. Kosst, I assume that I was not included among those to whom your last comment was addressed, even though it mentioned cables. But to further clarify my comment about the OCOS cable (and Peter, thanks for the second): As you may be aware there are... | |
| Why does my system now have shrill top end. Is the P5 set to output a pure sine wave, or is it set to one of the MultiWave choices? If the latter, which as I understand it flatten the peaks of the P5’s output waveform (in other words, the MultiWave modes intentionally distort the AC in cert... | |
| Why does my system now have shrill top end. I don’t know what the capacitance per unit length of OCOS speaker cable is, but given that your cable is fairly long and given also that OCOS is a somewhat unconventional design a possibility that occurs to me is that its capacitance might be caus... | |
| Age old discussion I know but MM or MC? Benefits? Uberwaltz, you’ve received a lot of excellent comments above. I would add that a good means of narrowing the bewildering range of choices you would have in going to an LOMC cartridge would be to choose one having comparable weight and comparable c... | |
| Is DEQX a game changer? Todd, if I understand correctly you are supplying the Premate with a digital input, and when you connect the analog "main speaker" outputs of the Premate to your (monoblock?) amplifiers everything works fine. But when you connect the analog "main ... | |
| Why is the snake oil topic closed? Thanks, Jl35. My post that you are referring to appears near the bottom of this page:https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/why-do-people-feel-the-need-to-buy-expensive-cable?page=9Best regards,-- Al | |
| Why is the snake oil topic closed? The snake oil thread isn’t closed, it’s here. The thread is in fact closed, although it has not been deleted, meaning that the response box and consequently the ability to submit further responses to the thread are no longer present. And it no lon... | |
| Thoughts on best budget phono pre-amp under $400? Lots and lots of great choices for sure, which just leaves me even more confused...lol. Just to add to the confusion :-) your cartridge has a particularly low recommended load capacitance of 100 pf. Since that value represents the sum of the input... |