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| Tekton Double Impacts @mazikrav, thanks for providing the additional info in your latest post. Assuming that the gain provided in the active buffer stage Mr. Hammel provided you with is similar to what is described in the Stereophile review you linked to, your initial ... | |
| Fuses fuses fuses Are any of these aftermarket fuses UL listed? Isoclean fuses, which are only made in slow blow versions, are indicated as having UL and other such approvals. Not sure if there are any other UL listed audiophile-oriented fuses.Regards,-- Al | |
| Fuses fuses fuses Geoff’s statement above is correct. See the first of my posts dated 10-28-2016 in the long running "Synergistic Red Fuse" thread, in which I quote posts that have been made here by Ralph and several other designers of well regarded audio electroni... | |
| Tekton Double Impacts Craigl59 7-8-2017 Am thinking of giving a tube amp a try and have been looking at the primaluna dialogue premium -- because it has substantially better specs than other units. Could not find out from them the class of their amp althoug... | |
| XLR Question Hi Marty,No, I’ve never tried a one in/two out application of the DTI. My application just involved converting two channels of balanced line-level audio to unbalanced, in a relatively non-critical application as I said. I would expect that what yo... | |
| XLR Question Thanks, Mofi. I had looked at that before posting, though, and it doesn't make clear how the input circuit treats what it describes as the "cold" input on XLR pin 3.Best regards,-- Al | |
| XLR Question Also, Marty, an inexpensive potential solution you may want to consider would be an ART DTI Transformer/Isolator ($60 plus appropriate cabling). Manufacturer’s description here. I’ve used one for non-critical voice recording applications, and for ... | |
| XLR Question Hi Marty,Just a guess, but perhaps the XLR inputs of the Onkyo are actually unbalanced, with XLR pin 3 (that would usually carry the inverted signal in a balanced signal pair) being grounded (i.e., connected to XLR pin 1 in the Onkyo). And perhaps... | |
| Tekton Double Impacts Mazikrav, if the Guy Hammel preamp/buffer stage you referred to is this model, or is something similar in its impedance characteristics, it would certainly provide excellent impedance compatibility with just about any amplifier in existence. As we... | |
| Tekton Double Impacts Mazikrav, the First Watt F3, F7, F1J, and F2J all have input impedances of only 10K, which seems kind of low for use in conjunction with a resistor-based passive preamp such as your Placette. Although the potential downside of that will depend in ... | |
| Tekton Double Impacts Audioman58 7-3-2017I have heard the double impacts Loud and Dynamic but at a whisper low level detail is not that good and very room dependant in Bass.The new Martin Logan Masterpiece series the 11A Impression I just bought after over a month of... | |
| Most Beautiful Receiver / Integrated - Ever was... ? Milty1966, thanks for your comment, with which I agree (although the distinction between a contraction and a portmanteau can sometimes be a bit blurry). And in fact I was thinking about that very question when I submitted my post, but I chose to u... | |
| Another Audiophile obituary This is sad news, regardless of what one may think of Mr. Aczel's audio-related ideologies and positions, or his publication. To any of his friends or family who may read this at some point, I extend my sincere sympathies.Regarding his audio-rela... | |
| Subwoofer for classical music listener Thanks to Stfoth for providing the data on the SoundPath RCAs. Their price is indicated at the SVS website as $89.98 for a stereo pair of 8 meter cables, and those are the only interconnects listed, so I assume those are what RV was provided with.... | |
| Subwoofer for classical music listener RV, are the 25 foot cables connecting the preamp to the sub AND the sub to the power amps, or are they just being used for one of those two interconnections? And if the latter, which one? And how short would it be feasible for the cables to be f... |