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| 3.5mm to RCA cable suggestions. Regarding proper grounding, I would expect that a stereo 3.5 mm to dual XLR adapter cable, such as the Hosa cable the OP linked to earlier, would accomplish that. Presumably it connects the ground of the 3.5 mm plug (the "S" of its TRS connections... | |
| 3.5mm to RCA cable suggestions. The specs on page 7 of this manual for the Little Dot MkII indicate an impedance for its RCA outputs of 600 ohms, with no indication of the frequency on which that is based. Most likely it is based on a mid-range frequency such as 1 kHz, and I wou... | |
| 3.5mm to RCA cable suggestions. I have the options of balanced, unbalanced and 1/4" TRS on my monitors. Which is the best route to go? As can be seen in the block diagram on page 13 of the MR8 manual its XLR and TRS inputs have an additional active stage in the signal path (pr... | |
| Synergistic Red Fuse ... Regarding polarity switches, a point to keep in mind is that when the position of the switch is changed not only is polarity being changed, but the circuit configuration of the component which provides the switch is also being changed. That in its... | |
| Bi-amping Vandersteen Treo CTs Thanks, Bob. However if the speaker can be vertically biamped it would seem that it must have separate and independent bass and mid/treble inputs, and therefore should be capable of functioning in a horizontal biamp configuration as well (putting ... | |
| Bi-amping Vandersteen Treo CTs Since an electronic crossover would not be used in the configuration suggested by VTL, the Vandersteen statement about two crossovers in series would not be applicable.Also, it is claimed in VTL’s description of the IT-85 that its "sonic character... | |
| Distortion mystery -- MC cart mistracking? / transformer / head amp input saturation?? Jjss49, yes, that could very well be a contributing factor to the issue, as 5 cm/sec and 3.54 cm/sec differ by 3 db, **if** the two numbers are defined on a consistent basis. However that discrepancy, which is commonly seen when comparing cartridg... | |
| PS Audio PWT - cd transport Thanks for the nice words, Jim. Glad I was helpful.Regarding the I2S via HDMI connection you'll eventually be using, for several reasons I wouldn't be surprised if the ground loop issue is no longer present. But I can't say that with any kind of... | |
| PS Audio PWT - cd transport Lowrider, a simple experiment which might be worth trying is to temporarily put a cheater plug on the power plug of either the transport or the DAC, to defeat its safety ground connection. Given especially that you're using an unbalanced coax inte... | |
| Best Tubed Preamp For A Warm, Rich Sound, Yet Still Detailed and Agile Tak1, the concern regarding the rise that I cited in the SLP-05’s output impedance to 3400 ohms at 20 Hz (per Stereophile’s measurements), from considerably lower values at higher frequencies, has nothing to do with volume. That kind of impedance ... | |
| Distortion mystery -- MC cart mistracking? / transformer / head amp input saturation?? Dover 4-9-2017 What do you mean by "low gain setting".The ANS2 has 2 IMPEDANCE settings - L and H.L is for ultra low internal impedance cartridges and has HIGHER gain.H is for higher impedance cartridges and has LOWER gain. +1. Excellent point by ... | |
| DIY phono loading plugs question Jjss49, no, the phono section is for low output moving coils. My post did not imply anything to the contrary. As I said, I suspect it has a very high input impedance, resulting in the load applied to the LOMC being essentially the same as the va... | |
| DIY phono loading plugs question The input impedance of the Polaris III’s phono input when no loading plug is connected does not appear to be specified. I suspect, however, that it is vastly higher than 100 ohms, perhaps 47,000 ohms or even much more. (I note that an input impeda... | |
| Synergistic Red Fuse ... As for the 100 hrs of breakin, does music actually have to be playing, or is leaving the equipment on enough? The AC current drawn by a preamp will be essentially the same regardless of whether or not music is being played, as long as the preamp... | |
| Best Tubed Preamp For A Warm, Rich Sound, Yet Still Detailed and Agile P.S. to my previous post, re the Herron preamp. Karl Lozier’s review of an earlier version of the VTSP-3A states as follows, as quoted at the Herron website: The fact that it has a tad ... more bass fullness, richness and power in the mid to upper... |