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| Extra power or cleaner power? My perception has been that experiences with power regenerators that have been reported over the years have been mixed. They have provided significant benefits for some, but others have found that they seem to compromise dynamics, or have other... | |
| Aurender N100 internal hard drive or USB external drive? Good comments by @Djones51. I believe that a 4 TB HDD in a 2.5 inch/7 mm form factor is something that probably doesn’t exist, at least from a quality manufacturer.Although I have no experience with Aurender products I don’t think you could go wro... | |
| Dumb break in question... @Millercarbon,The output stages of all (or at least virtually all) CD players, as well as all or virtually all other devices providing line-level analog outputs, operate in class A. Which means that the transistors or tubes in the output stage wil... | |
| Dumb break in question... If you were to connect the outputs of the CD player to a typical input impedance of say 47K, and if the CD player is putting out an average of say 1 volt while playing a disc, the player would be supplying an average of about 0.00002 amperes (i.... | |
| Bose 901 bdp24 3-6-2020 The basic premise of the 901 is fatally flawed: to imitate the ratio of direct vs. reflected sound in concert halls. That idea ignores the fact that recordings made in those halls contain both direct and reflected sound---there i... | |
| How do I get the "most" out of a speakers that are rated for 12 ohms? Your amplifier should be able to make about 150 watts at full power on that speaker. Why would that be, Ralph ( @atmasphere ), given that the amp is presumably solid state, and is rated at 125 watts into 8 ohms and 200 watts into 4 ohms? Would... | |
| Vacuum tube ! And Warnings +1 Big_Greg. Very well said.I've made a few tube purchases on eBay, with 100% perfect results as verified both sonically and on my Hickok tube tester. Of course the purchases were made after thoroughly checking out the seller's feedback/feedba... | |
| Grounding Speakers I believe the idea behind the ground connection on Tannoy’s is to reduce unwanted radio frequency interference. +1. That's my belief as well. Also, while it would seem unlikely that the speaker itself could respond to RF frequencies, at least i... | |
| Grounding Speakers I found a manual for the DC8T online, which includes the following statement that I assume is also applicable to the DC8Ti:Connection of Earth or 'Ground' Lead:Use of a shielded or screened loudspeaker cable will offer further performance advantag... | |
| How do I get the "most" out of a speakers that are rated for 12 ohms? My amplifier is rated at 125 wpc @ 8 ohms, 200 watt's @ 4 ohms. I would infer from this that the amp is solid state. Consequently, depending on its design its maximum power capability into 12 ohms could very well be not much more than 2/3 of ... | |
| Phono stage for 0.2mv cartridge? I am using my 0.2mv cartridge with the preamp phono stage with good results, slightly more apparent volume than the 0.3mv cartridge and the Canary. Which kinda supports my position regarding how much gain I might want. If the cartridge specs are ... | |
| Phono stage for 0.2mv cartridge? Hi Uberwaltz,It’s hard to tell at this point. The additional info you and Goheelz requested will help shed light on that, of course, and your point is certainly a possibility. But given the mention of 90 to 95 db levels and symphonic recordings th... | |
| Phono stage for 0.2mv cartridge? @wbs As I explain later in this post, in addition to providing the info suggested by the others it may very well be useful if you could describe how much difference there is between the volume control settings you would use for a given cartridge w... | |
| Ok guys Hi Uberwaltz,Is the room air conditioned? Especially if it is not, I'm thinking that the humid conditions which tend to occur in your neck of the woods may result in lower static levels than in more northern regions, at least during the cold weat... | |
| Phono stage for 0.2mv cartridge? Regarding the Wall Audio Opus 120, out of curiosity I took a look at its description and at a German-language review of it which are provided at the Wall Audio site. I see no indication of what its gain is for either of the two settings of the fro... |