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Cerious Technologies NEW Graphene Cables Jetter 2-11-2017 But if I remember correctly Al has mentioned that the music signal, whatever it is made up of, like electricity in general, travels the path of least resistance. Hi George,Thanks for thinking of me, but no, I never would have said... | |
Ancient AR Turntable with NO anti skate Glad I was helpful, Norman.As a point of information, I’ve found that the procedure I described usually results in an anti-skating force corresponding to about 50% to 60% of VTF.Best regards,-- Al | |
Ancient AR Turntable with NO anti skate Hi Norman,Thanks for the additional info. I've read on several occasions that although it is not uncommon for people to adjust anti-skating using a record having a blank side, that is not an optimal technique. That is because a basic factor in t... | |
Ancient AR Turntable with NO anti skate Normansizemore 2-8-2017I can see however that the stylus is gravitating to the center spindle and that can’t be good for the cartridge assembly. Normansizemore 2-10-2017I really hadn’t thought of it that way, but after seeing how my stylus pulls t... | |
Synergistic Red Fuse ... Hi George,The point to the Q&A in my previous post is that we don’t even know if an SR Black 5 amp fuse should truly be considered to be a 5 amp fuse, as opposed to a 4 amp fuse or something even lower. And the reports we’ve seen from a number... | |
Synergistic Red Fuse ... Al, your silence is deafening, are you getting splinters? Hi George,At this point a multitude of opinions and experiences have been stated that are relevant to choosing the current rating of an SR fuse, including opinions from technically knowle... | |
Why does bi-amping speakers sound better? I am 90% sure which brand of amp I want to get, just trying to figure out if I should bi amp or not.as a example should I go withtwo 2 channel amps at 400w x 2 so each speaker would get 400x2or should I go with a single 800w stereo amp so each spe... | |
CDP or DAC with high end volume control it's a pity that agon doesn't offer an alert when new answers are posted on threads we participate in. To the right of the original post in any thread there is a clickable green box labelled "Follow this discussion." Under that box it says "Ge... | |
Synergistic Red Fuse ... Georgelofi 2-7-2017 Moving up in amperage with mains fuses, is unsafe. Doing this is a very unsafe practice.It will very likely burn out more than just the fuse. EG: regulators, rectifiers, or maybe even the transformer. + whatever caused the fuse... | |
High quality Speaker switch box for multiple amps? Regarding a line-level switchbox to go between your preamp and the two or three power amps, and assuming that all of the connections involved are single-ended (i.e., RCAs), I’ve had good results with the DB Systems model DBP-2JAU/5 ($110) listed n... | |
Fuse burn in question The current being conducted by an AC mains fuse in a preamp (or other line-level component) will be essentially the same all the time, as long as the unit is powered up and not in a standby mode. Playing music will make no difference in any burn-i... | |
I'll Take "Songs About People" for $200 As our foremost rock historian, bdp24 is of course correct about "Barbara Ann." As is Tostadosunidos. As described in the following reference, it was written by Fred Fassert and recorded by The Regents, to which he belonged, in 1958. Although it w... | |
Voltage source vs. current source amplifiers Hi Kalali,As I had mentioned a theoretically ideal voltage source has an output impedance of zero. A real world amplifier cannot have an output impedance of zero, but what allows any amplifier to act as a good approximation of an ideal voltage sou... | |
How much gain is needed in a Phono Preamp for a 0.2 to 0.3mv low output moving coil? Thanks, Analogluvr. Good to know. What I was recalling may have been the second of the two posts dated 4-22-2013 by member Czbbcl in this thread. Apparently he was wrong.Best regards,-- Al | |
I'll Take "Songs About People" for $200 Larryi 2-3-17 But, what if you were the inspiration behind those songs whose theme is: she is ugly but I love her anyway (e.g., "My Funny Valentine)? Larry, point taken, and yes it is certainly possible in some cases for immortalization in a son... |