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| Synergistic Red Fuse ... Oregonpapa 10-28-2016 The AT ART-9 continues to amaze. What a cartridge! Yes indeed! And even more so considering that the price (ca. $1K) is a bargain compared to most competitive LOMCs.It was gratifying to me, BTW, to see in some other threads a... | |
| Synergistic Red Fuse ... I wish to comment on the statements about directionality in the article Dave linked to. Consistent with comments that have been made in this thread it states: There was talk on the web about whether the Black Fuse was directional so I called up El... | |
| Anybody here terminate DH Labs BL-1 cable? Auxinput 10-27-2016... the primary driver of the audio signal is the main signal wire - as it is the only one connected to the input/output legs of the operation amplifier circuits. To clarify further, in the case of an unbalanced input the active... | |
| Is my amp the problem? The input impedance of the ART (Applied Research and Technology) SLA-2 is 22K unbalanced and 44K balanced, the latter probably corresponding to 22K per leg. Too low to be optimal, or even close to being optimal, when driven in parallel with your M... | |
| Anybody here terminate DH Labs BL-1 cable? Auxinput 10-27-2016The ground wire on the RCA doesn’t actually carry a signal - it just connects to the ground plane on both source/target circuits. Although of course for a current to flow a complete circuit must be present, and therefore the cur... | |
| Need help sorting some WE 5842/417A tubes According to various references I have the 417A and 5842 are equivalent and interchangeable. And your description of the markings would seem to indicate that the two tubes were manufactured by Western Electric, although 5842s were made by several ... | |
| Is DEQX a game changer? No, but when you create a profile and do a "file/save" (which updates the .mzd file that is currently open on your computer) or a "file/save as" (which creates a new .mzd file on your computer), and then at a later time you create an additional pr... | |
| Is DEQX a game changer? Hi Ozzy,I believe these paragraphs from version 2.98 of the manual may explain the issue you referred to just above. (I assume version 3.02 of the manual provides similar information, but I haven't looked for it there):Note - when the Save All to... | |
| Is my amp the problem? Thanks for the update. Although the input impedance of the Crown XLS 1002 is not specified (as Auxinput had indicated earlier), its similarly rated predecessor model, the XLS 1000, was specified as having input impedances of 10K single-ended and 2... | |
| The effect 60Hz Cycles on 50Hz SACD-PLayers This problem, should though, as far as i could understand mostly if not always, be when you take a 60Hz apparatus to a 50Hz country and not so much, if at all, the other way around (My case). Others say, that since all CD and SACD-Players have... | |
| Bi-Amp v. Uneven Speaker Cable Runs (Pass Labs B&W 802D) There have been a number of threads here about the question of equal vs. unequal length speaker cables, with the expectable lack of consensus. My opinions on the subject are stated in my two posts in this thread. In this specific case what I would... | |
| Is my amp the problem? Good comments by Auxinput. I just noticed something further about the Modwright amp. I had stated its input impedance as being 23K, because the impedance is indicated on its webpage as "Min. 15K 50Khz; 23K 1Khz," and I considered the 50 kHz im... | |
| Is my amp the problem? OK. The 2x4HD has a rated maximum output of 2 volts, which should be fine relative to the 0.775 volt sensitivity the Crown is set for. However the 2x4HD’s input impedance of 10K is still fairly low. And if I’m correct in understanding that you hav... | |
| Is my amp the problem? Erik, I have no experience with miniDSP products. But for example if the OP is using the 2x4 model or the 2x4HD model I would be skeptical that a product incorporating two channels of A/D conversion, four channels of D/A conversion, sophisticated ... | |
| Is my amp the problem? Thanks for the additional info. I can’t say what the answer is at this point, but here are some thoughts and possibilities to consider:1)You didn’t say which miniDSP model you are using as the crossover, but I see that the "2x4," which appears to ... |