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| Is DEQX a game changer? Ozzy, no, I didn't use the DEQXpert service. I did, though, receive a useful 1 hour walk-through of the calibration software that was provided via web + phone by Nyal Mellor of Acoustic Frontiers, from whom I purchased the unit. And I then spent... | |
| Is DEQX a game changer? Ozzy, to find the manual go to DEQX.com, and at the top click "Owners," and then "Upgrades" in the drop-down menu that appears. Scroll down to the bottom of the box that will appear, and you'll see a link for the manual.Good luck. Regards,-- Al | |
| Audio Research LS 26 Good! You won’t have an impedance compatibility issue using the LS26 (or most other preamps) with that combination of amps, or with a pair of HD220s if you go that way. Which outputs would be best on which?? RCA to Vincent and XLR to HD220 or?? Ju... | |
| What interconnects are you guys using for bi-wiring speakers? I need a Y XLR based cable. Your amp is not differentially balanced and therefore you will hear no improvement. Balanced connections actually have 2 separate circuits ...one for the plus and one for the minus signal. What you have is XLR connections that are there for braggi... | |
| What interconnects are you guys using for bi-wiring speakers? I need a Y XLR based cable. Cleeds, note that he said more than one "active" XLR output. I interpret that to mean he was referring to the two output connectors on each channel each being driven by its own dedicated output stage, which appears to be the case for the Classe CP... | |
| Audio Research LS 26 Must have remote and 2 sets of pre outs since i have 4 mono blocks. Like most ARC line stages and preamps the LS26 has a recommended **minimum** load impedance of 20K, although it is not made clear in its documentation if that applies to the bala... | |
| Using tube amp with electrostatic speakers. Tomcy6, what Ralph is saying that relates to your first question is that the very low impedance at 20 kHz is a byproduct of M-L’s decision to avoid extremely high impedances at low frequencies. The maximum power capability of nearly all solid stat... | |
| Using tube amp with electrostatic speakers. Don_c55 10-12-2016Do not buy into this "theoretical nit picking" impedance BS. The impedance interactions I referred to can easily make a difference of several db or more in the uppermost octave, with electrostatic speakers such as the M-Ls. That... | |
| What interconnects are you guys using for bi-wiring speakers? I need a Y XLR based cable. I've never done that, but I suspect you would do fine using an XLR cable of your choice in combination with a pro-oriented XLR y-adapter such as this one:https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/134966-REG/Pro_Co_Sound_YMXF2XM_1_XLR_Female_to_2.html... | |
| Using tube amp with electrostatic speakers. P.S. to my previous post: The Audio Research V70 that was referred to in the post by Lostbears had a MUCH lower effective output impedance than most tube amps, due in part to very liberal use of negative feedback. Specifically, according to arcdb.... | |
| Using tube amp with electrostatic speakers. Most all tube amps use output transformers with impedance taps that work just fine into 4 or 6 or even 16 ohms!The Zero is of NO VALUE to most tube amps! Don, the impedance of many electrostatic speakers, including most Martin-Logan models, decrea... | |
| New system with periodic sound dropouts A simple way to determine if the wireless link has anything to do with the problem would be to see if dropouts still occur when the computer’s wireless adapter is disabled in Windows.To do that right-click the start icon at the lower left of the s... | |
| Input/Output line level transformers for digital glare Spencer, as I read Ralph's post it was entirely consistent with your comment, although the sentence in your post beginning with "however" seems to indicate that you may have read it differently.Very informative post, Ralph, which makes perfect sen... | |
| Cable for my Rythmik F12SE Sub As you most likely realize cable performance tends to be very system dependent, and I have no experience with Hegel products or with Rythmik subs. But FWIW my guess is that you would do fine with a stereo pair of Blue Jeans LC1 cables. Especially ... | |
| New system with periodic sound dropouts Good! The two bottom-most USB connectors on the rear are the USB 3.0 ports, and the four above it are the USB 2.0 ports. See the diagram on the second page of this Quick Start Guide.Good luck. Regards,-- Al |