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| Synergistic Red Fuse ... Hi Lowrider,If I recall correctly you are using a Sunfire 300 amp, with its "current source" outputs connected to the tweeters, and its "voltage source" outputs connected to the lower frequency drivers. In looking at a rear panel photo of that amp... | |
| Do they make a quiet great sounding phono pre amp?? Inna, keep in mind that it’s far more challenging for a phono stage to provide quiet performance with a 0.3 mv cartridge such as the OP’s than with a high output cartridge such as your 6.5 mv Goldring.Regards,-- Al Edit: Looks like you responded ... | |
| Do they make a quiet great sounding phono pre amp?? If the choice comes down to the Allnic H-1201 vs. the Herron or one of the other phono stages that have been suggested, a point that may be worth considering is that the design of the H-1201’s transformer-based input stage (for LOMCs) does not pro... | |
| Do they make a quiet great sounding phono pre amp?? I’ll fourth the Herron VTPH-2. I can’t imagine that you’d be disappointed in it, Matt, although at a list price of $3650 buying it new would exceed your stated budget somewhat. I’m pretty sure that the lower of the two gain configurations it is of... | |
| Recommnedations for moderately price balanced IC's, and adaptors to an RCA end P.S: For those who may be interested, the finale of the Robert Shaw/Atlanta Symphony/Telarc recording of Stravinsky's "Firebird Suite" that I referred to begins at 17:23 of the following YouTube video. You'll have to turn the volume on your com... | |
| Recommnedations for moderately price balanced IC's, and adaptors to an RCA end Sunnyjim & Mesch, thanks very much for the nice words.Jim, I'm hard-pressed to think of a musical passage that is more likely to bring out a marginal volume range/system gain condition than the finale of the "Firebird," due to its incredible d... | |
| 2 prong power cable As is usually the case I agree with all of Jim's (Jea48's) comments.What does a shielded PC do that wouldn't be good for the amp? It won't do anything bad for the amp, but I believe Jim was just saying that he suspects an unshielded cord stands ... | |
| Cable Controversy Regarding resistance, in many and perhaps most circumstances it is indeed likely to be the most important parameter in the case of speaker cables, and also power cords. It might also be at least marginally significant in the case of digital interc... | |
| Synergistic Red Fuse ... David, thanks for providing that clarification. Regards,-- Al | |
| Synergistic Red Fuse ... Without betraying proprietary information, let me note that the More Than a Fuse dramatically increases the impedance from 0.2 ohms to 10 ohms at 10 MHz, thus increasing high frequency noise-rejection fifty fold over that of a conventional fuse. W... | |
| 2 prong power cable Thanks Jim. Note 9 seems pretty generic, so I wouldn't consider it to be definitive (as I'm sure you wouldn't either). The OP seems to post here fairly regularly of late, so I’m sure she’ll let us know.Best regards,-- Al | |
| 2 prong power cable Jea48 8-5-2016 10:41pm edtThe 2 blade male plug is polarized. Assuming the OP lives in the US or Canada. His profile Country is n/a. Thanks Jim. Prior to submitting my earlier post I had found this photo of what is apparently the power cord on the... | |
| 2 prong power cable Are the two prongs on the original cord identical in size? If so the first thing I would try is reversing which prong is inserted into which slot in the outlet. Any recommendations for PCs that help with imaging and maybe deepen the soundstage? Fr... | |
| Atmasphere amps trustable? Thanks for providing that input, Roger (Rlawry). It wouldn’t surprise me if a contributor to the problems you had with the Panthere amps was indeed an inability to deal with the heat produced by the 6C33C tubes, which as you alluded to run extreme... | |
| Atmasphere amps trustable? Stevecham 8-4-2016 10:34 pm edt... the ~4 Ohm output impedance still seems to a limiting factor; it's difficult to apply the ten-to-one minimal nominal speaker to amplifier impedance ratio often cited in order to maintain flat frequency respons... |