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| Help wanted: Bass! Bob_Reynolds 7-17-2016 5:16pm EDTIf your preamp has a 2nd pair of outputs, then use those for the sub. Otherwise, you can use a Y-connector to split the preamp output between the sub and main amps. The problem with using a y-connector is the effec... | |
| You can only take 5 albums to a deserted Island... Brahms, Symphony No. 1Chopin, Piano Sonata No. 3Dvorak, New World Symphony Prokofiev, Classical Symphony Schubert, String Quintet in C MajorThe recordings of the Brahms and Dvorak works I would take would be the Chesky re-issues on CD of 1960s per... | |
| Audio Research PH5 Phono Preamplifier Input Clipping Problem Yes, I purchased my VTPH-2 new, directly from Keith after speaking with him on the phone. You would want to confirm with him that the lower gain version is the optimal choice for use with a 0.27 mv cartridge. I suspect that it will be, though, in ... | |
| Audio Research PH5 Phono Preamplifier Input Clipping Problem Scott, yes, inspired by a great many overwhelmingly positive comments I've seen here and elsewhere, late last year I purchased a Herron VTPH-2 phono stage ($3650). It is beautiful sounding, versatile, very intelligently engineered, absolutely qui... | |
| Audio Research PH5 Phono Preamplifier Input Clipping Problem In many designs low settings of the volume control may result in an inability to adjust volume in fine enough increments. I see that your REF3, however, provides 104 steps of volume adjustment, so I suspect that is not an issue in your case.Also, ... | |
| Audio Research PH5 Phono Preamplifier Input Clipping Problem Yes, under most circumstances 57.5 db is considerably too much phono stage gain for use with a MM or other high output cartridge. Typically MM phono stages provide gain that is in the area of 40 db or so.In addition to the possibility of clipping,... | |
| Audio Research PH5 Phono Preamplifier Input Clipping Problem All gains are of course not created equal, even if they are numerically equal. Noise performance and consequently hiss levels can certainly differ among different phono stages that provide similar amounts of gain, with that being likeliest to be a... | |
| Synergistic Red Fuse ... Those familiar with the breezy, witty, and often highly humorous writing style Wolf has manifested in a great many other threads here over the years should realize that the wording of his post about his experience with the SR fuses was entirely c... | |
| autoformer attenuator and step up transformers It looks like the output impedance of the B77 is nominally 390 ohms, although if I’m interpreting the datasheet correctly it may rise to as much as 1.5K if the output level is adjusted downward (which you presumably would not be doing). While thos... | |
| Synergistic Red Fuse ... Mapman 7-14-2016 12:42pmThe best engineers strive for accuracy and avoid making mistakes that will have consequences to someone down the road. +1. A good engineer recognizes that it is almost always best to get things right the first time, fo... | |
| autoformer attenuator and step up transformers If the transformer steps up the voltage provided by the source by a factor of 4 (which is a 12 db increase in gain), it will result in the source component seeing a load impedance of 1/16th of the impedance that exists "looking forward" from the o... | |
| Individual International Seller Scam Taiye, sorry that you had this unfortunate experience, but thanks for alerting us.My perception has been that audio equipment scammers usually copy the text and the photos that are used in their ads from listings that have been placed by others, a... | |
| Wyred4Sound - Do clocks age? Do the clocks degrade with time? I have wondered about this as well ...I have no particular knowledge regarding that question, but it wouldn't surprise me if such concerns arose as a result of flawed extrapolations from the fact that over time d... | |
| Portable Radio Quality?!? I have a Sony ICF 2010, which is am/fm and shortwave. It's long out of production, but available used. Highly regarded. A/C or batteries. I have an ICF-2010 also, and it is indeed excellent. They appear for sale on eBay pretty regularly, but i... | |
| Wyred4Sound - Do clocks age? I’d be surprised if clocks got all that much better over 2 years though. I have no particular knowledge of that, Erik, but I wouldn’t be at all surprised if you were right. I was just offering my interpretation of the reviewer’s comment.Also, when... |