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| Is 74 dB too much gain for the Dynavector XX2mkII? Too much gain would result in either severe and obvious distortion, at least and especially on very high volume musical peaks, or (less seriously) in having to utilize your volume control undesirably close to the bottom of its range.The KAB calcul... | |
| Is 74 dB too much gain for the Dynavector XX2mkII? P.S: An alternative approach, which should work well and would also eliminate the possible issue I described in the second paragraph of my post above, would be to connect the PP4’s inputs to the "SRVR" (Record) outputs of the C2300. Those outputs ... | |
| Is 74 dB too much gain for the Dynavector XX2mkII? While with some components doing what you propose might result in a number of issues, after looking at the specs for the PP4, the Ref Phono 2SE, the cartridge, and the McIntosh C2300 preamp listed in your system description (assuming you are still... | |
| Changed amps - center image moved Guys it is possible one speaker has been hook up with the leads reversed. This will in fact cause such a sonic character. Bill, yes it will, but as I and Seikosha indicated it will also cause big-time sonic degradation, which the OP has indicated ... | |
| Changed amps - center image moved Wow Al....many thanks for your interest and help!! One interesting tidbit...when I had the Samsons, I used a Cardas XLR to RCA adapter at the DAC side (so to get more output via the AES outputs on the DAC & not need a preamp), thus could use R... | |
| Changed amps - center image moved P.S: I took a look at the descriptions and the manual for your Theta DAC/Preamp. The one point I’d highlight after looking at them is that in addition to changing the amp and the cables, by changing from RCA to XLR cables between the Theta and the... | |
| Changed amps - center image moved I have an adapter shipping to me so I can try going back to the previous RCA cables. I don’t know whether or not this may be applicable to your Maker Audio amplifier, but I’ll mention that there are some amps having only XLR input connectors which... | |
| Changed amps - center image moved A reversal of polarity between XLR pins 2 and 3 at some point in the signal path would result in diffuse imaging if and only if it occurred in one channel, not both. Presumably a component design in which pin 3 is the non-inverted signal and pin ... | |
| Concert Experience for $5k? John (Jmcgrogan2), as you probably realize but others may not, it’s not a matter of horsepower (i.e., watts). It’s a matter of the effects of amplifier output impedance on tonality, resulting from the interaction of that output impedance with the ... | |
| Concert Experience for $5k? P.S: The GoldenEar Triton One which has been suggested by a couple of posters will also not be a good match for your amp, especially if you use the amp’s higher powered ultralinear mode (since as indicated in the measurements I linked to the amp’s... | |
| Synergistic Red Fuse ... Knowledgeable EEs in these parts. You mean like Al? But he's a skeptic. Wouldn't it be a conflict of interest for him to explain it?No, consistent with the kind comment Charles posted about me yesterday, I would plead not guilty to any allegation... | |
| Concert Experience for $5k? Regarding the Legacy Focus 20/20, see its impedance curve here: www.stereophile.com/content/legacy-audio-focus-2020-loudspeaker-measurementsWhile the nominal impedance is 4 ohms, the actual impedance is 2 ohms in significant parts of the deep bass... | |
| Concert Experience for $5k? I would strongly urge you to reflect upon the following paragraph in Stereophile’s measurements of your amplifier:...allowing for some variation in the calculated output impedance with the level and load impedance used, we’re looking at source imp... | |
| Synergistic Red Fuse ... HiFi had a third party actually measure fuses' performance - their fuses, competitor’s fuses, cryo’d fuses, standard fuses, backwards and forwards. And the data is there for all to see. Hel-looo!Yup. And as you may recall I commented on those m... | |
| Synergistic Red Fuse ... Those are interesting thoughts, Mapman. While fuse seating/contact integrity and changes in fuse parameters occurring over time would seem unlikely to result in significant sonic differences, any other conceivable explanation would also seem to be... |