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| Standard output voltage for RCA line-outs DAC/CD/Streamers, etc? Although I haven’t ever looked at the actual document, my impression is that the Sony/Philips "redbook" spec for the cd medium, that was originally issued ca. 1980, specified a "full scale" (maximum) output for cd players of 2 volts. That would be... | |
| Toslink/optical cable recommendations As a point of information, the glass cable Kijanki referred to, that has a specified minimum bend radius of "only 50 mm (about 2 inches)," is described as being "constructed from 280 individual strands of glass for maximum flexibility," which is o... | |
| Toslink/optical cable recommendations Not sure what your point is, Dweller, but I sense some sarcasm. I note, btw, that the glass cable Kijanki referred to specifies a minimum bend radius of "only 50 mm (about 2 inches)." I have no way of knowing exactly what the corresponding figure ... | |
| Krell KAV 300i Problem No, that doesn't sound normal, if you were measuring between the center pin and the ground sleeve of each of the two RCA connectors, or between the center pin of one connector and the center pin of the other connector.On the other hand, if you wer... | |
| RCA from DAC to preamp then XLR preamp to amps - Is there a "problem" with this? No, not in itself. However, if the components offer all four of the possible connection configurations (RCA or XLR at each of the two interfaces), which would prove to be preferable will depend on the designs of the specific components, and perha... | |
| Please recommend preamp Regarding the NAD C-375BEE, if you haven’t already seen it you’ll want to read this review, which glowingly praises its sonics aside from those of the optional phono stage and the built-in headphone amp. Which of course, given that reviews should ... | |
| Toslink/optical cable recommendations If you want a cable that is physically flexible and can be routed through relatively sharp turns without fracturing the way glass-based cables might, and/or if you don’t want to spend a great deal of money, I would suggest this Analysis Plus cable... | |
| Latest Absolute Sound "BSO" = Boston Symphony Orchestra.Regards,-- Al | |
| Do you remember when Audiogon was just a bulletin board classified ad site? Thanks, Neil (Nsgarch). That possibility hadn't occurred to me.The item in question, btw, was a stereo pair of Marantz One preamps, which I had acquired locally for just slightly less than I sold them for. Wonderful sounding units, even though t... | |
| Please recommend preamp I took a look at the specific listing you referred to for the CA-7A. It’s possible that it would work out ok but I wouldn’t recommend it.First, the CA-7A dates back to around 1986, which raises concern about condition-related issues surfacing even... | |
| The one piece of gear you will never sell My 1954 REL Precedent FM tuner. ("REL" = "Radio Engineering Laboratories," no relation to the modern British subwoofer manufacturer).One of these days, though, I'll have to get around to fixing it so that it works properly all of the time instead... | |
| Please recommend preamp Mesch makes an excellent point. Dorkwad has recommended a very nice product, that is in your price range, but unfortunately I don’t think it would be a good match for your amp. As is often the case with tube preamps its measured output impedance o... | |
| Krell KAV 300i Problem That doesn’t sound to me like something that is necessarily abnormal, even if for some reason it wasn’t happening previously. Susceptibility to that kind of effect is probably contributed to by the very high 210K input impedance of the integrated ... | |
| Advice needed: biwire speaker cables used as single wire speaker cable? Assuming there would be no problem physically accommodating the cable terminations, the only situation I can envision in which that may not be a good idea would be if the cable is one of the few types that have ultra-high capacitance, such as Goer... | |
| Is the word 'Integrated' that hard to spell? Kijanki, thanks for the best laugh of the day :-)I put the quoted paragraph through the spelling and grammar checker of the version of Microsoft Word that is provided in Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2010. Out of the 231 words in the paragra... |