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| From everything I read Sam (c1ferrari), thanks very much. And all the best to you and yours for 2016!-- Al | |
| From everything I read The projected and possible shutdowns of analog FM in some European countries signify nothing whatsoever with respect to the future of FM in the USA, Canada, and many other countries. Those European countries have adopted a digital broadcast standa... | |
| What's that noise? I agree with the others that it's nothing to be concerned about. The cause could be what George suggested, or it could be the inherent self-generated noise of the input stage of the preamp amplified by everything that follows (any electronic circ... | |
| I am new to the turntable> Do I need especial RCA interconnects other than shielding? See this thread.Regards,-- Al | |
| Grace F9 F8 F-9 F-8 Andante F9 F-9 H S Sumiko Pearl Supex Phono Stylus GAS Sleeping Beauty Hi Lew,I've never seen a load capacitance recommendation for the Ruby, but FWIW the datasheet for the original F-9E lists "operating conditions," upon which the various specs are based, of loads of 80 pf and 100Kohms. Presumably, though, those va... | |
| Im over Tidal Williewonka raises good questions. B_limo, one thing I would suggest that you do is to test your Internet connection speed by going to www.speedtest.net. Wait for the "Begin Test" button to appear, and click it to start the test. (Do NOT click any... | |
| Tube preamp reliability vs SS? Excellent comments by the others. A concern I would have with both of the preamps you mentioned, especially if you are using digital sources, is their very high gain (specified as 20 db for the LD-2, and either 22 or 27 db for the CJ depending on... | |
| Is Logitech Media Server running clean on Windows 10? Another point worth noting: According to this article, Microsoft has confirmed that early in 2016 Windows 10 will be classified as a "recommended update" for computers running W7 and W8/8.1. Which means that the default Windows Update settings wou... | |
| Is Logitech Media Server running clean on Windows 10? Hi Mapman,I can’t answer your question, but regardless of what the answer may be I personally would not want to upgrade to 10 without first using a good drive imaging program (I use Terabyte Unlimited’s "Image for Windows") to create an image file... | |
| Smooth Highs and Deep Bass Response sent just now, Lowrider. For some reason I hadn't received notification of your PM's.Best regards,-- Al | |
| Best speakers for $3000 A factor you may want to consider in narrowing down the many possibilities that have been suggested is that I suspect the sonics of your amplifier are likely to be significantly better driving a speaker having a nominal impedance of 8 ohms (or mor... | |
| Cartridge output 1.0mv to 65db gain phono, problem? First, for the benefit of others who may contribute to the thread I’ll mention that the 65 db number in the title should apparently be 60 db.1.0 mv is about 8 db less than 2.5 mv, and about 12 db more than 0.24 mv. Given that you have operated the... | |
| Start of tube rolling series on my blog Another informative and classily done writeup, Rebbi, as always. Thanks! I hadn’t previously been aware of the "Wall of Sound" comparison test.Given the less than stratospheric prices of these choices, I’m starting to think that an upgrade of the ... | |
| Are class A tube amps similar to class A solid state ... 8 watts to 80 watts is 10 dB? Yes, it is. The ratio of two power levels, expressed in db and with the two levels denoted as P1 and P2, is 10log(P1/P2), where "log" is the base-10 logarithm. It doesn’t matter whether the higher or the smaller numbe... | |
| Classical Music Compositions from 1940 and later - Vinyl only Rush, you might want to consider Hyperion A66050, Roger Sessions’ "Concerto for Orchestra" + Andrzej Panufnik’s "Sinfonia Votiva" (Symphony No. 8), Seiji Ozawa conducting the Boston Symphony Orchestra.Both were composed around 1981. The recording... |