almarg
Responses from almarg
| DAC to preamp technical question From what i have understood it is the more the relationship between bat and hypex that is the issue ?No, what matters with respect to the positions of the volume control you would be using are the gains of all of the electronics, the sensitivity... | |
| DAC to preamp technical question Maplegrovemusic, no one is suggesting that the BAT has a design flaw. Based on your latest posts, it appears that there are two separate issues:1)A defect in your particular unit, which seems likely to account for the distortion that I had indica... | |
| Adding two JL Audio F110's to my 2 channel system The balanced input connectors on the F110, at least on the v2 version, are combo connectors that can accept either XLR’s or 1/4 inch TRS plugs. So as Rhyno stated a cable having XLR’s at both ends will work.However, I’d suggest checking with BAT ... | |
| Start of tube rolling series on my blog A very nicely done and interesting read, Rebbi, as always. Thanks! Looking forward to your 300B report.Following is a corrected link. Note that by default the "insert URL" button above the response box in a thread inserts "http://" at the begin... | |
| What vintage speaker might you use today Ct0517, I would consider the Quad ESL-57 because of the legendary reputation it has achieved and maintained over the years, particularly with respect to its mid-range transparency. I am familiar with its impedance curve that you linked to. The w... | |
| What vintage speaker might you use today Excellent comments by Larry, as always. It's worth noting that many of the Western Electric and Jensen drivers he refers to were introduced in the 1930s!Regards,-- Al | |
| What Sensitivity with Tube Components? I would not try to cure the brightness by going to a tube amp. Somewhat counter-intuitively, it would stand a very good chance of worsening the brightness. The reason is that relatively small speakers such as yours, that strive for good bass ext... | |
| Phono Stage with Two Line-outs Interesting suggestion by LP2CD, which does indeed look promising. The one question I would have, which would not be a show-stopper regardless of the answer, is if the XLR and RCA outputs are driven from separate output stages. That is not state... | |
| Phono Stage with Two Line-outs Linn Linto has 2 line outs. And I think it sounds very good too. It would not be suitable, though, for use with a high output cartridge such as the OP's DL-160, as its gain, input impedance, and input capacitance are all only suitable for use wi... | |
| DAC to preamp technical question I found this when reading the specs of the M1: Fixed outputs, not controlled by volume at 0dB (same source as main out) Not sure what that means?After looking at both the website description of the M1CliC and the manual, apparently what this mea... | |
| Smooth Highs and Deep Bass Glad I was able to help, Lowrider. ... removed CDP from pwr. cond. in rack (which is shared w/ preamp), used cheater plug and put back in rack AC receptacle.If I understand correctly, when you added the cheater plug to the CDP’s power cord you plu... | |
| Smooth Highs and Deep Bass Lowrider, one thing that could be contributing to the "digital edge" you are perceiving, and also to the high degree of cable sensitivity you’ve described, is a ground loop between the CDP and the preamp. A simple experiment that might be worth t... | |
| Artists' lps that don't get the respect deserved One of my all-time favorite rock albums, which has never seemed to get the recognition that IMO it deserves, is "Projections," by The Blues Project, ca. 1966.My favorite cut on the album: "Steve’s Song," composed and sung by Steve Katz. Who late... | |
| Help Tannoy XT6F with Primaluna Hi Steve (Williewonka),That’s a logical question, but I doubt that it would be a good solution in this case. While raising the load impedance seen by the amp with, for example, a set of Zeros, would ameliorate the effect I referred to, it would m... | |
| Phono Stage with Two Line-outs I found the manual for the recorder here. As you can see on page 23, the unbalanced analog input is spec’d based on a nominal input level of -10 dbV, which is about 316 mv, that in turn allowing 16 db of headroom relative to the 2 volt clipping l... |