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| Phono Stage with Two Line-outs P.S: I see that the 775 mv output is spec’d as having a very low 22 ohm output impedance. Which suggests that use of a splitter at that output, and using that output to drive both the recorder and the preamp, would stand an excellent chance of p... | |
| Phono Stage with Two Line-outs The 50 dB figure presumably applies to the 775 mv output, which means that the gain to the 220 mv output would be 39 dB. That may be reasonable for use with a 2 mv cartridge, depending on the sensitivity and noise performance of the Tascam record... | |
| Phono Stage with Two Line-outs I have no knowledge of its sonics, but the Heed Quasar, at $1200 new, appears to meet all of your requirements, as well as providing both LOMC and MM compatibility.Good luck. Regards,-- Al | |
| Phono cable - necessary? Is cable capacitance of less consideration when used with a low-impedance MC into low-ish input loads (<1KOhms)?Yes, it will tend to be less important in that situation than in most others. But it can still be significant because depending on t... | |
| Discharging power capacitors I'll just add to the good suggestions above that with some types of capacitors it may be a good idea, after the capacitor appears to have been discharged, to remove the voltmeter or other means of discharge, wait a while, and then reapply it for s... | |
| Grace F9 F8 F-9 F-8 Andante F9 F-9 H S Sumiko Pearl Supex Phono Stylus GAS Sleeping Beauty I had my F-9E Ruby re-tipped by Mr. Ledermann a few years ago, with what I believe Lew is referring to as the "level 2" option (what was then the $250 option, non-specific to the F-9, which is now the option that is "$299 minimum").While various o... | |
| Unison Research S6 or Leben CS-300F or Manley Stingray II??? Although you asked about sonics rather than functionality, I’ll mention that if the UR S6 produces too much volume at low settings of the volume control I suspect that the Manley will also. The unbalanced outputs of your DAC have a "full scale" (... | |
| Amp recommendation in the $6000 range scar972, it looks like the D’Agostino Classic does not provide RCA input connectors, and as I mentioned earlier your Eklipse provides unbalanced signals on its XLR connectors. Which creates a bit of concern as to whether the Classic will work pro... | |
| Elrog 300B vs Takatsuki 300B tubes Excellent comments by Jet just above, regarding the power rating of the replacement resistor(s). And I note in this schematic, which was referenced earlier in the thread, that a 25 watt rating is shown for the present 1K resistor.In general, it i... | |
| How important are speaker cables to the sound emanating from the speakers? Some points to keep in mind:1)Nearly all speaker cable effects are proportional to length. That is one of the reasons monoblock amplifiers can be advantageous -- they can make it possible for the speaker cables to be very short.2)In general, spea... | |
| Phono cable - necessary? ... what is considered low capacitance for an IC? There are no hard and fast thresholds, of course, and the total capacitance of the cable, which is what matters, is directly proportional to its length. But as a rough rule of thumb, I would consi... | |
| Phono cable - necessary? Chakster, there are many "normal interconnects" that will provide excellent shielding, and can be used successfully in phono applications. Although of course there are others that do not. For starters, see this recent thread, especially the respo... | |
| Where did you sink the most cash into? Based on prices when new: Speakers 30%; Amp 30%Based on prices actually paid: Speakers 40%; Preamp/Processor/DAC (one component) 20%Regards,-- Al | |
| New format, dislike..... Hi Lowrider,My perception of the issues you are referring to has been somewhat different. If I'm not mistaken, under "Recent Activity/12/24/48 hours/Forum Contributions in the Past 12/24/48 Hours," old threads having recent posts ARE being includ... | |
| Looking for really fine cables at really low price P.S: Also see the post by Mitch2 on page 11 of this thread, dated 9-15-2015, 7:15 p.m.Regards,-- Al |