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| Looking for really fine cables at really low price signature8 12-07-2015 2:55pmI am trying to make balanced XLR interconnects with WE 16 gage wire. Do I really need a shield like the real XLR cables have, the one you can buy from Take Five Audio, or I can use regular wire as third wire (shield)... | |
| Bi-Wiring Center as a left and right Cleeds, yes, biwiring sends the same signal to each input of the speaker, from the amp, but that’s not what Kal (kr4) was referring to. He was saying, correctly, that "it [the speaker] will send one input to the woofer and the other to the mid/tw... | |
| Amp recommendation in the $6000 range Hi Matt,There has been no indication in the thread that the OP has purchased or will be purchasing a replacement for the Audio Valve preamp that is listed in his system description. Therefore, while the question that was posed relates to selectio... | |
| Amp recommendation in the $6000 range If you are still using the Audio Valve Eklipse preamp listed in your system description, I would certainly expect the Pass .8 series to be preferable to the .5 series, as the input impedances of the .5 amps are too low to be optimal matches to the... | |
| New format, dislike..... A suggestion to Justin & co. at Audiogon: Under "Recent Activity-12/24/48 hours" the "New Discussions in the Past XX hours" section is continually sorted based on the date and time of the most recent post. That makes it hard to determine whi... | |
| XLR-RCA adapter OK; thanks for the clarification. So you would not be adapting between the RCA output of a component and the XLR input of another component, or vice versa. You just want to adapt both ends of an XLR cable so that the cable can mate with the RCA ... | |
| Ayon's "Scorpio" tube imtegrated amp vs PrimaLuna Dialogue Premium tube integrated??. Jim, to clarify, the Triton Two used by the OP in the thread I linked to has a built-in amplifier just for the purpose of powering its built-in subwoofer drivers. The rest of the speaker is powered by an external amplifier, in his case a PrimaLun... | |
| XLR-RCA adapter BTW, if by any chance you would be adapting to the inputs of an Audio Research balanced power amp that provides only XLR inputs, be aware that many of those amps are a bit unusual in that they will not work properly if the XLR inputs are provided ... | |
| Warm sounding power cord for for CD player to suppress digital glare on vocals. John (Jmcgrogan2), yes, as you indicated we rarely disagree, and I always view your experience and your posts with great respect. And my perception has been that what you’ve said in your post above represents a belief that is shared by many and ... | |
| XLR-RCA adapter If you are adapting an XLR output to an RCA input I would avoid most adapters, as most of them short the signal on pin 3 to ground (pin 1). The circuits which drive the XLR outputs of some components will not be happy with that, either immediatel... | |
| Ayon's "Scorpio" tube imtegrated amp vs PrimaLuna Dialogue Premium tube integrated??. Jim, regarding the possibility of pairing the PrimaLuna integrated amp with some and possibly all of the Golden Ear models which incorporate a powered sub, and possibly with some speakers from other manufacturers which incorporate a powered sub, y... | |
| New Forum Format Sucks No problem here either, Larry, using IE11 on multiple Windows 7 computers.Best regards,--Al | |
| New format, dislike..... Jim (Broadstone), if by "notices" you perchance have been anticipating e-mail notifications, my impression is that is not what Audiogon meant. Take a look at the bell-shaped icon just under your user name at the upper right corner of any of the f... | |
| New format, dislike..... I rather like this new format, and it will get better....I agree. I suppose the disparity of opinion about it is consistent with the usual lack of consensus among audiophiles about most things :-)Best regards,-- Al | |
| Warm sounding power cord for for CD player to suppress digital glare on vocals. I would look elsewhere in your system for a solution. Power cords are not tone controls. And whatever effects they may have on tonality will be dependent on a complex and essentially unpredictable set of interactions between the technical charac... |