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| Phono Interconnect Sam, you should indicate what cartridge you are using. I see that the phono stage in your integrated amplifier is intended for high output cartridges, and the tonal balance in the treble region of high output cartridges (moving magnet and high out... | |
| Ringing from the tweeter It's not uncommon for vintage 6SN7's to be microphonic, or to become microphonic. There was a post here not long ago by Kevin Deal of Upscale Audio, who is a particularly knowledgeable tube seller, attesting to that with some rather striking stati... | |
| Is DEQX a game changer? Hi Unsound,I presume that your Thiel speakers are designed to be time coherent, and if so presumably the DEQX speaker calibration function would not be beneficial to you. I would expect, however, that the equalization functions a DEQX can provide ... | |
| Is DEQX a game changer? Not yet, Unsound. I should be addressing room corrections next week. Meanwhile my listening has been focused on the upgrades I alluded to above, most notably the new phono stage, and I've also had to devote a lot of time to activities unrelated to... | |
| Solid State Amplifier Advancements In A Decade I agree with much of Bombaywalla's post just above, but I want to make a factual correction: While the earliest designs produced by the Mark Levinson Audio Systems company during the years it was owned by Mr. Levinson were indeed the work of John ... | |
| why do people feel the need to buy expensive cable +1 Onhwy61.Regards,-- Al | |
| Transitioning from SS to tube amplification Hi Jim (Broadstone),I think I may have mentioned in one of your past threads that if the sensitivity of your Reference 3A speakers is comparable to that of the Reference 3A MM de Capo BE, per the measurements for that speaker shown here the 91 dB ... | |
| Solid state power + tube pre or visa versa? 11-03-15: Dismord... find myself wondering at a recommendation that the combination of solid state preamp with tube power amp is ALWAYS better. Unequivocal absolute statements like that are ALMOST ALWAYS wrong :-). This being no exception.This que... | |
| Virtual System updating problems. Anyone else? How in the world did you find that?I noticed the issue last week when I wanted to do some updates to my system description. In recent months it has been evident that "remembering" log-ins has been erratic on the forum part of the site, so I figure... | |
| Virtual System updating problems. Anyone else? I ran into the same issue recently, but I found an easy workaround. Easy, that is, once I discovered it :-)Go to the page where the problematic "Edit this System" link appears. Before clicking on it, open up another tab in your browser, and in tha... | |
| best transparent pre amp Dvdgreco, if you do choose to go with an active preamp, I would think twice before choosing some of the models that have been mentioned. The concern in some cases being that their gain may be so high that you would be forced to use the volume cont... | |
| Short coax digital cable: qed audioquest ricabl Mofi, thanks for the mention.The way I would put it is that the length that has the greatest chance of being optimal is a very short length, such as 6 to 8 inches, if that is practicable. If a longer length is necessary, the length having the grea... | |
| Interesting project started by Michael Fremer I have the Wilson Audio LP Don and Peter referred to. Its purpose, as stated on the jacket notes, was:... to produce a test recording of musical material to specifically demonstrate one test variable ... one generation of digital processing by a p... | |
| Super Noisy Phono Pre--Help? Then the preamp started producing a random popping sound and a motor sound like there was poor electric motor plugged into the same outlet. I thought it was a tube, but swapping out tubes didn't change it. I took it to my local service department.... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD I basically agree with Guido, but I would modify his statement as follows (changes are in brackets):... a warm sound is a tone that has a [lower] midrange preference, and perhaps a touch of pillowiness in the mid and mid lower bass. A rich sound f... |