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| Goertz still the choice with Vandersteen? Thanks, Unsound. And kudos to Goertz for providing quantitative information about the square wave response they are depicting. Other manufacturers commonly show such waveforms with no indication of time scale, or of the test conditions under which... | |
| Conrad Johnson ET3se connected to a subwoofer With the 2nd method, do you think that it will degrade the sound using the Y-adapters? I suspect that it will not in this specific case, considering the specific impedances that are involved (and assuming that ground loop hum does not occur, which... | |
| Why no Spectral phono stage? Some of their older preamp models provided optional built-in phono stages, but I am not aware of any separate phono stages they have produced. And I believe that those built-in phono stages provided somewhat lowish gains, that were only suitable f... | |
| Conrad Johnson ET3se connected to a subwoofer I couldn't find an input impedance spec on your subwoofer, but it appears that both the ET3se and the DAC2 D have low output impedances, and the input impedance of your power amp is a fairly high 47.5K. Given that, and given that the DAC2 D provid... | |
| High value, high efficiency speakers for SET amps One more possible contributor to synergy between Rebbi's speakers and SET amplification, adding to the possibilities listed in my previous post: 4)I note that John Atkinson states in his measurements of the older de Capo i version of the speaker t... | |
| High value, high efficiency speakers for SET amps 04-30-15: RebbiSo it makes me think that when looking for a speaker for this kind of amp, it makes some sense to look at brands that are not only high-efficiency and flat impedance, but also otherwise designed with single ended operation in mind. ... | |
| Goertz still the choice with Vandersteen? No, I'd feel pretty certain that he meant a square wave. A speaker cable that can't convey an audio frequency (or considerably higher frequency) sine wave with good accuracy is probably defective or missing a connection.Best regards,-- Al | |
| Goertz still the choice with Vandersteen? Statements that an audio cable or component can or cannot "pass a square wave" are often bandied about in relation to audio, but without specific QUANTITATIVE elaboration they are meaningless and potentially misleading. Depending on the frequency ... | |
| Is Louder always Better? Hi Larry,I certainly agree with your point with respect to the majority of classical recordings. However, as you no doubt realize there are nevertheless many classical recordings, especially on smaller labels that prioritize sonic quality and know... | |
| Is Louder always Better? Thanks, Charles. Yes, I agree completely with your very well stated post just above.Best regards,-- Al | |
| Is Louder always Better? Lots of good comments above. As Bombaywalla and Larryi alluded to, I think the OP is conflating noise, and the ratio of signal-to-noise, with distortion in its various forms. Noise and distortion are very different things, having different causes ... | |
| Wife stepping on speaker wire +2 Schubert.Best regards,-- Al | |
| High value, high efficiency speakers for SET amps 04-26-15: Lewinskih01I guess my bottom-line-question is whether the vanishing distortion at lower output level that is a trait of SETs is also a trait of SEPs, like the Dynamo?Hi Lewinski,Ralph can most likely provide the best answer to that quest... | |
| Are Mac and PC equal? 03-31-15: Zd542For audio, I use Windows and Linux. But I wouldn't buy a pre built PC. In most cases, the parts they use are very low quality. Its easy enough to buy the parts and put it all together yourself. Then you know its done right.+1. I wou... | |
| Goertz still the choice with Vandersteen? If you go with Goertz, keep in mind that if those cables are used without the Zobel networks Goertz supplies their ultra-high capacitance (especially in the case of the MI2, MI3, AG2, and AG3) has been known to cause some solid state amplifiers wh... |