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| New system/room, upgrade amp or preamp first? Todd and Mesch, thanks very much for the nice words.Regarding my earlier comments about connecting subs at speaker-level to amps having balanced or bridged outputs, I should add that it is often (although not always) possible to accomplish that. A... | |
| New system/room, upgrade amp or preamp first? 04-24-15: ToddrhodesI will throw this out there, just to get feedback - am I loony for thinking a simple single-ended Y out of the preamp would be doable until I (ideally) find a balanced amp so as to use enable both sets of outputs concurrently? ... | |
| New system/room, upgrade amp or preamp first? You're welcome, Todd.Tape outs are not usually suitable for connection to subs, because they are almost always "ahead" of the volume control in the preamp's signal path. So the volume of the signal sent to the sub would not vary as you vary the se... | |
| New system/room, upgrade amp or preamp first? I agree with the many suggestions of preamp first, not on philosophical grounds related to the importance of preamps generally, but because the AVR appears to be the weak link in this case.I took a look at the possibility of impedance incompatibil... | |
| High value, high efficiency speakers for SET amps Rebbi, thanks for the nice words and for the clarification about size and positioning. Regarding:04-22-15: RebbiAs for lower end extension, my old Merlin TSM-mmi's were only rated down to 55 Hz, and I found them so lacking in punch and dynamics th... | |
| High value, high efficiency speakers for SET amps 04-22-15: MapmanAtmasphere,I think you are assuming that the speaker is full or near full range with your numbers. Smaller speakers with less low end extension MUST require less power to achieve a certain level, all else the same. The lower the fr... | |
| Coupling Banana Plugs OK. Since the couplers have uninsulated metal, make sure of course that the two couplers used for each channel cannot come in contact with each other, or with anything else that is conductive or grounded. You may want to wrap them with electrical ... | |
| Coupling Banana Plugs Googling "banana plug coupler," with the quotes, returns what appear to be a number of promising choices. The most efficient way to peruse them, amidst a number of irrelevant results that are also returned, is probably via the Google Images link.R... | |
| Bi-wire jumper config Thanks for citing my statement, Lowrider. It comes from this 2011 thread.I should clarify that what was being discussed in that thread was not diagonal connection of a single pair of conductors, used with jumpers, but rather a biwire set of four c... | |
| Plinius SA301 Or Bryston 4bsst2? Something that hasn't been mentioned but should be considered is that the Plinius SB-301 has unusually high gain, the specs being 32 db unbalanced and 38 db balanced. So with that amp you would find yourself using the volume control on your preamp... | |
| Tubed Phono Preamp 04-18-15: ViridianThe input impedance of the MF A5 is 220k ohms so any phono preamp will work with it.True enough, Marty, but note that the OP states "I have changed my amp and cart." And posts from 2011 in his system description thread refer to t... | |
| Cary SA500.1 mono blocks 04-18-15: Mitch2Is it mechanical hum of the transformers inside the amps, or a hum/buzz coming through the speakers? Kwa69, you should clarify this. As Mitch2 indicated earlier, "Mechanical hum from the transformer is caused by DC on the line, whi... | |
| Mirage M7si bass bump how to deal with it?/ 04-16-15: Geph0007I must have not been very clear I did the usual things I worked in the audio biz and I know what to try and do.... I am trying to think outside the box a little.Here's an outside the box thought I bet hasn't been tried: Turn the ... | |
| Tubed Phono Preamp 04-16-15: ShawnlhI'm wanting to upgrade the pre as I have changed my amp and cart, so I would like to try something different here as well.I was just about to post the following when ZD and George beat me to it:I'm surprised that everyone [other t... | |
| KT 150 Amp Options 04-17-15: OregonpapaIf you want to go with an ARC amp, you can get adapters for your single ended cables. Check this out: www.doublehelixcablesIn contrast to most amps having balanced internal signal paths and providing only balanced inputs, many ... |