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| Input sensitivity, Gain and Preamp matching Pani, yes as George indicated it would certainly be relevant to know exactly what your source component(s) is or are.In the meantime, though, in regard to what I alluded to earlier about the peaks of some recordings leaving margin relative to the ... | |
| Digital Amplifier Questions My feeling is that a portable battery powered AM radio would be preferable. Not only for the obvious convenience factor, but because it may make it possible to more accurately locate the source of any RFI, and to more accurately assess its relativ... | |
| Input sensitivity, Gain and Preamp matching Thank you most kindly, Mofi. I should qualify your statement, though, by saying that at best I'm just an amateur master, while Ralph (Atmasphere) is of course a professional master :-)Pani, Ralph frequently makes the excellent point he states abov... | |
| clipping and max rated watts/max volume The Kappa 9s are the culprit. Wow! It's quite a testament to the late Professor Leach that his amp can handle those speakers. As I'm sure you're aware, they are widely known as being "amp killers."Best regards,-- Al | |
| Recommendation for a 300b Integrated amp There are lots of good choices, as the others have indicated. One thing that might help to better focus the recommendations would be to indicate the specific make and model of the speaker (which apparently is not the one indicated in your system d... | |
| Digital Amplifier Questions Hi Tim,If you are going to get another AM radio, consider purchasing a portable one that is battery powered. Also, the test will be most sensitive if you tune to a frequency at which no station is present. If a station is present the radio's AGC (... | |
| clipping and max rated watts/max volume I'm just surprised the op wasn't given consensus in terms of typical circumstances.OK, I'll give it a shot, while reiterating that all of the following can vary widely. Assumptions:1)All interconnections are single-ended/unbalanced.2)Onset of cli... | |
| clipping and max rated watts/max volume Peter (Csontos), keep in mind that what the preamp puts out is what goes into it plus its gain (which is defined based on its volume control being at max) minus the amount of attenuation the volume control is set to provide.And what goes into the ... | |
| Isolation platform - Gingko vs Mapleshade 03-30-15: Rcprince... As to why it should do this for a CD transport, I have no idea, but I could not deny the effects.Russ, anything that affects the "ease" with which the pits on the disc are tracked, including vibrations and mechanical resonanc... | |
| Feedback on Audioquest Diamond Ethernet Cables You'll find a good deal of relevant discussion, and the expectable diversity of viewpoints, in this thread.Regards,-- Al | |
| What music do you want to play really loud? Prokofiev's "Romeo and Juliet." Not as loud, though, as when I once heard it being performed live, from a seat in the very first row at Tanglewood (summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra). I would estimate that peaks reached at least 115 db.... | |
| Can't get Acoustic Zen Adagios to sound smooth Jim, I agree with Lowrider and Soix that one of the first things that should be done is to try different 12AU7's in your Sphinx. FWIW, among currently produced tubes I've had excellent results, although in a completely different application, with ... | |
| Balanced interconnects advice If you haven't already done so, before investing in a relatively expensive cable I would make a point of assessing how the sonics of the XLR outputs of the preamp compare to those of the fixed RCA outputs you are probably now using. It seems very ... | |
| Digital Amplifier Questions Guido & Noble100,Why an FM radio? I would expect that an AM radio would provide a much more sensitive and potentially more meaningful test.As you probably realize, FM is inherently vastly more immune to RF interference than AM, since the audio... | |
| Balanced interconnects and non-differential amps Hi Howard,I couldn't find enough information to determine if the signals sent into the XLR input of the Kismet are received by a balanced receiver stage or not. As I indicated, more often than not that will be the case even if the rest of the inte... |