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| Has biwire speaker cabling become "old" ? Thanks, Tony (Tls49). Our posts went up within a few seconds of each other. As others may not realize, my statement you quoted was from some earlier threads on this subject.Best regards,-- Al | |
| Has biwire speaker cabling become "old" ? My perception has been that anecdotal reports which have appeared here and elsewhere about biwiring are highly inconsistent. Some report substantial benefits, some report no difference, and some report significantly degraded sonics.As examples of ... | |
| Prima Luna Premium Pre The 57.5 db gain of your phono stage will raise the output of your cartridge by a factor of 750, so the 0.5 mv rated output of your cartridge under the standard cartridge test conditions will be raised to 0.375 volts. The peak levels of some recor... | |
| Turntable Setup by Ear? The best set-up is the one removing as many variables as possible.+1. Well said.Considering the many variables that are involved in optimizing setup of a cartridge (overhang, offset, VTF, VTA/SRA, azimuth, anti-skating, resistive loading, capaciti... | |
| Prima Luna Premium Pre Pkelly, I'm wondering if with your present CJ ET3SE you are having to operate the volume control undesirably close to the bottom of its range, especially with digital sources if you are using any.The reason I ask is that your ET3SE, and also the E... | |
| Review: Daedalus Ulysses V2 Speaker Lou, thanks very much for joining in, and for your always reliable comments.Goheelz, I would add to Lou's comments that the difference between the 350 watt capability of your amplifier, and the 150 watt capability of the Modwright KWA150 which Lou... | |
| What's your favorite lyric from a song? Very profound indeed, Jim (Broadstone). A correction to the words, though, if I may. They are actually "I'm tired of livin' and scared of dyin'."Here is a link to the famous performance of the song by the great Paul Robeson in the 1936 version of ... | |
| Parasound halo JC2 what a joke I agree with Larryi. The JC2 is specified as consuming 25 watts of AC power in standby, and 30 watts when turned on. For a preamp of its size and weight (24 pounds), a consumption of 25 watts seems to me to be perfectly consistent with a temperatu... | |
| the importance of music in film One of my (and my wife's) all time favorite films is the 1964 French musical "The_Umbrellas_of_Cherbourg". It is the only film I am aware of in which every word is sung, not spoken. The music was composed by Michel Legrand.Regards,-- Al | |
| Nordost Tyr 2 Spkr Cables - Alternate for less $$ You're welcome, Jim.Regarding "you get what you pay for," in the context of cables, you may find this thread to be of interest.Good luck. Regards,-- Al | |
| Nordost Tyr 2 Spkr Cables - Alternate for less $$ One further thought: From the perspective of the amplifier, by using the Goertz cables in a biwire configuration you are doubling their already extremely high capacitance. I don't know if the biwire configuration of the MI-2 provides one pair of t... | |
| Nordost Tyr 2 Spkr Cables - Alternate for less $$ I too agree with ZD. And I'll add the following thoughts:I would consider the possibility that what may be happening is not so much that you are preferring the Nordost cables in themselves, but rather that you, or more specifically your amplifier,... | |
| Review: Daedalus Ulysses V2 Speaker Great review, Tom! Glad that your Ulysses have worked out so well.As you indicated, it's remarkable how Lou has managed to combine such a natural tonal balance and non-fatiguing sound with excellent resolution and dynamics, accurate transient resp... | |
| Integrated Amp help Good comments by the others. I would particularly emphasize the question by Swampwalker about how the speaker impedance varies with frequency, if that can be determined.A lot of two-way speakers have considerably lower impedances at most of the fr... | |
| What makes a better phono cable ? There is a Silent Source Extreme Phono for sale at a very good price and according to L.W.the silver version is a good bit better.Any further thoughts?Beyond the usual kinds of proclamations of great sonics and performance well above their price p... |