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| Gain of line preamplifier Ralph, thanks for your characteristically informative, knowledgeable, and detailed input. It all makes perfect sense to me.One small nit, though:A typical cable might have 15pf per foot. With a 3 foot cable and a 100K volume control set halfway ac... | |
| Gain of line preamplifier I'll second George's point that the variation of passive preamp output impedance as a function of volume control setting doesn't matter, as long as the worst case (highest) output impedance at any volume setting is suitable for the application.I'l... | |
| My wife passed yesterday Very very sorry to hear this, Chayro. I second all of the thoughts that have been expressed above so beautifully, and extend my sincerest condolences.--Al | |
| Long cable run from my phono preamp to linestage. What model is the phono preamplifier?Doing what you propose will often and perhaps usually be fine, but it depends on the output impedance of the phono preamp (the lower the better), the capacitance of the cable (the lower the better), and the cha... | |
| Tandberg 3004 cassette I'm not sure where Buconero gets his information from, as the 3004 is hard to find these days, and rarely appears for sale. However, my understanding is that it is considered to be comparable in quality and desirability to its successor models, th... | |
| How to set up a Mac mini for music only? 10-25-14: Zd542"Unlike Steve, I don't find the older Minis a good match - I've found in my PC builds that a faster i7 QuadCore sounded better than my Atom based servers so I'd say go for the fastest CPU you can get."I don't understand why that wou... | |
| Gain of line preamplifier P.S: An example of what I am describing would be these specs for the Parasound JC2:Input Sensitivity:200 mV for 1 V outputTotal Gain: 14 dBMaximum Output: 8 VNote that 20log(1 volt/200 mV) = 20log(1/0.2) = 14 dB, corresponding to the indicated gai... | |
| Gain of line preamplifier 10-24-14: CzariveyManufacturers instead of gain would often provide you input sensitivity and max output voltage. 2 ways can be worked around this problem:1. Contacting manufacturer about gain info2. Use following formula to calculate gain:a) Max_... | |
| Electrostatic Speakers 10-22-14: AbcaudioThank you all for your replies! I currently use the Rocket 88 tube amp from Cary. Not sure if this is the best choice, but what I have to use. I appreciate your comments here. Also wondering everyone's take on the cables...anyone... | |
| The HH Scott 350 A MultiplexCircuitry Goofyfoot, after taking a look at the schematics I have no suggestions to offer with respect to modifying the design of the MPX circuit to be more like that of the 310E. They are simply different animals, to a considerable extent. And my guess is ... | |
| What's the greatest bargain in SET these days? Like Tubegroover I don't want to rain on anyone's parade, but I thought I would point out what appear to be highly credible measurements of the Reference 3A MM de Capo BE, performed by the National Research Council of Canada. They indicate a measu... | |
| Salk vs Daedalus Speakers Thanks, Bruce (Bifwynne). I'm anticipating addressing the possibility, and I suspect the likelihood, of adding a DEQX to my system late this winter.Best,-- Al | |
| Salk vs Daedalus Speakers Hi Rleff,As you may be aware, I am a very happy owner of the Daedalus Ulysses. I purchased them about four years ago, prior to the introduction of the v.2 changes, but including the all poly crossover which had just been introduced.I use them in... | |
| The Arm/Cartridge Matching Myth 10-14-14: HalcroAs anyone with ‘feedback’ problems knows…..with the stylus stationary on the record, as you turn up the volume you will suddenly hear a deep and progressively louder continuous ‘drone’ emanating from your speakers…🔊This (I suspect)... | |
| Long Speaker Cables/Short Interconnect or reverse Hi Kijanki,I believe that what I said is correct. According to this wire gauge table the diameter of 14 gauge copper wire is 1.63 mm. Plugging that into this inductance calculator, together with a length of 12 inches, results in an inductance figu... |