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| Distortion with ARC Ref 150 and Maggie 3.7 Thanks for the update, Pakwong. Sounds like a good plan, which will greatly reduce the risk I had been envisioning if the CAT doesn't work out.BTW, although I could be wrong, I had been interpreting Knghifi's comment about doing homework before pu... | |
| Distortion with ARC Ref 150 and Maggie 3.7 Bruce (Bifwynne), I wouldn't consider the use of a Jensen transformer to be a jury rig/jerry rig/kludge (whichever terminology one prefers). It's a legitimate means of converting a single-ended signal to a true balanced signal pair.Consider also t... | |
| Stax hook up question Mark, congratulations! As Tony says, you are in for a treat.I'm pretty certain that the output connectors on the SRM-006t are internally wired directly to the corresponding input connectors, for "input 1," and are provided simply as a convenience ... | |
| Law of Accelerating Returns From the article:The second reason why The Law of Accelerating Returns applies to an audio system is something Meridian Audio co-founder Bob Stuart calls The Increasing Importance of the Smaller Difference. He posits that humans are naturally incl... | |
| Distortion with ARC Ref 150 and Maggie 3.7 As might be inferred from this post I made two days ago, I am in essential agreement with Minorl's comments. And especially with:My reading of the posts, indicates that the OP used the Jensen transformer and the resulting sound is wonderful. Probl... | |
| Which cable to connect from TT to ADC to Macbook? Any of those alternatives should work ok, assuming they are properly wired. What might be more convenient, however, and might also provide more reliable contact than TS and TRS adapter cables, would be to use two XLR-to-RCA adapters, such as this ... | |
| Is DEQX a game changer? Bombaywalla, I'm pretty certain that none of the DEQX products, or at least the current ones, include phono stages. Given that, and also given the considerable level of expertise and experience that is evident in Drewan's posts, and also given tha... | |
| VAC amps and Focal Grand Utopias at $195k a pair Maybe they had the speakers connected out of phase with each other part of the time? I'm only partly joking :-)Also, the impedance characteristics of the speakers, assuming they are similar to what was measured in this 2003 Stereophile review (see... | |
| Distortion with ARC Ref 150 and Maggie 3.7 Ralph & Dbarger, you appear to be disagreeing simply because you are using the term "source" to mean different things. I believe that Ralph is referring to the "source" of the signals which are sent into the power amp, e.g., a preamp. Dbarger ... | |
| Distortion with ARC Ref 150 and Maggie 3.7 Gentlemen, keep in mind that the problem at hand is simply that the amp has broken down.Also keep in mind that Pakwong was quite happy with the sound he was getting using the Jensen transformer, prior to the recent breakdown of the amp. And some o... | |
| Grace F9 question A pdf of the two-page manual for the F9 series can be downloaded from the link on this page, if you register or are registered at vinylengine. I have an original of that manual, from ca. 1980. However upon careful reading it does not explicitly st... | |
| Distortion with ARC Ref 150 and Maggie 3.7 P.S: To clarify my previous comment about what is stated in the CAT manual, the adapter cable you had been using resulted in the amp being operated in exactly the same manner as what would occur if you were to do what is described in the paragraph... | |
| Distortion with ARC Ref 150 and Maggie 3.7 Sorry to hear of this development, Pakwong. However, I feel quite certain that a problem involving the AC power relay not closing within a few seconds after turn-on has nothing to do with the use of the Jensen signal transformer. Also, the instruc... | |
| SACD... can you hear the difference? Regarding absolute phase/polarity, for further discussion see this current thread. I would emphasize two things:1)When the setting of the phase switch on a preamp is changed, not only is the polarity of the recording being inverted, but the preamp... | |
| DAC specs versus sound quality potential I'll second the responses by the others. I'll add that in situations where some of the specs on a given part may be "superior" to those of a competitive part, it will often be the case that both specs are sufficiently good that the difference is s... |