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| Is Coincident Statement Phono pre-amp an overkill Essrand, in relation to the point I raised in my earlier post you may find it useful to read the following thread, and also the thread that is linked to in the post in that thread by Thom_Mackris (Galibier turntable designer):Largest Impact - Arm ... | |
| Is Coincident Statement Phono pre-amp an overkill 10-26-13: EssrandI did expect to keep the TT (Clearaudio Concept) for a few years. I hope getting the Coincident will not make do that upgrade too.Based on a quick read-through of this thread, it seems to me that this is the major issue that needs... | |
| Tube Amps and Friendly Speakers - Back Impedance F1a & Bruce, I concur with everything in your latest posts.Best regards,-- Al | |
| Alpha-Core Goertz speaker cables Gkp, if it were a solid state amp, with 8 feet of cable being required, I would definitely recommend against using a pair of biwired MI3's (without a Zobel, at least). I couldn't find detailed specs on the Debut Mk1 (particularly bandwidth and how... | |
| Tube Amps and Friendly Speakers - Back Impedance 11-01-13: UnsoundSs amps will more often than not provide a more linear frequency response whether the impedance increases or decreases.True, fundamentally because the majority of speakers are designed with the expectation that they will be used w... | |
| Tube Amps and Friendly Speakers - Back Impedance 11-01-13: Minorl... really good amps double their power output when the load impedance is reduced in half. And conversely, those amps halve their power output when the load impedance is doubled. Please re-read Bruce's statement, which refers to lo... | |
| Tube Amps and Friendly Speakers - Back Impedance Bruce, enjoy!I have several minor corrections and clarifications to most of the recent posts, though (excluding Ralph's, of course!).10-30-13: Bifwynne LT: The zero tap goes to the neg. terminal and the 4 ohm tap feeds the hot. If I've got that ri... | |
| Substitute for 6F07 tubes. It's a 6FQ7, as indicated on this page, or, equivalently, the 6CG7 as also indicated there.They are easily findable in vintage form, and I believe some recently manufactured versions are also available.Regards,-- Al | |
| Live vs Recording Thanks, Schubert. I neglected to mention, btw, that Brahms 1st is, simply put, my favorite symphony. I don't own and haven't heard the Klemperer; I'll have to add it to my near term purchase list. Among those recordings I am familiar with, my favo... | |
| Live vs Recording Re phase inversion switches: A point that should be kept in mind is that when the setting of the switch is changed not only is the signal being inverted, but the configuration of the circuit that is being used within the component is also being ch... | |
| Alpha-Core Goertz speaker cables Gkp, without knowing any of the details of your system and setup, particularly what amplifier you are using and how long the cables are, I'd have to say that without a Zobel it would be a significant concern.The MI3, along with the AG3, have the h... | |
| Hard Drive Question Thanks Riffer. To be sure it's clear, what I was saying does not work through external drive interfaces is just the reading of SMART data. I know that is true for USB and Firewire, and I believe it is true regardless of whether HD Tune or any othe... | |
| Digital Source with Tube Amplification Is it not possible to state an opinion without 75% of the post being caveats? No, IMO there are way too many variables involved to be able to make any generalizations that would be meaningful and useful, the variables including even the recordings... | |
| SS Pre-amps that can beat an Audio Research sp16 10-29-13: MapmanNot certain but I think frequency bandwidth is the main thing that a good SS pre-amp might be able to best the ARC in. THat an dnoise levels, but noise levels have not been a big issue with the ARC either, though I have had to repl... | |
| Is it real or just my imagination? Is it real or just my imagination?Don't know. But there's one way to be (fairly) certain, although it will require some investment of time and effort. Go back and forth a couple of times between the two settings. And be sure that the warmup status... |