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| EXPERIENCED VAC USERSmost bang for the buck Thanks, Bill. As I've said in a number of past threads, specs have their usefulness. Not, generally speaking, in predicting how a component will sound, but in ruling out candidates that may be poor matches with the rest of the system, or with the ... | |
| EXPERIENCED VAC USERSmost bang for the buck A factor which may clinch the decision in favor of the Phi200/SignatureMkIIa combination, depending on the sensitivity of the speakers and the output level of the source(s), is that the gain of the other combination stands a good chance of being t... | |
| Best Amp for Timbre, Depth and Spatial Resolution? JB, note what speakers he is using. Not exactly the best candidate for use with a 300B SET. And note that his present amplifier is rated at 250 watts per channel into 8 ohms.On the other hand the VAC Renaissance 70/70 MkIII that I use, which utili... | |
| Audio Icon/Idol - Who would you like to meet? Thank you, Dave (Corazon)!Best regards,-- Al | |
| Balanced power amp and subwoofer connection. There are some issues that would have to be considered before driving the sub from the preamp.Most or all of the BK subs have line-level input impedances of only 10K. The input impedance of your power amp is 30K balanced and 20K unbalanced.If you ... | |
| Low frequency problem while playing vinyl I'm not sure what the solution might be, but given that both your preamp and your amplifier have specified 3db frequency responses that go down to an extremely low 0.1 Hz, and given that your amplifier is very powerful, I suspect that the explanat... | |
| Balanced power amp and subwoofer connection. Connect the red Speakon wire to the red output terminal of the right channel on the amplifier.Connect the yellow Speakon wire to the red output terminal of the left channel of the amplifier.Connect the black Speakon wire to the binding post on the... | |
| Can Digital beat our Analog installations? 09-11-13: CzariveyEven according to Al, I still can only believe that quality of digital reproduction in the mathematical and scientific terms can only "approach" quality of analogue reproduction as close as possible when sampling resolution appro... | |
| has anyone else tried Lloyd Walkers latest tweak You're welcome, Rodman. In connection with the mention of crystal-controlled oscillators in my post, I should of course also have mentioned the billions of quartz controlled watches that are out there.Regards,-- Al | |
| has anyone else tried Lloyd Walkers latest tweak Lew & Al (Rodman), regarding the function of crystals in early radio equipment, you're both right, but you are referring to two different applications. And to some extent to two different eras.Crystals were (and still are, in some applications... | |
| CD Tweeks...Improve Ripped SQ? 09-10-13: GeoffkaitThe same reasons why treated CDs sound better than untreated CDs apply to why ripped files produced by treated CDs sound better than ripped files produced by untreated CDs. I disagree completely. Let's leave it at that, s'il vou... | |
| CD Tweeks...Improve Ripped SQ? There is a red line between the uber skeptics and the experimentalists.I would put it that there is a broad spectrum between the uber skeptics and the experimentalists. It is not simply a matter of being at one extreme or the other.Also, Geoff, al... | |
| CD Tweeks...Improve Ripped SQ? FWIW, I can only think of one means by which the sonics resulting from playback of two computer files located on the same drive could differ, when the bits comprising their musical content are identical. And assuming that possible extraneous varia... | |
| New on audiogon Bruce (Bifwynne), thank you most kindly.Acidfolk, as others have indicated you've certainly acquired some really nice equipment. And Daedalus speakers would certainly do well with the Einstein Light in the Dark. In fact, A'gon member Jazdoc, who i... | |
| CD Tweeks...Improve Ripped SQ? Jim, my compliments on the thoroughness with which you established that the copy of the untreated CD and the copy of the treated CD sound different. I don't doubt that conclusion.I'm not particularly familiar with how CD recorders/duplicators are ... |