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| Can Digital beat our Analog installations? 09-07-13: Buconero117Never! The physics of analogue can never be reproduced in the digital mode, no matter what sampling rate is used. Fact, just accept it. The question raised by the OP was "can Digital beat our Analog installations?"For that to ... | |
| Most transparent open & dynamic cables out there? I agree with Zd 100%.Your speakers provide three different sets of adjustments for fine tuning their high frequency response. Have you tried all possible combinations of settings? I would expect that those adjustment provisions would have much gre... | |
| Favorite 300B: Sophia vs KR Dave, thanks for your excellent and very informative post. One small correction, though. I think that when you referred a few times to "grid voltage" you probably meant to refer to "plate voltage."Regards,-- Al | |
| Are unequal length speaker cables really bad? 09-06-13: Sonic_geniusEqual lengths are best since there will be sonic differences. However, as I indicated in my earlier response, the existence of differences does not necessarily mean that having equal lengths will be better.When the issue of u... | |
| Can Digital beat our Analog installations? 09-06-13: CsontosIt already is possible. This topic has been brought up not too long ago. Almarg described how. I don't remember the thread. Search the archives. Or pm Al.Thanks for the mention, Peter, but it wasn't me. FWIW, I enjoy both formats,... | |
| Do I Have the Wrong Cartridge? Can anybody tell me Raul's Agon "handle" or a link to the MM thread and I'll get back to you soon.Rauliruegas.Stand back before clicking, though. It's over 11,000 posts! We'll understand if your intention to "get back to us soon" turns out not to ... | |
| Do I Have the Wrong Cartridge? Doug, thank you kindly. My comments are as follows:First, as I know Doug realizes there are two different test standards against which rated cartridge outputs may be specified. If I recall correctly that can produce a disparity of +/- 3 db between... | |
| Do I Have the Wrong Cartridge? Thanks, Lowrider. Before you give up on this cartridge, here are some further thoughts:I took a look at the manual for the Linn Axis, which is written based on the presumption that a Linn Akito tonearm is being used. It appears that the arm has a ... | |
| Are unequal length speaker cables really bad? Your analysis is correct, in that if there are any audible consequences resulting from having unequal lengths, they would not be due to the infinitesimal difference in arrival time that would result at the listener's ears.However if other paramete... | |
| Budget cable chaos??? Is River Cable the new star? Be careful with Goertz! The Goertz speaker cables achieve ultra-low inductance at the expense of having ultra-high capacitance, which, if used without a "Zobel network," has been known to cause some amplifiers to oscillate and self-destruct. Espec... | |
| Oldest piece of gear you own Why is it that it seems many older tube radios outperform most transistor models since in regards to ability to pick up remote stations clearly?No question about it. The golden age of radio was arguably the 1930s, when a good performing and good l... | |
| Oldest piece of gear you own The Air King's can be very nice performers, Mapman, if well restored and/or in good condition, although most of them are not worth a great deal. There are a few very rare plastic (not wood) Air King models, though, that are considered to be import... | |
| Source XLR to Balanced Preamp will increase gain? Thanks, Milpai. Adding to Ralph's response just above, I'm not certain that it would be safe to assume that a TVC will necessarily be designed to provide unity gain at its max volume setting, for either kind of input (RCA or XLR). I wouldn't be su... | |
| Summing up L & R line-level for dual subs You're welcome, Lewinski. I think that in your last post, though, you may have misworded something:I have posted a question to Lamm to check if the outputs are buffered. Assuming they aren't, then it seems I could try 2 Y-connectors in series so t... | |
| Source XLR to Balanced Preamp will increase gain? If I choose a CDP with say, 4V output at XLR, will it mean that my amp will ultimately see 8V at the MAX level of the preamp's output?Assuming you are referring to an active (not passive) preamp, when its volume control is at max its output voltag... |