almarg
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| Source XLR to Balanced Preamp will increase gain? In many cases, but not always, there will be a 6 db increase going from unbalanced to balanced, everything else being equal. It depends on the designs of both of the interconnected components.But also, of course, as Jcharvet pointed out different ... | |
| Do I Have the Wrong Cartridge? I can't say what the answer to Q1 is, without being familiar with the sound of the particular recordings. Re Q2, if load capacitance differs considerably from what is optimal for a particular MM cartridge, in either direction (too high or too low)... | |
| Do I Have the Wrong Cartridge? Lowrider, I see what you are referring to, on page 6 of the manual for the Perseus. It makes no sense to me, though, that they would provide a 0/150 pf selection for moving coils, and no capacitance selection for moving magnets. So I'm not sure th... | |
| Do I Have the Wrong Cartridge? Manitunc, if you were familiar with Lowrider's posts you would realize that when he says "all my LPs are top class," presumably referring to those he has used in assessing the new cartridge, he knows whereof he speaks.Also, there are many digitall... | |
| Do I Have the Wrong Cartridge? Hi Lowrider,What phono stage are you using? And how long is your phono cable? I'm wondering if load capacitance, which is affected by both of those things, could be a contributing factor. Rega doesn't seem to specify a load capacitance recommendat... | |
| Summing up L & R line-level for dual subs Based on that info I suspect that you would be marginally ok with respect to the effects I described.Item 8 on this page appears to be applicable to the A370PEQ, and indicates an input impedance of 30K. The parallel combination of two 30K impedanc... | |
| Oldest piece of gear you own Nietzschelover Congragulations, you win!Well, maybe not :-)In my antique radio collection I have a working AM radio setup consisting of a Westinghouse RC regenerative tuner/detector/amplifier, a Western Electric 7A amplifier, and a Western Electri... | |
| Budget cable chaos??? Is River Cable the new star? I took a look at their site, and at the descriptions of the three speaker cables Jim mentioned. FWIW, here are my comments:1)What is most impressive to me about the site is what is NOT there. No techno-babble, pseudo-scientific nonsense, far-fetch... | |
| Oldest piece of gear you own Radio Engineering Laboratories (REL) Precedent FM Tuner, from 1954. (No relation to the British subwoofer manufacturer REL).Designed by former associates of Edwin Armstrong (inventor of both FM and the superheterodyne principle upon which nearly a... | |
| Summing up L & R line-level for dual subs My subs have L & R inputs, but how should I connect them independently? From preamp left output #2 have a Y connector to go to sub # 1 and to sub #2 connecting to left input in each one, and do the same on the right?What is the input impedance... | |
| Installing Dedicated Lines.... Need advise Now I am in search of what Power cords to use. Signal Cable would be a good and reasonably priced choice, IMO. Regarding your use of the multiple outlets, I would offer the thought that while using separate dedicated lines for digital, low level a... | |
| Rating system insanity It seems to me that since this purchase was apparently made via Audiogon, if the buyer were to name the seller here it would amount to leaving transaction-related feedback in the forums. I doubt that the moderators would or should approve of that.... | |
| External HD VS Flash Drive Sound Quality Question A question: When you change between listening to the flash drive and the external hard drive are you removing one and then connecting the other to the same USB connector? Or do you have one always connected to the rear panel USB connector, and the... | |
| question about wire break in A great many explanations can be offered for what MAY be occurring when cable breakin effects are perceived, including those cited in the Cardas paper Mofi linked to, and in the IMO well stated comments that were presented by Mr. Rodman (which I d... | |
| Legendary used amp, or economical new one? The following price info may be helpful to those responding: The Emotiva XPA-200 that was mentioned lists for $499, new. According to an older bluebook I have, the Perreaux PMF-1150B originally sold for $1150 (the same as the model number!), in 19... |