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| Favorite Female vocals that give you goose bumps Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, O Mio Babbino Caro(title of the video clip is misspelled).Or for an example of her singing something non-operatic, Climb Every Mountain(don't miss her remarkable 13 second last note).Regards,-- Al | |
| 25 Watt Tube Amp for 90db Speakers? In addition to the variables that have been cited by the others, I would emphasize the relevance to your question of the kinds of music you listen to, and particularly their dynamic range. Meaning the DIFFERENCE in volume between the loudest notes... | |
| progress? This photo of some of the grooves on that recording may be of interest to those who haven't physically seen it. Among other things, note the point near the center of the photo where there is an abrupt change of direction of around 45 degrees. IIRC... | |
| progress? 07-14-13: LewmFor one thing, typical modern MC cartridges often do not track as well as the old war-horse MM cartridges you mention.+1. That is my impression as well. Same goes for the old war-horse MM cartridges vs. typical older MC cartridges, A... | |
| Remember the year and first vynil you ever bought? "More Greatest Hits," Connie Francis, 1962. Had a crush on her when I was a kid. Although I no longer care for most of the music she recorded, I still consider that when in her prime she had one of the best combinations of voice, talent, looks, an... | |
| Amp choice? Are you sure you don't mean the Carver M400t cube amp? The M200t had a low profile rectangular shape.I once owned an M400t, which btw is still going strong after around 30 years, in the home of a relative. When used with speakers having easy to dr... | |
| Odyssey Khartago vs. C. Johnson's 2250A?? I agree with TLS49. I would go further and say, as someone with an extensive technical background and someone who certainly recognizes the value that specs can provide (especially in identifying combinations of components that are likely to be poo... | |
| Separates w/internal phono vs Integrated + phono How about this for a plan: Purchase a high quality separate phono stage, and connect it to a line-level input of your existing preamp. Compare it to the results you have been getting with the preamp's built-in phono stage. If there is not a signif... | |
| Best way to warm up the sound Yes, both the Tube Box DS and the JD9 provide four different input capacitance settings, the values being 47, 147, 267, and 367 pf for the Tube Box, and 47, 100, 150, and 220 pf for the JD9.Either of those choices, in combination with the selectio... | |
| Separates w/internal phono vs Integrated + phono I have no relevant experience, but I would doubt that the answer is anything other than it depends on the specific designs.Also, I would expect that the answer will depend to some extent on how much power is required, and if there is a preference ... | |
| Best way to warm up the sound 100 to 400 pf is an unusually wide range for recommended loading of a moving magnet cartridge. My suspicion is that the tonal balance of the cartridge will vary significantly within that range.As a rough guess, the capacitance of the 46 inch phono... | |
| Pass labs XA60.5 anything wrong with them. 07-11-13: Tonywinsc60 Watts is a lot of power even for speakers not so efficient. Lets say you have a speaker that outputs 89dB at 1Watt/1meter. That results in an SPL of 97dB at 3 meters with 64Watts. That is pretty loud unless your goal is perma... | |
| Change the cartridge or phono stage See my comments about load capacitance, and the subsequent comment by Bill_k, in your other thread.Regards,-- Al | |
| Best way to warm up the sound Thanks for providing the additional info. Strangely, although the Music Hall web page on the turntable states that "The mmf-5.1 comes complete with music hall magic 3 cartridge mounted. The magic 3 is specially built by Ortofon for music hall," th... | |
| Best way to warm up the sound Does "MF" refer to Musical Fidelity, or to the Music Hall MMF series, or to something else? And is the Ortofon cartridge a moving magnet type?I second the comments by Zd542. I would add that if the cartridge is a moving magnet type, in addition to... |