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| Monitor close to the wall to replace Allison 4s "I am vertically bi-amping, one amp per speaker, so I could just double up the cables on each speaker. Any reason not to?"Yes, IMO, there are reasons not to.What you are referring to amounts to paralleling (aka monostrapping) the outputs of the tw... | |
| Cable Length Query Thanks, Elizabeth. Emerson (Foster_9), can you describe the speaker cables more specifically, including what gauge they are? And are they a specific make and model, or just generic two-conductor hookup wire?Best,-- Al | |
| Cable Length Query A number of past threads have addressed the question of long speaker cables/short interconnects vs. short speaker cables/long interconnects. Opinions tend to be divided, and the answer is clearly system dependent, with many variables being involve... | |
| If I plug my CD player into a power conditioner .. It is conceivable that the sonics of your system may be affected by digital noise that originates within the CD player, which is fed back into its power cord, resulting in RFI (radio frequency interference) radiating FROM the power cord to suscept... | |
| Pre amp for Pass Labs XA30.5 – Tube or SS Given the somewhat low input impedance of the Pass amp, specified as 20K single-ended and 30K balanced (those numbers having been essentially confirmed in John Atkinson's measurements), I took a look at the output impedances of the tube preamps li... | |
| Bass leaves after amp warms up? Could the line conditioner have been robbing dynamics even if no components were pluged into it?Seems extremely unlikely to me. Your AudioPrism Power Foundation Conditioner appears to simply provide a bunch of outlets and some passive noise filter... | |
| Snap, Crackle, Pop - What is the cause? 04-28-13: ParaneerI have now had three replies and each one is different. One says worn vinyl from being played on crappy equipment. Another says dirts and grease. A thord leans towards static.... whats the cause of the Snap, Crackle and Pop on so... | |
| Power conditioning / surge protection +1 re Truman's comment on the BrickWall surge protectors/line filters. I use this model, into which I connect my entire system, including the amplifier.I have not sensed it causing any adverse impact on dynamics or anything else. I should add, tho... | |
| VAC sigma vs Vac phi 200. One more point to consider:5)The Phi 200 provides three output taps, while the 160i provides two. Having the additional tap provided by the Phi 200 might be sonically beneficial with some speakers, particularly those having very low impedances, an... | |
| VAC sigma vs Vac phi 200. As a VAC owner (Renaissance 70/70 MkIII), and based on many comments I have read, I'm sure they are both exceptional products. Here are some additional factors that you may want to consider, though, in choosing between them:1)The Phi 200 is spec'd... | |
| Can u make interconnect from speaker cables Not sure that it would be physically practicable to attach RCA connectors to the ends of these (and most other) speaker cables.Even if it were, the technical considerations and parameters for the two types of cables are very different, as Audiolab... | |
| Greatest Composers of All Time As someone who enjoys music of the Renaissance and other early periods, I just want to put in a good word for perhaps the greatest of all composers of early music, Anon.Incredibly, he was a distinguished and prolific literary author as well.Best r... | |
| Bass leaves after amp warms up? I have analyzed and listened to "good" and "bad" recordings which Fishing created of Dawn's "Candida," in similar fashion to what I previously reported doing with a recording of "Respect Yourself." It appears that the recordings of "Candida" were ... | |
| Bass leaves after amp warms up? My comments about the CDR420 also apply to the CD300. Looks like it has a front panel switch that selects between ALC, Manual, and Limiter. It should be set to manual, and the recording level set such that its volume meter never gets near the 0 db... | |
| Bass leaves after amp warms up? I petitioned my dealer to lend me a dedicated 250 w amp from Musical Fidelity. Do you feel this will resolve the problem?Could be, but I'm by no means certain. I would expect it to be more capable of handling low impedances than the integrated amp... |