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| What tube pre amp match up with a solid state amp Ralph (Atmasphere), thanks for what as I see it is really excellent info and background, including the proof that is provided in your first post above, which strikes me as extremely persuasive. A few days ago I provided a link to that post in a co... | |
| A Paypal Offer - Is This Secure? The only time I would get burned is via buyers remorse - and how would the buyer prove their false claim that the amplifier isn't working?Peter, while I'm not suggesting that it is likely to be a significant possibility in this particular situati... | |
| Phono interconnect under $500 used My suggestion is that you indicate the cartridge and phono stage you are using, and the length of the cable that is required, and give greatest weight to responses that are based on similar circumstances.Regards,-- Al | |
| How to get balanced inputs working The performance of a digital cable, balanced or unbalanced, will often be significantly dependent on the relation between its length and various unspecified variables, including the risetimes and falltimes of the digital output signal of the CDP o... | |
| Cables more hype than value? Does a $5,000 watch tell time any better than a $30 watch? Answer: Perhaps it will, more often than not, but I wouldn't rule out the possibility that in other cases the reverse might be true, or the difference might be negligible.Regards,-- Al | |
| How to get balanced inputs working Thanks, Dave. An inconsistency or reversal of pins 2 and 3 in the connections between the DAC and the preamp would only result in an inversion of absolute phase, though, which would at most have subtle sonic consequences on some recordings, and no... | |
| How to get balanced inputs working 03-25-13: PavpetNo I'm saying with the sugden preamp hooked in xlr , dac in xlr everything workks fine , so I know the dac is fine ,if I switch preamps use the mbl on xlr ,I have no audioI realize that is what you are saying. You are saying that w... | |
| How to get balanced inputs working If you are saying that with the Sugden preamp everything worked well when the digital input to the DAC was provided on its RCA input connector, while the input select switch on the DAC was set to select its XLR input connector, that makes little s... | |
| How to get balanced inputs working It appears, as is typically the case, that the XLR/RCA switch on the Audio Horizons 3-series DACs selects between the XLR and RCA digital INPUT connectors, and has nothing to do with which analog output connector is being used. The XLR and RCA ana... | |
| What did Shahinian Obelisks cost in the late 1980s The "Audio" magazine annual equipment directories for October, 1985, and October, 1986, list them at $1600/pair, presumably in the standard wood finish.A 1991 Orion blue book I have lists them as having sold originally at $2050/pair in walnut &... | |
| How to get balanced inputs working Does the digital cable, that is connected between the DAC and the CDP, have RCA connectors or does it have XLR connectors?Regards,-- Al | |
| How to get balanced inputs working Dac is connected with digital cable to cdpIs the digital cable RCA or XLR?And, repeating my earlier question, what is the model number of the DAC?Regards,-- Al | |
| How to get balanced inputs working What is the model number of the Audio Horizons DAC?And am I correct in understanding that the switch you have been referring to as the "switch on DAC" and as the "DAC switch" is located on the DAC, not on the preamp? Or are you referring to a swit... | |
| How to get balanced inputs working Just to be sure that something simple is not being overlooked, are you certain that the switch on the DAC is selecting which analog output connector it provides a signal to, as opposed to which digital input connector it is accepting a signal from... | |
| Cables more hype than value? 03-23-13: WaxwavesIf you want to know what cables can do for your system, simply try different cables at the top of your price range and then trust your ears.... So maybe just use an open mind, several hundred bucks or more, and hours of QUALITY l... |