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| Thoughts on interconnect vs. speaker cable length. There is no universal answer, as it depends on various technical characteristics of the particular components, as well as on the characteristics of the cables, and the preferences of the listener. Those are among the reasons that opinions and repo... | |
| How to contact George Bischoff/Mark Porzilli Could very well be, but I'm not certain. Sometimes the last digit can indicate the number of zeroes which follow the first two digits, which would mean that it is 18 pf. That seems unlikely in this case, but as I say I'm not certain.Voltage rating... | |
| How to contact George Bischoff/Mark Porzilli Hi Frogman,Have you tried any of the contact info shown here?It's a different Mark, but the same George.Best regards,-- Al | |
| Review: Harman Kardon avr2650 Multichamp Hi Lynne,So I have 95w x 2 driving them. Right?Yes.Probably no one makes 4 ohm speakers anymore, but it should be against the law. They saturate amps and probably even the speaker crossovers.Actually, there are still lots of 4 ohm speakers that ar... | |
| Cables more hype than value? 02-23-13: Audiolabyrinth@ Rok2id,no my entire system cost $70,000.00 ,not the cables!,thou the cables did cost more than the componets,as time gos,I can move up the componet food chain and not worry about changing cables ever!cheers!02-23-13: Rok2... | |
| Beethoven Symphonies - best perf + sonics on CD Learsfool, thanks for bringing your very extensive knowledge and expertise to this thread. If you get a chance, do try to listen to Toscanini's 1940 Brahms 1st recording, via the link I provided above.Returning to Beethoven, I'm surprised that no ... | |
| Triode mode vs pento mode Thanks Ralph. No, I hadn't been aware of any of that. So by designing in accordance with the principles defined in the expired patent, it is possible to achieve triode linearity with a pentode, while at the same time reducing the power sacrifice t... | |
| Beethoven Symphonies - best perf + sonics on CD Brownsfan, thanks very much once again. I have it on order!Best regards,-- Al | |
| Beethoven Symphonies - best perf + sonics on CD Brownsfan, no I haven't heard it, but it's now on my to be acquired list. Thanks!Best regards,-- Al | |
| Triode mode vs pento mode Not sure if it was clear to everyone that the question was not about pentodes vs. triodes, but was about pentodes operated as pentodes vs. pentodes operated as triodes.The initial answer by John (Jmcgrogan2) pretty much said it all in a nutshell, ... | |
| Beethoven Symphonies - best perf + sonics on CD Shall we do Brahms next?Good idea :-)Symphony No. 1, which happens to be my favorite symphony:For performance + sonics: Horenstein/LSO, Chesky CD19For performance: Toscanini/NBC Symphony Orchestra (1940 performance), transcribed from Victor 78sI'v... | |
| Great guys to deal with in the audio industry Based on personal experience:Lou Hinkley of Daedalus AudioKevin Hayes of VACAnd although I haven't had occasion to deal with the following gentlemen, based on their contributions to these forums and on customer comments I have seen I have no doubt... | |
| market value of my gears Gbart, I suspect that figure is for one mono Marantz 9. A pair of them that have the same color chassis and are fairly close in serial number would be worth considerably more than twice the value of a single unit. "Considerably" meaning at least s... | |
| market value of my gears There are examples of the Marantz and Jadis models that are up for sale (or auction in the case of the 8B) here at Audiogon right now, so you can see what people are asking for them.Your JA200 is considerably older than the one being offered, whic... | |
| Review: Harman Kardon avr2650 Multichamp Beautifully done review, Lynne. Enjoy!Regarding the autoformers, a point to keep in mind is that although chances are that increasing the load impedance that is seen by the AVR will make it possible for it to provide somewhat better sound quality ... |