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| Connecting 2 sets of speakers to a tube amp Marty (Viridian), note that the speakers are different models, one being rated at 4 ohms and the other at 8 ohms. Series connection of different models will usually result in significant sonic degradation.How the voltage and power being output by ... | |
| Now That You've Ripped Your Entire Collection... Regarding my earlier point about drives that are larger than 2.19 TB, I should emphasize that the caution about using them with older operating systems only applies to drives that are directly connected to the computer, such as via USB, Firewire, ... | |
| Now That You've Ripped Your Entire Collection... Larry, just buy an external hard drive having an interface that can connect to one of your home computers, such as USB, Firewire, or eSATA. Connect it to one of those computers, that can access the NAS, and use the computer to copy the files from ... | |
| Connecting 2 sets of speakers to a tube amp I don't think that would be a good idea with most tube amps. That would be seen by the output tubes, on the primary side of the output transformer, as if a single 2 ohm load were connected to the 4 ohm tap. That would seem very likely to degrade s... | |
| What's wrong with my system? I looked through the descriptions and specs on all of the components, and the only thing I can add to Mapman's good comments is the possibility that the bass and/or treble control circuits in the Arcam are either misadjusted or malfunctioning. Hav... | |
| Legacy audio classics This is actually a two part question:1)"Legacy" -- Absolutely! We will all eventually have one.2)"Audio Classics" -- Audiophiles have asked this question since the beginning of time. Which will be the classics? In a larger sense it's a question ph... | |
| Lay away purchase Why does the word "scam" keep popping into my head as I read this?Keep in mind that under those terms I'm pretty certain that you would lose all seller protections that may be provided by the site and/or the payment service, such as those that may... | |
| What's wrong with my system? I see here that the speaker has an unusual terminal configuration. Are you sure that you have them connected properly?Assuming that you are not biwiring, and that your speaker cables are unshielded, the two red terminals should be connected togeth... | |
| Tube pre, SS amp incompatibility, which amp 2 use? Unsound, note my earlier statement:Basically, the very high input impedance of the DNA-1 may be bringing out a design issue in the preamp. The Marantz presumably has a much lower input impedance, perhaps 47K or less, which does not bring out the i... | |
| How big is your matrix - how we bias or enjoyment. Very well said, Frogman, as is everything in your earlier posts, IMO. The sick child examples illustrate points that, to me, seem self-evident. Fabulous quote from Richard Dawkins, as well. Best regards,-- Al | |
| Tube amps and loads. Hi Dave,I too agree with Kijanki. While the chances of damage occurring as a result of running unloaded under no signal conditions are small, they are definitely not zero. One example: Suppose one of the small signal tubes suddenly develops a prob... | |
| Now That You've Ripped Your Entire Collection... Rok2id is referring to the famous but somewhat inaccurate attribution to Mark Twain of the statement that "reports of my demise have been greatly exaggerated." In other words the CD medium, like the LP, is not yet dead.Regards,-- Al | |
| Tube pre, SS amp incompatibility, which amp 2 use? It appears that the VPC-1 has a total resistance of 10K. I suspect that the problem will not occur with that in place, which would help to confirm the diagnosis I proposed.However I suspect that 10K is too low a value to be a permanent solution. I... | |
| Tube pre, SS amp incompatibility, which amp 2 use? Another possibility, which would be consistent with the fact that there is no problem when the preamp is used with the Marantz amp, is the scenario described by Atmasphere in his two posts dated 8-3-12 in this thread.Basically, the very high input... | |
| $10 vs $100 power plug FWIW, my opinion is that the best response so far is the one provided by JAllen. It provides plausible technical rationale; it provides perspective on matters of degree; and it provides perspective on predictability (or more precisely, on lack the... |