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| how much of a difference should equipment make? When you go from a damping factor of up to 500 and compare that to an amp with 1000 or more, you're talking about audible extension of another full octave on the bottom end. That's no subtle difference. Peter, I would respectfully disagree with th... | |
| Digital XLR Cables It will function, and there is no harm in trying those cables. However, dependent on many technical variables involving both the components and the cable, chances are that it will not be optimal sonically.A balanced digital cable should ideally ha... | |
| Best and Worst names in Audio Another for the "worst" list: Juicy Music Audio.And some for the "best" list, among many others that could be named: Galibier Design, Lyra, Devialet, Apogee Acoustics.Regards,-- Al | |
| how much of a difference should equipment make? I agree with all that has been said by the others above. I would add that the quality of the recording makes a big difference in how easy or difficult it is to hear subtle differences. The better and more lifelike the recording, the easier it beco... | |
| AC power anomalies disrupt only phono stage? It confounds me as to how only the phono-stage can be affected whilst the AUX can sound as beautiful as ever at these times?I don't see that as surprising. Unpredictable, yes. But surprising, no.As you certainly realize, the phono stage uses circu... | |
| Current optimized or voltage optimized speakers? Bruce, keep in mind that there are many shades of gray in between the black and white extremes. And that applies to both speakers and amplifiers. While there are some speakers that will clearly be mismatched when used with one or the other kind of... | |
| great speaker buys on Craigslist About 20 years ago I went to a tag sale at which a pair of speakers were being offered. Although I don't remember the exact wording that was used to describe them in the listing, it was not all that different than in the description cited by the O... | |
| Conversion of mV to dB Mordante, you'll probably do better with a less sensitive gain setting (i.e., a higher number of mV, such as 1.4 mV). As indicated earlier in the thread, since the mV settings on this phono stage are the input levels corresponding to an unusually ... | |
| bi-wire vs jumpers B_limo, in response to your questions above I would just add to Jmcgrogan2's always reliable comments that biwiring does not split the power in half. The total amount of power supplied by the amplifier, and the fraction of that power which goes to... | |
| Current optimized or voltage optimized speakers? Impedance phase angles which are severely negative (i.e., capacitive), especially at frequencies where the magnitude of the impedance is low, will make life difficult for the amplifier in terms of how much current it has to supply. Also, the effic... | |
| 4 ohms vs. 8 ohms The input of a powered sub is the input of its internal amplifier, which will have a very high impedance, 10K in the case of at least some of the ML subs. That means the sub will draw negligible current from the main amp, and therefore have no eff... | |
| Current optimized or voltage optimized speakers? Couldn't have said it better than Michael (Swampwalker) did, except that in the last sentence change "wattage" to "voltage."Also, although it doesn't directly relate to the question, it's worth mentioning that Ralph (Atmasphere) has also stated th... | |
| Audio Technica AT150MLX finally gets some respect Interesting inputs from Dconsmack. Johnny, given particularly that the 150MLX is a high output cartridge, a reasonable approach to implementing the loading he suggests might be to use a y-adapter, preferably a "hard" adapter such as this one from ... | |
| Hurricane Irene Slipknot, I have no specific knowledge that is relevant to your question. But looking at the datasheet for what may be the model you purchased, I note this statement:Superior harmonics and sine wave form produce less than 5% Total Harmonic Distort... | |
| Micromega MyDac and Windows XP Excellent! Thanks for letting us know.Regards,-- Al |