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| Will my biamping dreams come true ?? To be perfectly accurate, I should add a minor qualification to the following statement in my previous post, which does not affect my conclusions:... visualize an ordinary single-amp arrangement. A given input voltage at a treble frequency will re... | |
| Will my biamping dreams come true ?? With all due respect to Mr. Von Schweikert, he must have been having a bad day when he wrote that. He is wrong in two respects, in the case of passive biamping of a speaker that has been designed to work ok either biamped or single amped (as oppos... | |
| Will my biamping dreams come true ?? Passively biamping with amplifiers having very different power capabilities creates an additional problem, besides the need to gain match and the possibility of sonic issues due to the amp's having differing sonic characters. You would not be able... | |
| Do powercords make a difference in sound? 11-17-12: TbgBut it is not a science; it is a consumer's decision about purchases. If Liguy is satisfied, that is it. So you do not see anything objectionable about promulgating a conclusion about biwiring to the rest of the world, via an Internet... | |
| bi-wire vs jumpers Adding to my previous post, in this thread and this one you will find three different people reporting adverse sonic effects resulting from biwiring, specifically an objectionable reduction in bass.Obviously though, as you can see above and in the... | |
| Main speakers cut out when sub powered on Although I doubt it's the AC line voltage drop because, when I have the sub disconnected from the amp, powering on the sub has no affect on the main speakers/amp, it's only when the sub is connected to the amp the main speakers cut out.That is not... | |
| bi-wire vs jumpers See this thread. My comment in that thread, while obviously somewhat tongue-in-cheek, I think pretty much says it all:02-07-12: AlmargHaving followed many prior threads that have addressed this question, I can say unequivocally that a clear consen... | |
| Main speakers cut out when sub powered on My suspicion is that when you turn the sub on while a signal is going into it, it briefly draws a huge amount of current from the AC line, until its circuits complete the turn-on process and reach a controlled and stable state. That briefly causes... | |
| Do powercords make a difference in sound? When and if Liguy performs his power cord test I hope that he will utilize better methodology than in the biwire comparison that is described in the paragraph quoted by Doug. Note that the jaw-dropping difference Liguy found, and attributed to biw... | |
| Connecting sub question..... I would expect it to be possible, at least in most cases, to double up the connections without significantly compromising the integrity of the connections between the main speaker cables and the amp terminals. The contact between the sub wires and... | |
| Starting from Scratch -Please Help Pick 1 out of 3 Theres also a possibility of a mis-matched impedance between Modwright and Pass.That would not be a problem, at least with the LS 36.5. The LS 36.5 has transformer coupled outputs, which provide a very low output impedance and do not have the subs... | |
| Starting from Scratch -Please Help Pick 1 out of 3 I am just so worried about weak bass with tube gear, hence the confusion about using "all tube set up" but i havent heard VAC enough or lived with them - infact i've only heard their preamp, i listen to a lot of weighty stuff (but not techno or an... | |
| Entry Level MC Recommendations? Danny, "LOMC" = "Low Output Moving Coil." In your case that would refer to a moving coil cartridge whose rated output under standard test conditions is low enough to require you to engage the "Phono MC" switch on the amp.The Benz MC20E2-L, rated a... | |
| Entry Level MC Recommendations? It appears that the LOMC phono stage of your Luxman L-505u integrated amplifier presents a non-adjustable load impedance of 100 ohms. The Benz cartridge is specified with a recommended load impedance of 400 ohms to 47K, and therefore appears to no... | |
| Remove your bias for better sound 11-08-12: DoverAlthough the stylus is being pulled inline with the cantilever, there is a resultant force on the arm itself pulling the arm toward the centre due to the cartridge offset and overhang. Now the arm also has an inertia resisting this ... |