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| Top 5 Classical recordings 5 of the top masterpieces that you really like, or that made you engage ....Here are six, in no particular order:1)Dvorak, "New World Symphony," Jascha Horenstein conducting the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Chesky CD31. Incredible sonics, great p... | |
| Need help from smart people - biamping If the upper end has impedence of 8 Ohms and the amp puts out 100 w/ch at 8 ohms, and the lower end is at 4 ohms, and the amp 200 w/ch at 4 ohms, will this result in a problem in the resulting aural output than would have been experience with a si... | |
| RCA Splitter - who, where Cable capacitance will be no problem, considering the lengths that are involved. And also the fact that both Kimbers have relatively low capacitance, in the rough vicinity of 20 pf/ft. I couldn't find capacitance specs on the AQ interconnect, but ... | |
| Amp Shutting Down, need help I assumed his SR conditioner would have dealt with any line noise issues ....My instinct (based on nothing specific) is to not make that assumption, especially given that detailed design information and quantitative test results appear to be unava... | |
| Amp Shutting Down, need help Jim just called this thread to my attention, by posting in another thread I was participating in.Sounds like he and Metro have made many logical suggestions, and I'm pretty baffled as well. But here are a couple of thoughts:08-14-12: SailcappyI ha... | |
| Why is my turntable so loud? If you are using a high output cartridge in conjunction with the gain setting for low output moving coils, there's a good chance that distortion is being generated in the phono stage that subjectively could be perceived as reduced warmth.Regards,-... | |
| WHEN DID DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY BEGIN? 1958-1959: Invention of the integrated circuit, by Jack Kilby of Texas Instruments, for which he later won the Nobel Prize in Physics; and a few months later, independently, by Robert Noyce of Fairchild Semiconductor, who co-founded Fairchild Semi... | |
| RCA Splitter - who, where There are a couple of additional factors that need to be considered, which in some cases will be far more significant than your choice of a splitter. That is especially likely to be the case if either of the source components has a tube output sta... | |
| Pre amp for low output cartridge While 40 db of phono stage gain is in typical situations inadequate for a 0.28 mv cartridge, in this case you will have enough gain, due to the unusually high gain of the preamp's line stage (selectable to either 30 or 36 db).However, an ambiguity... | |
| Are my CAT5 and router my weak link? Eniac, thanks for providing the link, which I read through. It doesn't seem particularly relevant, though, as what it is addressing is leakage current that occurs in response to the AC line voltage, at the AC line frequency. The concern here, of c... | |
| First song to "Blow You Away"... A P.S. to my previous post: This is Judy Collins' original release of "Both Sides Now." There is at least one other YouTube video which shows the cover art from her "Wildflowers" album, but includes a later (and IMO much inferior) re-recording.Reg... | |
| First song to "Blow You Away"... Dayglow, thanks for reviving an interesting thread.12-04-06: DrubinBlues Project, "Steve's Song", live. First time I heard a really loud band. Awesome! I'm mostly a classical music person, but that is my favorite song from what is perhaps my all-t... | |
| Are my CAT5 and router my weak link? Eniac, thanks for providing the info about the opto-isolator, which certainly seems like something that could be beneficial in many setups, and that apparently has no downside aside from its cost.However, while it figures to be something that woul... | |
| Art Audio Carissa Signature 845 or 300 b amp? A P.S. to my previous post. Keep in mind also that many SET amps will not do well into a 4 ohm load, even apart from power capability/speaker efficiency considerations. The Franks, for instance, appear to only provide 8 ohm and 16 ohm output taps ... | |
| Art Audio Carissa Signature 845 or 300 b amp? 08-14-12: Mattzack2I have Dali Helicon 800 speakers at about 90 db. No problem with the 845 at 16wpc. I need to sell my Carissa and get serious about a nice 300b amp.The MkII version of the Helicon 800 is specified as 89.5 db for a 2.83 volt input... |