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| Fuses that matter. It probably goes without saying, but I'll say anyway that I am in total agreement with what I consider to be Bryon's exceptionally incisive, precise, and clear analyses and comments.Furthermore, I consider his finding of sonic differences between ... | |
| "ANTI-CABLE" SPEAKER CABLE vs Audio Arts SC5? Anti-Cables have significantly higher inductance per unit length than most audiophile-oriented cables, especially if the two conductors are not twisted together. That may result in a slight softening (rolloff) of the upper treble, which may or may... | |
| Bi-wire v's single with jumper leads. IMO bi-wiring is one of the few contentious issues in audio that there is no point in analyzing or debating theoretically. There are many subtle technical effects that can come into play to a small degree, a lot of them having been mentioned above... | |
| Is there a list of cartridge capacitance? 06-05-12: RauliruegasOf course that maybe my system has not enough resolution or my ears could be not good enough to distinguish that capacitance subject. Maybe you can do it but I don't know: could you share your experiernces about?Hi Raul,Anothe... | |
| Is there a list of cartridge capacitance? See the post by cartridge designer Jonathan Carr dated 8-14-10 in this thread for an explanation of the relevance of load capacitance to LOMC's.Also see the discussion in this thread, particularly the comments by Atmasphere.In general, with LOMC's... | |
| Comparisons -- low cost cable swing with big boys? The sonic effects of a cable are dependent to a significant degree on interactions between the technical characteristics of the cable and the technical characteristics of what the cable is connecting, in some ways that are technically predictable ... | |
| REL Storm 1st version with XLR High Level input Hi Erik,I did some quick Googling, and while I didn't find anything totally definitive, I found several strong indications that the pinouts on that XLR connector are not to the usual standard. It appears likely that pin 3 is ground, rather than pi... | |
| how to value Fisher preamp I am in general agreement with the comments by David and Onhwy61. However, in order to have a reasonable chance of realizing anything like the prices that were mentioned, I think that your ad would have to indicate a willingness to sell and ship t... | |
| Annoying Hum SOLVED 06-02-12: Sacmando you have the part number for the Jensen filter?VRD-1FF. See the links near the bottom of this page.Regards,-- Al | |
| XLR to RCA to XLR Kudos to Tvad!!DB, just out of curiosity do you know if the adapter you were using at the INPUT to the KUBE (the XLR-female to RCA-male adapter) is one of those that shorts XLR pin 3 to XLR pin 1?If you happen to have a multimeter that can be easi... | |
| Impedance matching 8ohm speakers to 4ohm sub :-)I believe that all of the REL subs are powered subs, so what your amplifier will be driving is not the 4 ohm impedance of the sub's driver, but rather the input to the sub's amplifier. That will be a very high impedance, perhaps as much as 100K... | |
| Fuses that matter. Hi Al (Rodman),I think that your points are generally well taken, and I realize that they are backed up by a great deal of relevant experience.The one point I would make in response, though, is along the lines of Kijanki's comment. It is often sai... | |
| Can I bridge Rotel RB 1080 As Mofi indicated, it appears that the RB-1080 cannot be bridged.Also, be aware that an amplifier that is operated in bridged mode will "see" a load impedance equal to the speaker impedance divided by two. Like many B&W speakers, the 800D reac... | |
| Fuses that matter. Rodman, see my comments on those measurements on page 4 of this thread, in the first of my posts dated 5-14-12.Regards,-- Al | |
| Cary SLP-05 Output Capacitor Question I was very surprised that the conventional formula upon which the V-Cap calculator is based on resulted in such a great reduction in the outlet cap's value. This small a cap means I can afford to use CUTF caps which must be the intent of the calcu... |