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| RCA to XLR adapters? Ralph (Atmasphere), one of the excellent papers at your site describes two of the fundamental advantages of fully balanced internal design, for power amplifiers, as being cancellation (or at least substantial reduction) of some distortion products... | |
| Help me solve static electricity problem Other than wearing rubber soled shoes, a grounding strap, remembering to discharge oneself to ground, or treating oneself, carpeting and furniture to reduce static buildup, is there any component, device or circuit that could replace the "capacito... | |
| Help me solve static electricity problem Isn't static at very high voltage?Yes.Would a cap simply look like a resistor to a very high voltage...even if the current were essentially zero?It would look like some combination of capacitance, inductance, and resistance, with various resulting... | |
| I am at the end of my rope, please help Ralph, note that in the first paragraph of his post of 12/11 Audioraider indicated that the new cartridge had not ever been connected to the phono stage, yet still measured identically to the previous cartridge (with the Fozgometer, I assume). And... | |
| Help me solve static electricity problem 12-12-10: HeyrazAnyone with knowledge of Capacitors? What would happen if the chassis of each component were connected in starfish pattern through capacitors to one central ground point and then on through another capacitor to a common ground? Wou... | |
| Spectral preamps Given Spectral's ultra-wide bandwidth philosophy, I would expect the sonic performance of their components to vary significantly (and unpredictably) as a function of how well other components in the system can deal with low level ultrasonic or eve... | |
| Phono stage overload margin ?? In my earlier post I mentioned that the description of the Ref Phono 2 at the ARC website does not indicate which gain setting the 250mv maximum input spec corresponds to. As might be expected, looking at the gain numbers and the specs for maximum... | |
| How "Rare" are Audio Classics, Really Can anyone else comment on production numbers in more detail?FWIW, I checked my records on the Marantz pieces I owned during the 1990's. Their serial numbers ranged from about 1,700 to about 10,800. That encompasses a pair of 1's, a pair of 2's, a... | |
| Phono stage overload margin ?? Based on the specs shown here at the Esoteric site, Mikey should have referred to those numbers as the "overload point," or the "rated maximum input level," rather than the "overload margin" (which would refer to the difference between rated maxim... | |
| How "Rare" are Audio Classics, Really As you realize, there are quite a few examples of 1950's and 1960's tube equipment that are both rare and desirable, including the Marantz 10B tuner and McIntosh power amps you mentioned. I would single out for special mention, though, in terms of... | |
| Judy Collins I'm a fan as well. I consider her 1967 hit recording of Joni Mitchell's "Both Sides Now" to be among the greatest popular recordings ever, sound quality aside. Not the re-recording that appears in some of her later albums, though, just the origina... | |
| Noisy External HD If what you are hearing is fluctuating seek noise, as opposed to a constant whine, you can probably reduce the noise significantly by changing the drives from the "performance seek mode," which they are probably set to by default, to the "quiet se... | |
| I am at the end of my rope, please help Good points by Hifihvn and Atmasphere, of course.Audioraider, in line with my earlier posts I would advise that you resist any temptation to perform any resistance or continuity measurements that would include your new $5800 cartridge in the measu... | |
| Ideal Pre Amp for Bryston 3B ST or 4B SST 2 The DOA notation on the op amp symbol I believe is Bryston's Discrete Op Amp and not a custom IC.Thanks, Bob. I hadn't been aware of that.Best regards,-- Al | |
| Ideal Pre Amp for Bryston 3B ST or 4B SST 2 I did notice that input impedance for balanced inputs is lower than that for unbalanced inputs in bryston amplifiers. do you know why it is that the input impedance for the balanced inputs is lower than the input impedance for the unbalanced input... |