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| What are your fav “Off Hollywood” films A film that I didn't think of when I submitted my earlier post in this thread: "The Gods Must Be Crazy."http://www.godsmustbecrazy.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gods_Must_Be_Crazy(Just the original, not the sequels).I can't imagine anyone no... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Thanks, Raul. Can you tell us who did the re-tip on your friend's cartridge? And if it was Soundsmith, was it the $150, $250, or $350 option?Best regards,-- Al | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Thanks very much for the informative post about capacitance, Raul. It is of particular interest to me as I have recently received my Grace F9E Ruby back from Soundsmith, with the $250 re-tipping that Mr. Ledermann offers.It will be a few weeks unt... | |
| XLR cable for basic beginner Hi Sam,You're welcome! Yes, my comments are applicable to the 3173, as well as to the other Mogami AES/EBU cables whose specs are shown here.Best regards,-- Al | |
| Audio Aero Capitole - 6021W subminiature tube ?? OK. Perhaps the very low numbers looking into the Capitole's outputs indicate that its outputs are transformer coupled. If that is the case, dc resistance measurements probably don't tell us very much.Based on the additional measurements, I agree ... | |
| XLR cable for basic beginner I too use Mogami Gold Studio xlr cable. A good source is B&H Photo Video.For unbalanced cables, I've been pleased with Markertek's terminated Mogami 2534 cable.Sam (C1Ferrari) -- FYI, my understanding is that the main differences between the M... | |
| Amps in sequence.... Subs which have their own amplifier, and have speaker-level inputs, draw essentially no power from the main amplifier. They are designed to accept speaker-level voltages, which are much too high to feed into a normal power amplifier input, and to ... | |
| Schroder sq and the new talea Another one that comes to mind is the Coke bottle discarded from an airplane that becomes an object of religious veneration for a primitive tribe in the "The Gods Must Be Crazy." Finally in Antonioni's "Blow-Up", David Hemmings fighting off concer... | |
| Analog tube amp/pre-amp for home theater use? I would start by simply connecting the left and right channel analog audio outputs of the cable box and dvd player directly into unused inputs of the 7C (not phono-level inputs, of course).That won't give you surround sound, of course, and the int... | |
| Best Balanced Tube Amp To Pair With Meridian G02? However, I have since been told that your amplifiers only perform optimally when linked with one of the preamps of your own design, unfortunately. I have no personal experience yet with Ralph's products, but fwiw I believe I can state with certain... | |
| Your feelings on vintage audio. Go for it! Although keep in mind that condition is a huge and unpredictable variable. Obviously patience may be required to find units that are in top condition, and/or significant expense may be required in some cases for professional restoration... | |
| Audio Aero Capitole - 6021W subminiature tube ?? Wow! Those are indeed strange readings. Let me first verify a couple of things, which I hope you won't mind my asking:1)Did you make these measurements with power off, which is how they should be measured? If power was on, voltages such as dc offs... | |
| White noise when XLR connection is used ... Sorlowski, without having either a schematic or some familiarity with the internal design of the Capitole, all I can do is speculate that there is a problem in some circuit element, perhaps a tube, that is common to both xlr outputs but not to the... | |
| Audio Aero Capitole - 6021W subminiature tube ?? How do I check that ?If you have a multimeter, check for continuity between xlr pin 1 and the ground sleeve of an rca connector. Otherwise check with the manufacturers.However, the most common inconsistency in xlr pinouts is that the signals on pi... | |
| pro's and con's of a 4 ohm speaker? Is there any benefit of using lower impedance speakers with tube amps?Hi Kijanki,Not as far as I am aware. As you may have seen, Atmasphere (Ralph) has commented a number of times that the sonic performance of pretty much any amplifier, tube or so... |