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| Firewire to SPDIF Arj & Cerrot -- Not sure if this is relevant, but I want to make you aware that firewire chips made by Via, which are widely used on many motherboards and cards that have firewire interfaces, have a long tradition of not working very well. TI ... | |
| Effects of using y-cable from pre outs Ozzy -- I took a look at the manuals for your Pass Labs XP-10 and your JL Audio F113. As might be expected with equipment of this caliber, all four outputs of the XP-10 (left & right xlr & rca), and both of the rca inputs which you are usi... | |
| How large is your music collection? 600 LP's100 CD's80 CassettesRegards,-- Al | |
| Effects of using y-cable from pre outs Hi Bob,Yes, it's conceivable that with some output stages that are designed inexpensively and not very conservatively, long term reliability could be compromised. Which is why I suggested that the op "first check with the manufacturer of the amp, ... | |
| How loud do you like to play your music? This is a difficult question to answer, because it is highly dependent on the dynamic range of the music, and because it is (as Shadorne points out) also highly dependent on the quality of the recording.It's pretty well recognized that music which... | |
| Effects of using y-cable from pre outs Won't a Y-cable used in this manner effectively short the preamp outputs together?Yes it will, Bob, but as I indicated that will USUALLY be ok (assuming the signals being shorted are separately buffered from the signal path to the main speakers). ... | |
| Best things 'in life' That's a really excellent list, ByeGolly! I might have included "The Umbrellas of Cherbourg" on my very brief list, if I had thought of it at the time.Luis Bunuel is probably worthy of mention as well. If you've never seen it, check out "Nazarin" ... | |
| Effects of using y-cable from pre outs As Ghostrider indicates, if the pre outs are part of the main signal path (i.e., if they are jumpered to the inputs of the power amp section of the integrated amp), the result would be a mono signal going to BOTH the main speakers and the sub.If t... | |
| Best things 'in life' 1) Health.2) Wife.3) Financial independence.4) Unpressured free time.5) Running.6) Having house & grounds in good shape.7) The Internet.8) Music/audio system.9) Building a computer and having it work the first time it is turned on.10) "Casabla... | |
| Tube Preamp/ McCormack Amp impedance matching Emerson -- I'm not sure that is a good solution. According to the MatchMaker specs shown here, the output impedance of its unbalanced outputs is 1500 ohms! The output impedance of its balanced outputs is very low, but it looks like the transformer... | |
| Tube Preamp/ McCormack Amp impedance matching I did some looking, but couldn't find an input impedance spec on the low level inputs of the MKIV's. I think I did see a reference to the MKV's being 6K. So all I can suggest at this point would be to contact Earthquake Sound and ask them, and als... | |
| Tube Preamp/ McCormack Amp impedance matching Oops! I wasn't thinking too clearly when I wrote the last post. I assume the two subs are on separate channels, so if the two sets of preamp outputs are not separately buffered, they would see 6K in parallel with 10K, or 3.75K on each channel. Sti... | |
| Tube Preamp/ McCormack Amp impedance matching Emerson -- Yes, thanks for reminding me of our conversation about the Blue Jeans cables, which have an extremely low capacitance of 12.2 pf/ft. So I don't think you've got any problem in terms of capacitive loading. Even if you were to have three ... | |
| Tube Preamp/ McCormack Amp impedance matching Emerson -- Apart from the issue of the powered subs, I think that your original question has been well answered (and we are very fortunate to have Steve participating here at Audiogon).Re the powered subs, there are three key questions:1)What is t... | |
| Biwire with different cables? When I wrote the preceding post, obviously I overlooked your statement that you are already bi-wiring, with Anti-Cables. Given that, I have no particular suggestions beyond the thought that I would be hesitant to invest in silver cables (or other ... |