almarg
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| Speaker Ideas upto $2500 These threads continually crack me up. We can't and shouldn't tell you what you should buy. Only your ears can do that.Nobody is telling him what to buy (well, perhaps aside from one person). He asked for suggestions as to speakers he should consi... | |
| $20 XLR cables that sound good I first want to point out that OTL designs such as Ralph's have considerably greater output impedance than most amplifiers, and are designed based on what he refers to as a power paradigm, as opposed to the much more common voltage source paradigm... | |
| cartridge/preamp volume issue You could also try the MM input of your BB Extreme to see if you can get any volume out of it. With 58-db of gain, you should get some output.That's an excellent idea, to help isolate the problem. But in case it's not clear, he means to try the mm... | |
| Speaker Ideas upto $2500 If your amp can handle a speaker impedance which drops down to 1.6 ohms at 20kHz (I don't know if the s300iu can or not), you might also want to consider the Martin-Logan Source, at around $2200 new. I haven't heard it, but reviews have been very ... | |
| cartridge/preamp volume issue It's not an impedance issue. That kind of problem is more typically a gain mismatch issue. However, the gain and sensitivity specs on all of your equipment look pretty conventional and compatible. I'd suspect that either you have a bad connection ... | |
| $20 XLR cables that sound good An excellent place to purchase the Canare, Mogami, and many other brands of pro audio cables is B&H Photo Video:http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/shop/4174/Audio_Single_Cables_XLR_to_XLR_Cables.htmlI've made many purchases from them over the years... | |
| Dynaudio C4 speaker equipment matching Re improving dynamics, although opinions and experiences will obviously differ, you'll find comments in many previous threads here, by experienced audiophiles with very high quality systems, that even very expensive power conditioners limited the ... | |
| Dedicated 20 amp/ground loop question The ground loop concern you are referring to, to the extent that it is a concern, is only applicable where the components that are on different dedicated ac lines have single-ended interconnects between them. It is no concern at all with the balan... | |
| Interconnect Inductance vs. Capacitance One could share to others how to measure inductance, capacitance, and resistance if they have a Digital Volt Meter. And explain the differences when apply to power cords or speaker cables.Common VOM's (volt-ohm-milliameters), whether digital or an... | |
| Dynavector DV 20X-L -- which MM will better it? MoFi & Photon -- Thanks for the good comments and info!I haven't noticed any tracking problems at all with my Reference Sonata. I have it mounted on a 1980's Magnepan Unitrac unipivot tonearm, on a SOTA Sapphire turntable, and I'm using the re... | |
| Dynavector DV 20X-L -- which MM will better it? My favorite MM is the Grace F9E. Even in it's stock, original form it sounds better to me than any of the Shures, but with the SoundSmith $250 retip, it's the best MM I have ever heard. Mofi -- Was that with the ruby or non-ruby cantilever? I've h... | |
| Interconnect Inductance vs. Capacitance Assuming you are referring to analog ic's carrying audio frequencies (as opposed to ic's carrying digital signals or other high frequency signals such as video), inductance is likely to be insignificant. High capacitance may cause the highs to be ... | |
| Bi-amp vs Bi-wire ohm question??? I don't see what the crossover has to do with any of it really as it's just a filter for the hz mainly...I know you can't change the ohm load of the A speaker itself but when you connect two or more speakers together then the ohm load changes and ... | |
| Bi-amp vs Bi-wire ohm question??? If the speaker is rated at 8 ohm - that should mean that by Ohms law, that the high and low should have a resistance of about 16 ohm each. When you parallel them, like strapping the hi's and low's together to run with one set of wires - it becomes... | |
| What does this tell me? And unplug the Squeezebox's wallwart power supply from the ac outlet, if what you did was to disconnect the Squeezebox's power by unplugging the wallwart from it instead. |