almarg
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| Is there a maximum length for tonearm wiring? What about MC cartridges which is what I use?As I indicated above, load capacitance is normally insignicant for moving coil cartridges:http://www.hagtech.com/loading.htmlRegards,-- Al | |
| an equipment poll I agree that the over-simplified methodology of this survey is highly flawed, but I'll give it a shot. Many of the following companies are long since out of existence (in a couple of cases, VERY long since), but given that Audiogon is a place for ... | |
| Mono VS Stereo No longer did I become fatigued by the (Man made) stereo (Effects) created by the engineers in the studio. I grew to hate following these effects from the left speaker to the right speaker and back again with some recordings. When you attend a liv... | |
| Revelation That is so absurd its doesnt even dignify a response. I don't see anything absurd about it at all. Strikes me as a perceptive and arguably correct observation, nothing more and nothing less. Frankly, I think that your response to Tvad's comment do... | |
| Is there a maximum length for tonearm wiring? No, you won't lose part of the signal, because the cable impedance (at audio frequencies) will still be negligible compared to the load impedance (the input impedance of the preamp). But you do have to be careful about a couple of things. If you h... | |
| What's wrong? Nuforce/Capri no better than Sunfire ... the differences. Once you hear and recognize them,then future observations become easier and more pronounced.Exactly. That's what I was trying to express in my earlier post in this thread, coupled with the fact that the better the quality of t... | |
| Size matters Smaller that is Obviously there are a great many variables that can be involved in this kind of comparison, but in addition to room size which has been mentioned, I would single out listening distance as well. Large multi-way speakers require greater listening di... | |
| Can anyone help identify this LP cleaning machine? That was a Keith Monks record cleaning machine, from the UK. Their machines have been the gold standard among rcm's since they introduced the first one in 1969. See the current "Stereophile," May 2009, for a nice feature story on them, and a revie... | |
| Need preamp switch Sounds like you don't need a new switch, you just need to spray some contact cleaner or "tuner cleaner" onto the switch contacts.Regards,-- Al | |
| What's wrong? Nuforce/Capri no better than Sunfire My experience has been that the only way to INITIALLY "home-in" on the differences between reasonably accurate electronics, in an efficient manner, is to listen to high quality audiophile-caliber recordings with which you are very familiar. Prefer... | |
| Why buy cheap speakers?? I am not a believer in the source-first paradigm. My perceptions as my system evolved over the years have been that speakers (and the speaker/room match) are the primary determinant of both overall system accuracy and of how enjoyable my listening... | |
| What equipment uses 6267 Tubes It is equivalent to the European EF86 type, which was used in some vintage Quad pieces such as the Quad II mono-block power amplifier.In case it is helpful in determining other equipment in which it may have been used, my Sams tube substitution ha... | |
| The old timers give the young'ns tips on the 60s. Re The Blues Project's "Projections," here is a comment someone posted about it at Amazon.com:The original Blues Project's only studio album "Projections" is easily one of the best rock albums to come out of the 60's. Though it is very hard to fin... | |
| The old timers give the young'ns tips on the 60s. I second Audiofeil's mention of The Blues Project, especially the album "Projections."http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blues_Project Also, if you are interested in the folk genre, The New Christy Minstrels. Take a look at a list of some of their forme... | |
| dumb question about gain and preamps Pubul57 -- I would put it that an active gain stage (which as you realize is required if gain is to be greater than one) will inevitably have at least some tiny amount of various kinds of distortion, and a passive preamp will inevitably have at le... |