almarg
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| Dedicated Circuit with Two Prong Plug? I don't see any problem at all using a 2-prong device with your conditioner and other devices that have 3-prongs. As Stan indicated there may be better results in terms of hum and noise using one orientation rather than the other. You can assess t... | |
| How is the power range determined? I agree with the good comments by Stan, Herman, and Mmarvin19. But I'd add the slight qualification that in the case of speakers such as the original poster described (300W power handling, 90db sensitivity), going to a 400W or so amp (that provide... | |
| I am sick of cables The thing that I find strange is the one system that sounds so darn good with only the cheapest, while the other wants the high price spread. Several possible explanations come to mind. Your main system is better able to reproduce the bad as well ... | |
| Pro's/Con's Of audiophile TT suspended 'tables are generally more sensitive to footfalls, not less.I don't understand that statement. With my older SOTA Sapphire (which has a suspended platter and tonearm board), I can literally pound the unsuspended part of the turntable wit... | |
| Transient Attack and Amp Design Now does the transistor proximity to the storage cap(s) make a difference?Atmasphere can speak to that more knowledgeably than I can, but I don't think that would make a significant difference. The concern would not be propagation delay (which wo... | |
| How is the power range determined? The manufacturer determines the maximum power rating based on how much power the low frequency driver elements (the woofer or woofers) are rated to handle. The high frequency drivers will invariably have much lower power ratings, but music typical... | |
| Pro's/Con's Of audiophile TT DrPat --I agree with the previous comment that nothing harmful will occur from a couple of minutes or so of delay in lifting the tonearm at the end of play. The main consequence will be some slightly unpleasant thumps coming from the speakers.What... | |
| Phono cables I'm not sure if Dynavector makes any moving magnet cartridges, but if the one you are contemplating is a moving magnet type you need to take the cable capacitance into account (as well as the input capacitance of the phono stage), and make sure th... | |
| Can I Drive More Speakers With My 2ch Integrated? Good! And I should have added that you will, of course, be able to fully mute the secondary speakers while listening to the main speakers at normal volume, simply by turning the volume control on the secondary amp/receiver all the way down.Regards... | |
| Sub output: Is it the woofer size or the rated RMS I'm not an expert in this area, but I believe that what creates the subjective impression of "fast bass" is simply the ability to accurately follow the input waveform, without harmonic or intermodulation distortion, and perhaps most importantly th... | |
| Can I Drive More Speakers With My 2ch Integrated? Thaluc -- Yes, that's correct. You wouldn't be able to fully mute the speakers being driven by the Krell while listening to the other speakers. It wasn't clear to me that you wanted to accomplish that. If it's any help, though, you should be able ... | |
| How to connect Sub OR Powr amp to NakamichiSR4 - Those terminals are most likely to allow you to connect an external device like an equalizer into the signal path. I suspect that they are "ahead" of the volume control, and other controls. So if you connected the power amp or a sub to those termi... | |
| Transient Attack and Amp Design There are innumerable design variables that could relate to the good transient response you have noted. And we wouldn't have adequate visibility into most of them without at least having schematics and other detailed design documentation on the am... | |
| Phonostages As you realize, the MA2275 incorporates a phono stage. I looked at its specifications at the McIntosh site, though, and it looks like it is suitable for moving magnet or moving iron or "high output" moving coil phono cartridges, but not for "low o... | |
| Phonostages I'll add to the previous responses that some preamplifiers or integrated amplifiers or "receivers" (whichever you are using) incorporate a phono stage, and some don't. You need a separate phono stage if whichever of those pieces of electronics you... |