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| System assembled; only a final decision about speakers remains I wouldn't plug a power conditioner into a power strip. Steve, that is not what he will be doing. This particular conditioner/surge suppressor mounts directly on the wall outlet. It in turn provides only two outlets. He will plug a power str... | |
| Cary Audio SLP-05 vs Coincident Statement Line Stage Re the gain of the SLP-05, John Atkinson measured a much lower figure (13.8 db) than the 24 db that is specified in the manual for balanced i/o. Another point to consider, though, is that given the 4.5 meter length of the interconnects the SLP-05’... | |
| Balanced Interconnect Recommendations Skimmed through the previous post and don’t recall the mention of balance circuit will drop the noise floor by 3db which I believe is because it does not tie the ground to the chassis so you’re picking up less noise; those that are techy I’m sure... | |
| System assembled; only a final decision about speakers remains Q1) My strong instinct would be to not use anything other than a pure power strip/outlet multiplier in series with a quality conditioner/surge suppressor. (The Shunyata Venom Defender in my setup is not in series; it is in parallel with the outle... | |
| System assembled; only a final decision about speakers remains Do you think that you lose any benefits by attaching a $71 dollar power strip to a high quality filtering unit like the Audience? Hi David,Well, what I can say is the following:1) As you realize, that power strip is purely an outlet multiplier... | |
| System assembled; only a final decision about speakers remains Yes, David, the main reason for selecting that approach was simply that alternatives I found to be appealing were much more expensive. Also, since my living room is my listening room it would have been problematical to fit some physically large al... | |
| Is there such a thing as too much power? I learned my lesson long time ago, there is absolutely no substitute for having the headroom needed when you need it!when you push the volume at times, you will need the power and headroom as to not send distortion to speakers, from overdriving a ... | |
| Is there such a thing as too much power? I found that interesting since I had read the output current of other brands of amplifiers. Not sure what to make of the lack of response. Amplifier current ratings are among the most useless and misleading of specs, IMO. What they usually repres... | |
| System assembled; only a final decision about speakers remains FWIW, in my particular case I believe that the quality of my incoming AC is relatively good, as there is no commerce or industry within more than two miles of my house and nearly all of the town is zoned two-acre residential. So I’ve chosen to ado... | |
| Balanced Interconnect Recommendations So your contention is that the benefit of common-mode rejection inherent to an XLR connection may provide an advantage over single-ended connections in some cases? No, that is not what I was saying. By "common mode rejection" I assume you are ref... | |
| Balanced Interconnect Recommendations If the circuit topology of your components are not fully differentially balanced from input to output then there is zero sonic benefit of using balanced ICs. While this belief is held by many audiophiles, and I believe it is true in the majority ... | |
| Is there such a thing as too much power? The 6B4G is a 2A3 with a different base. A minor point, but for the record it's probably worth noting that the 6B4G is a 6A3 with a different base. Both of those tubes, in turn, are electrically similar to the 2A3 except for their filament vol... | |
| Favorite Recordings Featuring Odd Selections of Musical Instruments. To add to my previous post I'll mention the several recordings of various classical pieces performed by Paul Badura-Skoda on fortepiano/hammerflügel instruments from the early 1800s, that were issued on the French Astrée label in the late 1970s ... | |
| Most amusing album or song titles "More Money For You And Me" -- The Four PrepsWell, perhaps in itself the title isn’t as amusing as some, but combined with the song’s fantastic impressions of diverse groups from the early days of rock n’ roll the result is one of the most amusing... | |
| Luxman dealers Under pressure from the states major online sellers, including eBay, Amazon, and many others, are increasingly collecting sales tax at the time of purchase, at a rate corresponding to the purchaser's home state, and remitting it to that state.Rega... |