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| Phono Preamp Recommendations Hi Lew,First, to be sure it’s clear the input stage of the Herron for LOMCs is FET-based, and does not use a 12AX7 or any other tube. I believe you are correct that the MM input stage uses a 12AX7, and I assume that stage is in the signal path for... | |
| How much do I need to spend to get a preamp that sounds better than no preamp? I am feeling lucky ( punk ) .... Lest anyone wonder, this is a humorous reference to a famous line spoken by Clint Eastwood in the 1970s film "Dirty Harry."Congratulations, MrDecibel. As you said, enjoy!Regards,-- Al | |
| Phono Preamp Recommendations I'll offer an enthusiastic second to Analogluvr's recommendation of the Herron phono stage. And as he alluded to if you read the comments on it that a number of other members have posted in past threads here I think you'll conclude that you can'... | |
| I am TORN between Tube power amp and SS power amp. :-)Best regards,-- Al | |
| I am TORN between Tube power amp and SS power amp. P.S: I would add a fourth red flag to the three that Kalali cited for the SET amp. Its 9.2 watt power rating is based on THD (total harmonic distortion) of 10%!! So it is likely to be a significantly less powerful amp than a 9.2 watt rating woul... | |
| I am TORN between Tube power amp and SS power amp. I am running JBL L100 (Alnico, straight line speakers). In the manual, it says sensitivity is 78dB/1w @ 15 feet. I read somewhere that it is equivalent to 90-91 dB/1w/1m. That is correct. For a box-type (non-planar) speaker it can be calculated th... | |
| I am TORN between Tube power amp and SS power amp. I took a look at the manual for the Hagerman Clarinet line stage. It has a very high specified output impedance of 3K. That is most likely the output impedance at a mid-range frequency such as 1 kHz, and I see in the schematic that the design util... | |
| Looking for opinions on components for a vintage tube system and 90's solid state A word of caution, though, about the Unitrac. They apparently had a design or manufacturing issue which in many cases eventually caused a burr to cut the internal wiring, which is said to be impractical to replace. At least a couple of members h... | |
| Looking for opinions on components for a vintage tube system and 90's solid state What tonearm and turntable did you use with the Grace cartridge? I used, and in fact still use, a Magnepan Unitrac tonearm and a SOTA Sapphire turntable, which I purchased in 1983. Both still work as well as when they were new!I used various incar... | |
| Looking for opinions on components for a vintage tube system and 90's solid state During the 1990s I owned the Marantz 1s, 2s, 7, 9s, and two different 10Bs. For roughly a decade prior to and subsequent to that I owned a Mark Levinson ML-1 preamp. My favorite combination of all of those components was the ML-1 + Marantz 2s, wit... | |
| Phono stage inquiry Like several of the others my guess is that the hiss represents normal behavior for this particular design, and for many other phono stages as well. However as Lew indicated we don’t have enough information, or familiarity with the particular phon... | |
| Subwoofer help, using two amps... The Vandersteen crossover rolls off the deep bass content of the signals that are sent to the amp whose inputs it is connected to, and compensates for that rolloff within the sub or subs that are connected to the outputs of that amp. The intent be... | |
| Subwoofer help, using two amps... Because the Oppo has double paired outputs(RCA’s and balanced), I am toying with the idea of running balanced connects to the M60’s, then on to DI’s… andRCA cables from Oppo to a 200 wpc SS amp, with paired speaker cables to subwoofers (right and... | |
| Longer speaker cables or interconnects Almarg 6-18-2018 Looks like David Kalb is Danny’s brother, as indicated on Danny’s website. He looks to be a good deal younger than what I’d expect Danny to look like in recent years, though. In any event, it appears that Steph Curry has nothin... | |
| Longer speaker cables or interconnects Thanks, Steakster.Looks like David Kalb is Danny’s brother, as indicated on Danny’s website. He looks to be a good deal younger than what I’d expect Danny to look like in recent years, though. In any event, it appears that Steph Curry has nothing ... |