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| Items for sale here and on ebay without remotes.... One reason a seller may not have the remote, at least in the case of an older piece, is that at some point in the past he or she may have left its batteries in too long and they leaked. Which might have created such a mess on the terminals and els... | |
| Power Cables Power amps and preamps are of course very different in their internal designs, regardless of whether they are from the same manufacturer or from different manufacturers. They also draw very different amounts of current through their power cords, o... | |
| Design flaw in Esoteric DV-60? Hi Dan,Sorry to hear of this issue, of course. And thanks for the nice words. As Bill (Whart) mentioned, Jea48 (Jim) certainly merits such a compliment, especially when power-related issues are involved. Perhaps he'll see this thread and comme... | |
| Cartridge or Pre Amp Although like Bill (Bpoletti) I am a very happy owner of a Herron VTPH-2, it would not be a suitable match for the relatively low 22K input impedance of the preamp that was linked to in the OP. The same concern would also apply to many other tube-... | |
| Cartridge or Pre Amp Based on the specs shown in this listing it looks like the AT-ML150/OCC has the same 100 to 200 pf load capacitance recommendation as the AT150MLX.Regards,-- Al | |
| Cartridge or Pre Amp Assuming the cartridge you are referring to is the AT150MLX, as shown at the link you provided, if you are not presently using the lowest input capacitance setting of the Tube Box DS (47 pf) that is the first thing I would try.Also, how long is yo... | |
| Interconnects and non-believers OMG! What is with these overdrawn disertations [sic]? How incredibly tiresome they are! Tiresome to some; thought provoking, nuanced, and highly intelligent to others. Including me. As I said in my post in this thread dated 6-6-2018, expressing r... | |
| If You Were A Swine Looking To Choose Between 3 Preamps... @neonknight As far as I can see that review does not address the H2O Audio S250, in either the Signature or non-Signature version.Here are two sources indicating an 8K input impedance. Note that at the first link the 8K number is stated by Mr. Ho ... | |
| If You Were A Swine Looking To Choose Between 3 Preamps... @dbphd Nearly all preamps will be able to handle a balanced input impedance of 100K with no problem. And that is certainly true in the case of the Ayre KX-5 Twenty, which per Stereophile's measurements has a balanced output impedance of about... | |
| If You Were A Swine Looking To Choose Between 3 Preamps... P.S: I subsequently found the following output impedance spec for the Line Magnetic preamp: Output impedance: 600kΩ balance output 600Ω (RCA) The 600kΩ spec is nonsense, as the design wouldn’t work with that kind of output impedance. The 600Ω numb... | |
| If You Were A Swine Looking To Choose Between 3 Preamps... Your amp has a very low specified input impedance of 8,000 ohms. Many tube-based preamps will not be able to drive such a low impedance with good results. I would expect that to certainly be the case with the TRV 4SE, which has a specified output ... | |
| What is the typical resistance across the various terminals of a MC phono cartridge? Hi Folkfreak,Thanks for providing the reference on the National Instruments meter. At a list price of $2674 that of course is a very different animal than the meters most of us have, but the 0.95 ma of current it provides on its two lowest resista... | |
| What is the typical resistance across the various terminals of a MC phono cartridge? This thread piqued my curiosity sufficiently to prompt me to make a measurement, using the two multimeters I have. One is a very high quality Fluke 87V digital multimeter, which can measure extremely small amounts of current. The other is a Triple... | |
| What is the typical resistance across the various terminals of a MC phono cartridge? Assuming you are referring to a low output moving coil cartridge, depending on the particular cartridge the resistance between + and - for a given channel probably falls somewhere between one ohm and a few tens of ohms, depending on the particular... | |
| Evaluating Potential Setup, Solid State Pre-Amps, buffers, XLR Cable Length In the end would you be saying it may still be possible to use my DAC if I use a solid state preamp in series whose input impedance is ~47 kOhms and output impedance is 200 ohms? Hi Reggy,Yes, absolutely. A solid state preamp providing balanced in... |