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| Evaluating Potential Setup, Solid State Pre-Amps, buffers, XLR Cable Length Correction to my previous post. When I said: If as is often the case ... [the output impedance at the highest audible frequency] is not known...I meant to say: If as is often the case ... [the output impedance at the audible frequency for which t... | |
| Evaluating Potential Setup, Solid State Pre-Amps, buffers, XLR Cable Length Welcome to Audiogon, Reggy.First, some comments on points you raised prior to the six questions at the end of your post:There are a number of online calculators which can be found that will provide dBu to voltage conversions. 0 dBu corresponds to ... | |
| Interconnects and non-believers I would like to restate and elaborate on something I pointed out in the early part of the thread, which appears to have been overlooked in the ensuing discussion. What the OP replaced was not simply a cable. It was a cable that included a "network... | |
| AR REF75SE Unbalanced Hi Dweller,Balanced ARC amps which don’t provide RCA inputs are unusual in that respect, and are the only amplifier designs I am aware of that will not work in a reasonable manner when used with RCA-to-XLR adapters.That fact has been well establis... | |
| First Foray into XLR FYI, RCA-terminated unbalanced cables constructed with the same Mogami 2534 wire that is used in the Gold Studio balanced cables can be obtained here:https://www.markertek.com/product/msc3rr/mogami-neglex-quad-audio-cable-rca-male-to-male-3-foot-b... | |
| AR REF75SE Unbalanced No, in the case of the Ref 75 and a number of other ARC balanced amps which do not provide RCA input connectors, that will not work properly. Maximum power capability will be **greatly** reduced, and distortion will increase.A reasonable approach ... | |
| First Foray into XLR Reasons why XLR interconnections can make a difference in a home audio system, compared to RCA interconnections (although depending on the specific designs that difference may or may not be for the better):1)The configuration of the output circuit... | |
| First Foray into XLR Thanks for providing that info, Stereo5. So I would think that in this case the word "bridged" in the amp’s description refers to internal jumpers (i.e., connections) between the RCA and XLR connectors, as I’ve occasionally seen the term "bridged"... | |
| First Foray into XLR +1 re Mogami, specifically Mogami Gold Studio, which is the de facto cable of choice in many professional applications. And like a number of others here I’ve had fine results with it in various home applications at various lengths. And the price i... | |
| Interconnects and non-believers I believe the Transparent MusicLink interconnect cables incorporate a "network" of some sort, for which no technical definition has ever been made available, as far as I am aware. But I would certainly not find it surprising that changing a netwo... | |
| Is it OK to have xlr and rca connected at same time on arc ds450? Based on schematics I’ve seen for other ARC designs I suspect that the signal pin of the RCA input connector for each channel of the DS450 is wired directly to one of the two signal pins on the corresponding XLR connector, very probably pin 2. And... | |
| Is time coherence more important than dynamics: Gallo versus Green Mountain Everything else being equal, IMO time coherence can actually enhance perceived dynamics, as the better time alignment of "fundamental frequencies" and "overtones" it can provide will tend to result in "cleaner" and more sharply defined transient r... | |
| Cartridge Loading- Low output M/C 2channel8 6-1-2018 I haven't been able to measure my phono cable's capacitance. My multimeter just reads 0.0 F, even though it has a uF range. As a rough ballpark approximation, a typical phono cable may have a capacitance in the vicinity or 25... | |
| Cartridge Loading- Low output M/C 2channel8 & Ericsch, it is true that the sonics of LOMCs themselves are essentially insensitive to reasonable amounts of load capacitance. However, note the statement by Lyra cartridge designer Jonathan Carr that I quoted early in this thread:... | |
| Interconnects and non-believers Hi RV,DAC sonics can sometimes be particularly susceptible to ground loop effects, which in turn can be dependent on both the designs of the components that are being connected and the characteristics of the interconnecting cables. An interesting ... |