arcticdeth
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| New preamp, loss of low freq.? Help me understand what happened here, i posted this in cables alsoi bought a rocketfish rf-acnt2 component cable,. The 30 pin for older ipods etc, with component cables and usb on other end. My volume seemed to go up about 5x as loud vs using the... | |
| Why use ground wire from preamp to amp??? Thats just it. I have several pairs of good rca's , none come with this ground wire. It is strange. Unless for phonograph. | |
| New preamp, loss of low freq.? Yes! Playing a cd i do have a little more bass. But i think the pre is slightly voiced to mid /high freq, for sanders electrostatic speakers which require this for the panels to become crisper. Just my opinion. The pre is very neutral/accurate. ... | |
| AIFF vs Apple Lossless Ripping I only have these options when I insert cd into my cpumpuers cloud drive (external)aac -which everything I have is ripped toaiffapple losslessmp3wav encoderfor aiff , there's options. Sample rate, sample size, and channels I can choose from. B... | |
| AIFF vs Apple Lossless Ripping Ripping my CDs under AIFF is the best then? I have to rerip over 3000 CDs. Not looking forward to this!!!!in a previous post, I was trying to critical listen to my ref system using my iPod with 128k, and was laughed at :). So using aiff would be... | |
| Why use ground wire from preamp to amp??? Huh. Thank you. | |
| Why use ground wire from preamp to amp??? Would any current, or dc pass through, or anything that could cause damage to the amp or preamp, cables? So if I use a turntable, I remove the cable ground?strange, very strange,,,, | |
| Help needed for isolation under the power amps Home Depot, large thick chunk of granite. On top of that a nice thick (3inch) cutting board, and tennis balls cut in halves. Works great, and inexpensive for my standards. | |
| New preamp, loss of low freq.? Changed a letter in my screen name. Same ol me. \m/ | |
| Groneberg cable good? I would like to save some cash. What about the guy here? His cables look good, but will they be insulated enough? Rf etc. ?www.amplifiersurgery.com. Silver solderd cables? Great reviews, would they be too bright ? | |
| Choice: ATI 3000 or ODYSSEY STRATOS PLUS ? I just bought a 14 year old pair of stratos monos. Plugged em in, left on for a week or so, for the basic as they are, they are not too bad honestly, driving a pair of modded vega d-9's. For their stated power rating, I'm shocked at their power/au... | |
| New preamp, loss of low freq.? I get my volume, and then some, as well as bass, and everything I need!!! I have zero more to say about the bass, sound of my system. I have found my last amp, preamp for my ref system. Cables and CD player are on Santa's list, and time to re-impo... | |
| Has anyone tried new Auvio cables from Radio Shack Anyone else use these? Considering getting some 6 foot ones for my amp>preamp connections. And saving some money vs the 200+$ Groneberg 1.2m pair. Yes no???? Thoughts? Will a 6 foot RCA Auvio be poor compared to a shorter Groneberg Quattro... | |
| NAD c 565bee- marantz 600? Equilavent In all honesty, does it really matter? Most all modern disc spinners sound mostly the same, don't they? Same high quality opamps, burr brown, Texas Instruments chips whatever they have, it's a crap shoot.....no?would I be fine with the 150$ onkyo... | |
| New preamp, loss of low freq.? Hahahaha. Nooooooooooo I know, I know, I'm a full on dipsh*t. Live & learn. Happened years ago, when I didn't know about lossless, aac, what the fu*k a nitrate even was. So I have all my cd's, and many of my lp's ripped to my iTunes, at AAC ... |