atmasphere
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| More on XLR vs RCA considerations? How on earth do we know if our gear supports AES48? @billpete You could ask the manufacturer. | |
| Thinking about going electrostatic Speakers would be powered with a rotel 1090 and prima luna dialogue pre amp. Have never herd of that type of speaker. Would like to here your thoughts @bill1957 You might look into an ESL called Popori. Some of their speakers are very easy to ... | |
| Are EL34 based amps more musical than KT series based ? Or it's purely a matter of design? it's purely a matter of design @inna That's the answer. If you want to hear a really musical KT88 based amp, the Harmon Kardon Citation 2 (properly refurbished) is a good place to start. It makes a difference too if the amp is pentode or Ultr... | |
| More on XLR vs RCA considerations? Perhaps if the circuitry (caps etc.) becomes equal between the two, there is not much advantage to XLR? Not sure, myself. I like to have the option even though I've never used it, just makes me feel good, knowing it's there if I ever decide to us... | |
| Spatial Audio Raven Preamp @yyzsantabarbara The Raven employs an output transformer so should support AES48. There is a correct loading for the output transformer that will prevent it ringing- you might inquire how that is handled. Traditionally if the output transformer i... | |
| Balanced vs RCA preamps As for @atmasphere, he simply won't accept that his opinion that the only proper way to build a balanced component is to make it consistent with the AES48 standard is simply his opinion. It's one that most of the high end community has rejected b... | |
| Balanced vs RCA preamps It’s a red herring, really and you’ve already acknowledged that AES48 is not commonly accepted in home audio. You describe your MP-1 preamp as "featuring Balanced Differential Design®" and state it’s "still one of the very few preamps to support ... | |
| Balanced vs RCA preamps It cannot possibly be a "standard" ("something established by authority, custom, or general consent as a model or example") yet at the same time not commonly accepted. @cleeds That's the thing: it is commonly accepted (would you like an indus... | |
| Balanced vs RCA preamps But it is just as opinion, and one which many of the world's foremost manufacturers of audio equipment reject. @cleeds I'm not sure that's true; AES48 is an industry standard but you'd have to check with them to see. As far as I can tell, a goo... | |
| Used tube preamps, Cary, AR, Aesthetix, Wells...........or? Don't Capacitors deteriorate over time and negatively impact sound quality? So buying used sometimes may not be a great idea @emergingsoul The capacitors in question are usually electrolytics. If we are talking about a tube preamp, those capaci... | |
| Balanced vs RCA preamps The resulting voltage is the so-called differential voltage, which is twice the amount of the individual phase voltage. This explains why the voltage from an XLR port is twice that of its RCA counterpart. @lanx0003 Actually this isn’t true if t... | |
| I should start with speakers. This I know. I’d like to establish a new system. I should start with speakers. This I know. @toontrader I’m not sure this is actually the best approach. But here are some tips. The first thing you need to sort out is your budget, since if the speaker is inefficient you’ll need a lot of power a... | |
| Balanced vs RCA preamps Where did you get this from? Have you done your homework before taking 10 seconds to write this? Let me do some homework for you, and you can do the rest to see if you can find anything to support your false statement. DAC XLR RCA... | |
| Balanced vs RCA preamps To the OP, Balanced Audio Technology (BAT) makes several tubed preamps. Most of their models are solely balanced. Heck, "Balanced" is even in their brand name. @mammothguy54 You might be interested to know that one of the founders of BAT, Steve... | |
| Balanced vs RCA preamps @emergingsoul I like it I have one of our MP-1 preamps driving about 35 feet of balanced cable which connects to the amplifiers. The tonearm has a balanced connection to the preamp as does the DAC. My tuner is old school so its a single ended con... |