atmasphere
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| Cartridge Opinions - Sorry Although I do agree with others here that the stylus and cartridge maybe more important than the tone arm WHEN mechanically reproducing sound from vinyl.@tyray Dave Slagle recently sent an article to me by Peter Moncreif, who did some testing on... | |
| Single driver vs traditional 3 way loudspeakers I’ve listened to several full range driver speakers and all have compromises. Either they are soft, or lack bass, or have whizzer cone artifacts. The Cube Audio Nenuphar look interesting with a 10" woofer and 3 whizzers. PHY has introduced a 6" dr... | |
| Same watts at 8 and 4 ohms? If your amp puts out 150 watts into 8 ohms and 200 into 4 ohms, it will drive your speakers just fine if you only need 100 watts into the 4 ohm frequencies to drive them as loud as you want to listen to them.Is that right, @atmasphere ?It is- an... | |
| My #@%$ Cat Destroyed My ARC REF 5SE. Soliciting Suggestions. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJl_4IsQJ2g | |
| Is a Linn Sondek LP12/Lingo/Ekos with a Cirkus update, the last turntable I’ll ever buy? @daveyf I've service thousands of turntables over the last 45 years. The new Technics is nothing like the old SL1200 although it looks the part in every way. I took one apart with an eye to see about building a different plinth for it, and was su... | |
| Lots of bass at walls, lack of bass in center of room/listening position Yes! It might make a difference between a standing wave or none- at your listening position. | |
| 70’s rock pressings. Witch equipment deserve? I go for the original if I can find it- original press from the country where the recording was made. But if the title isn't that important to me I often pick up a reissue. | |
| Phono Preamp. With transformer or fully active Jensen named the parts of the Zobel Rdamp and Cdamp which clearly tells its purpose. I do not know of any phono stage inputs with those parts intentionally in place.@intactaudio Our preamps allow that- if we install the transformers internally ... | |
| Is a Linn Sondek LP12/Lingo/Ekos with a Cirkus update, the last turntable I’ll ever buy? If you could only have one turntable and had to live with it or the rest of your life, then buying one table that has nowhere to go as to upgradeability could be perceived as advantageous!OTOH, if you wanted a platform on which to build as time... | |
| Cartridge Opinions - Sorry I am not going to say you have low level knowledge because of that.:) +1 | |
| Lots of bass at walls, lack of bass in center of room/listening position Right now they are about 10 inches off the wall and they probably need to be moved out more.@smodtactical If your bass is rolled off, you're usually better off moving the speaker closer to the wall behind it. This is particularly true in the case... | |
| Subwoofer Suggestion On the cheap, you may get away with extending linearly your bass registers such as the AudioKinesis Swarm (which I believe is an great price/performance product) while maintaining cohesion and detail, but if you want both excellent performance ... | |
| Same watts at 8 and 4 ohms? it's doubtful that they double down their power rating. Yes?Yes, but as I pointed out, that is only a 3dB issue. Another way of looking at this is that if the rated power is enough to do the job, its no worries. It really is that simple. | |
| Same watts at 8 and 4 ohms? @n80Here's the deal:With most speakers its expected that the amp will 'voltage drive' the speakers (note that I said 'most'- not all speakers behave this way!). Now if an amplifier 'voltage drives' the speakers, IOW is a 'voltage source', the powe... | |
| How Best to Hookup Switchable Multiple Preamps to a Single Turntable I would use the tube unit myself but @millercarbon is correct- with that sort of signal level a switch box will be detrimental. Just do the switch manually and things will actually be a lot easier. |