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| Problem with phono stage I thought capacitance for cables didn't matter with a MM Cartridge , only MC.@vinylvin , @emilinActually it matters quite a lot! With a high output MM cartridge the inductance tends to be rather high. This in tandem with the capacitance of the to... | |
| Why I enjoy my Luminous Audio passive unit, vs an additional gain stage ( preamp ) The entire system used during our cable evaluation was new Benchmark products, from the source to the amps, which I understand to be ( prove me wrong ), the standard AES48. And if I am wrong, so be it. I have been wrong before. So, given the " ... | |
| JBL L100 Amplifier Recommendations Its not so much that you need a gutsy amp to drive a 12" speaker; what you are dealing with here is the simple fact that JBL chose to make this speaker hard to drive. Its nominally 4 ohms to start with, and has a difficult phase angle in the mid b... | |
| Why I enjoy my Luminous Audio passive unit, vs an additional gain stage ( preamp ) I am not sure why your insistence of " cables do not sound different ", when they are used in a balanced configuration. Several of us have heard these differences, and easily.......getting back to transformers for a moment. I feel, they are nec... | |
| Problem with phono stage Do I need a special cable for the phono stage?@emilm Yes! Most regular cables have too much capacitance. This causes a high frequency peak and certainly can emphasize ticks and pops. A proper phono cable will have a capacitance of about 20pf (p... | |
| Problem with phono stage Is this a common problem with added phono stages as opposed to integrated onesNo. So let's start with what cartridge do you have? Also, what kind of cable (phono cartridge cables should be low capacitance)? | |
| Why I enjoy my Luminous Audio passive unit, vs an additional gain stage ( preamp ) I have listened to passive units with transformers and find them to be round and colorful, meaning they are warm and the frequency extremes seem rolled of. They are not as detailed to me. Being familiar with pro gear and balanced lines, I still... | |
| Theoretical Pre Amp Question For a tube pre I think case 1 would impart more constant tube character because it is running at constant power and only attenuating after.@cat_doorman The harder you run the tube circuit the more distortion it will make. So its not a matter of... | |
| Most desirable vacuum tubes for SET amps I also have a Dynaco ST-70, also running the EL34 in ultra linear. I love the sound of this amp as well but if I listen to the EL34 in SET triode and then listen to the Dynaco, the Dynaco then sounds very mushy. Is the Dynaco sorted out prop... | |
| Never Owned a Tube Amp and Want Advice My tube rolling experience with preamps tells me that you can get these types of effect from different tubes. Does the same thing hold true for tube amp 6922 driver tubes? Currently, there are Electro Harmonix tubes in the two driver positions... | |
| Why I enjoy my Luminous Audio passive unit, vs an additional gain stage ( preamp ) Balanced cables, as well as single ended cables, all sound different, and matching them to systems, can create a better synergy between the components, and sound shape the presentation, for the listener. Should this be the case, I do not know.t... | |
| Plinius noise with balanced cables but I have to put my ear to my tweeters to hear it. If that is the only time you hear it then its no worries whatsoever. | |
| Most desirable vacuum tubes for SET amps The best sounding SETs are the ones with the least amount of power. This is due entirely to the output transformer- the differences people talk about between the various tubes has more to do with the output transformer than the tubes themselves. O... | |
| Any electronic geniuses here? Here are a few other technical issues.Don't worry about the load on the cartridge. That is really only for the benefit of the phono section (ask if you need explanation). But you do have to worry about ringing from the transformer itself. If the t... | |
| Woofer pumping possibly due to tube amp when playing vinyl Does it do it without the arm on the LP surface- if you just touch the sylus, can you set it off into pumping?If no, then the problem is simply that the turntable suspension, in tandem with a mismatch between the arm and cartridge, is the culprit. |