atmasphere
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| 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. | |
| Cartridge Opinions - Sorry At least from a technical standpoint. If it is not over-tightened then it is free to move. If it is free to move then there must be an interference gap, however small, between the moving parts.If so the runout can't be detected. I guess we'll ... | |
| Eico ST-70 integrated amp They had a JJ Electronics one that specs better, but needs a clamp mount.Those are good parts and hold up well. Its not that hard drilling the mounting holes for the clamps. The clamps are 1 3/8" diameter. | |
| Eico ST-70 integrated amp Good! The Sprague parts were good but long past their freshness date :) If you can so the work yourself you can save a lot. You can find aluminum can-style 'multi-caps' at CE Distribution (www.cedist.com) Many of them are made on the same machin... | |
| Phono Preamp. With transformer or fully active I do not consider the use of the rather heavy secondary load in addition to a Zobel as a sonically acceptable solution. FWIW they *are* designed for that. I totally agree regarding your comments about bad core design- my comments presume a dece... | |
| Is a Linn Sondek LP12/Lingo/Ekos with a Cirkus update, the last turntable I’ll ever buy? If I had only one turntable to buy and live with for the rest of my life it would be a new Technics. They are more speed stable than most 'high end' audio turntables and also really low colorations due to vibration. IMO/IME their biggest weaknesse... | |
| 70’s rock pressings. Witch equipment deserve? I have never seen a Grace, Stanton, Pickering, Audio-Technica, Pioneer, Garrott ... with softened or stiff rubber damper in my life. I have seen this multiple times with Shure, Pickering, Stanton, AudioTechnica, Empire, Grado but some of the othe... | |
| Cartridge Opinions - Sorry A gimbal set-up must always have some free-play in its bearings, otherwise the arm wand would be unable to move. This statement is false. If a bearing in a gimbal system is over-tightened the arm can still move but a lot depends on the bearing. A... |