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| Hum when phono stage is turned ON. Popping, crackling after playing record for few mins Problem 1: very likely.Problem 2: This could well be solved by grounding the turntable as well. I would not worry about this problem unless you see its still there after the 'table is grounded. | |
| Why do some manufacturers reverse preamp polarity in the first place? ^^ This is the same guy that was selling a CD duplicator called the RealityCheck, claiming he had upgraded the firmware somehow to justify a healthy markup. He was discredited as (although the duplicator did work well) turned out there were no mod... | |
| Best Tube Amp for B&W Bookshelf ^^ This. What is important is if the equipment sounds right, not its expense. | |
| Bit the Bullet ... Don Sachs Model 2 Preamp ^^ Make that thousands of hours. We easily get 10,000 hours with 6SN7s in our preamps and Don knows what he's doing- I'm sure its the same there. | |
| Tone Arm board material The plinth of the turntable should be as dead and rigid as possible.The thing that most people don't think about is that the arm board is part of the plinth. The base of the arm should couple as rigidly to the bearing mount of the platter as it ca... | |
| Best speakers for classic rock Peaks in classical music can be as loud as a rock concert. Whether you can hear that in a recording or not is a different matter- that depends on if any compression is done in the recording. You need good bass response to do classical right- there... | |
| Wanted Any Symdex Speakers I showed with Symdex at CES many years ago. Nice speaker. But I've not heard of them in years so its a good bet the surrounds on the woofers may need attention. There is a shop in Rosedale Minnesota that does that sort of work if you are successfu... | |
| Best Tube Amp for B&W Bookshelf Sometimes you can find an older set of Atma-Sphere M-60s in that price range. They work quite well with that speaker. Likely the most transparent amps mentioned so far but you will need a preamp. | |
| Best speakers for classic rock The idea that a speaker is the best for a certain genre of music is one of the biggest myths in audio. Is classic rock from the 50s, 60s, or 70s? Or, if one is a bit younger, does that mean 80s and some 90s?I actually had someone ask me what the b... | |
| Looking for a pre-amp (Pass, ARC, BAT, Sim, PS Audio) @jmarshak Internally balanced has nothing to do with it. You can have the circuit be internally single-ended and still support the balanced standard. In such cases transformers are used. An example of what I'm talking about- if the source puts any... | |
| Easy to drive, outstandingly natural sound from 40-50 Hz up.....AN-E, O/96, others? I can vouch for Duke's speakers- I've heard them many times and his sound is always excellent. | |
| Looking for a pre-amp (Pass, ARC, BAT, Sim, PS Audio) @jmarshak If you are looking for balanced line you might inquire with the manufacturers of the preamps on your list if the product supports the balanced line standard, otherwise known as AES48 (Audio Engineering Society file 48).If the preamp does... | |
| Amp "timing" ? ^^ +1 | |
| Amp "timing" ? There are things that might be considered timing issues in amps, but when used in the context of a review is probably referring to detail and has nothing to do with timing at all. There is this term- PRAT which is thought to be a British thing, wh... | |
| Easy to drive, outstandingly natural sound from 40-50 Hz up.....AN-E, O/96, others? Contrast Audio Model One; 16 ohms, 93 dB.Audiokinesis- Duke has always made great speakers that are easy to drive.Many 'full range' speakers like Lowther and Voxitiv can make 50Hz. Voxitive had a very nice sounding room at RMAF; their drivers are ... |