atmasphere
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| How much do I need to spend to get a preamp that sounds better than no preamp? And as far as balanced sounding better than single ended this is a Furphy, the only time this may happen is if the interconnects are very long (over 5mts> 10mts)This statement is false- balanced lines offer less coloration even if they are on... | |
| How much should a person spend to get a decent power conditioner? Possibly true unless like me you were one of the unfortunate souls who bought a PS Audio Power Plant Premier when they first came onto the market. My unit was one of the duds that later ended up in droves on Audio Advisor and advertised as "ref... | |
| Parasound JC 3+ Phono Preamp Hum OK this will sound a little weird, but if you can pick the phono preamp up and move it around, see if that affects the hum.If it does, move the phono section to a different location- it could be too close to a power transformer, like the one in th... | |
| Pre and Amp Suggestions Not sure why you say the ARC is not balanced, the LS25 and VT100 is used to own definitely were. What I was saying is that although the ARC stuff is balanced, it does not support the balanced standard. An example of how this is so is in a balance... | |
| Liquid Amps What's even more important than the type of distortion is where is the distortion located. Our ears hardly care or notice distortion in the bass regions relative to others. Most subs have horrendous distortion and are driven by cheap digital... | |
| How much do I need to spend to get a preamp that sounds better than no preamp? No. Balanced definitely helps. I find I get better bass going from single ended to balanced when running active preamps as well. | |
| Anyone Else Using an Audio Kinesis Swarm or Debra Distributed Bass Array System? I find it annoying when I set up a system at a show and then find that while there is bass in the room, its not at the listening chair! The Swarm fixes that :) | |
| How much do I need to spend to get a preamp that sounds better than no preamp? The ARIA imparted more energy in the upper bass region, which seemed to smoothen (i.e.: make more flat) this area compared to the SOtM DAC-direct connection, and moreover spatiality and/or the sense dimensionality was more pronounced/convincing... | |
| schematic for a VTL super deluxe I serviced one of those many years ago. The phono section is exactly the same as what is seen in the Marantz 7C preamp. IIRC the line section is also the same, sans tone controls.Are you having troubles with it or do you just want a schematic beca... | |
| What class is my el34 amplifier If you have to set the bias, the bias current would offer a clue. The input tube complement would offer some information about that as well. Its a pretty good bet that they are class AB1 though. | |
| P5-xe, codex, XLR interconnects The Mogami cables are certainly not expensive, but right now, I have no balanced source. I'm not sure what's available for a TT arm that would fit my Music Hall. @jetson All cartridges made today are a balanced source.To operate it balanced, you... | |
| CDs Vs LPs Do you think that you are hearing aliasing or the phase shift introduced by the brick wall filters, which are there in an attempt to prevent aliasing?I know it was audible in the old days. I've not run a test recently to tell if its still a thin... | |
| Technics Sp10 Mk2 vs SL-1200G - I finally did an A/B I use two different powerfull step-down stans, one for japanese electronics, another one for american electronics. Absolutely no problem, compared to 220v Technics turntable without step-down transformers. Just FWIW, you can also do this with... | |
| Good monitor speakers for 300B amps. Do you think I can power the ProAc's with a 300B amp. Did you read my last post? It still applies :) The correct answer is 'no' unless you in a small situation, like a desktop. | |
| P5-xe, codex, XLR interconnects The reason to go balanced is to avoid the colorations that are common with single-ended cables.How that is possible is that there is a balanced standard which does the job. Your amp supports the standard, not sure about the preamp. But if it does,... |