atmasphere
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| First Foray into XLR In my opinion, balanced XLR connections are useless for Home Audio.The reason for going balanced is to eliminate cable artifacts.There is a standard to which one must adhere to gain that benefit. It is often called 'AES File 48'. The point of it i... | |
| Getting into Tube Equipment - Isn't the lower impedance floor also a key consideration in amp matching? I'm using EL4s (4 ohm port) to drive 4 ohm speakers, that according to JA at Stereophile are" 5 ohms for the entire audioband other than the region between 100 and 300... | |
| How much do I need to spend to get a preamp that sounds better than no preamp? I'm not trolling, you can stalk me all you like, you "try" to present facts your way, and I'll do them my way, with whoever/whatever proof I have.George, sorry, you're not fooling me. Endlessly spouting the same thing over and over, especially ... | |
| Impedance Matching Question That'll work as long as it has the bandwidth.So, is it just getting the proper transformer, 2 pair of female RCA’s, and a project box, then solder and assembly?That would work too. | |
| joule electra vs. atma-sphere any input? I discussed this with Jud many years ago. His feeling was that balanced was critical with long cable runs, such as in studios, but not necessarily so with the lengths in most home audio systems. He said to be truly balanced, as opposed to su... | |
| Why are my woofers pumping? @o_holter This really sounds like a turntable problem to me! I've dealt with this a lot; I repaired consumer electronics for a living right out of high school, through college and beyond. If its once per rotation, its something to do with the plat... | |
| How much do I need to spend to get a preamp that sounds better than no preamp? @georgehifi When you continue to cherry pick comments from an article that clearly favors active circuitry its disingenuous to say the least. Are you trying to make Nelson a liar??Repeating it all over and over does not make it right- it just make... | |
| Have Passive Preamps Finally Come of Age? Because 90% of systems are a great match for passives, and are the most dynamic /transparent way of getting the source to the amp except for going direct if you can do it without "bit stripping". While the first half of this is false, I do agree... | |
| Impedance Matching Question A line transformer can be used. IME, not an elegant option, but it works. You are better off with a preamp that can drive the amp properly. | |
| Where do I go from here? possibly 3-channel to pick up the center.If you want proper 3D soundstage, I'd stay away from a center channel unless its a dialogue channel for the home theater; even then they can be marginal...If you want more 3D, tubes are something to try. | |
| joule electra vs. atma-sphere any input? @brunomarsThe advantage of going balanced is that if it is done right, the interconnect cables won't play a big role in the sound of the system. If you've ever had to audition cables to get the right sound, you know what I mean. | |
| Have Passive Preamps Finally Come of Age? Its an active (buffered) control. Shouldn't this thread have a different title?"What could be better? Hardly any noise or distortion added by these simple passive parts. No feedback, no worrying about what type of capacitors – just musical perfe... | |
| How much do I need to spend to get a preamp that sounds better than no preamp? all I could find on the Baxandall was math and schematics. What good is that?Pretty good if you want one and no-one sells one. You just have to find someone to make it. We can do stuff like that, but as a one-off it might not look at that great.I... | |
| Technics Sp10 Mk2 vs SL-1200G - I finally did an A/B I missed part of that.OK- one of the strengths of the SL1200G is a properly designed plinth!If you mount the arm separately so that its not coupled to the plinth, a coloration will occur. The only real way to ascertain what is the arm and what is ... | |
| Cartridge Loading- Low output M/C "Magnetic cartridges are the only cartridges that might be affected by cable capacitance. With moving coil cartridges, cable capacitance is not a concern." Is the above a true statement?No. It is advantageous to keep the resonant frequency as high... |