atmasphere
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| Phono stage can minimize tics and pops on vinyl I hear the noise on a different plane than the music. In life, if someone sneezes from the 2nd balcony, it sounds from a different place than the orchestra.@stringreen I understand this bit very well- its why I prefer vinyl, as any surface arti... | |
| Help me pick a phono, pre and cart Not much. I would replace the platter pad, and if you want state of the art, the tone arm too (I use the Triplanar). Otherwise the ’table benefits from break in time and so seems to get better the more its used. I’ve yet to hear a tube phono bette... | |
| MAC Autoformers? Now there are even CAR stereo amps that can run .5 ohms all day at negligible distortion. The problem with not using transformers, even with solid state amps is that 'negligible distortion'.It is the mark of a good engineer to know what is negligi... | |
| Phono stage can minimize tics and pops on vinyl 'P&C' I'm guessing means 'ticks and pops'...The stylus might helps as it might track a different portion of the groove that has less noise, but if your vinyl is undamaged the real benefit comes when you use a stable phono section. | |
| Potential issues using low powered tube amp with electrostatic speakers There is no doubt, it was the tube amplification. Before I purchased the MLs, I was traveling and when I would be in a new town, I would pop into a high end dealer and listen and quickly decided on the MLs. All the shops powered the MLs with tr... | |
| Phono stage can minimize tics and pops on vinyl Our UV-1 does not have problems with ticks or pops and its not particularly pricey. Our MP-3 and MP-1 are not that expensive as high end preamps go- cheaper than ARC, cj and many others. Are others charging more for ticks and pops? As Foghorn Leg... | |
| CDs Vs LPs RIAA, Decca, ColumbiaAs I understand it that is because the Labels themselves changed the recording process over time.In the case of the RIAA curve, to change that the label would have to dig into the pre-emphasis networks in their LP mastering e... | |
| Phono stage can minimize tics and pops on vinyl @terry9 You are correct. If you want the best sound, you need the best parts. But design is what minimizes ticks and pops; I am saying there is a distinction. | |
| Preamps better than Parasound JC-2 ? So I am assuming that it uses 2 x 6SN7GT and 2 x 12AU7 tubes?Yes. It also has a fully balanced circuit internally. | |
| CDs Vs LPs ^^ I'm sure its not a problem but the older stuff that needs those extra curves are probably 78s. | |
| CDs Vs LPs I’m quite sure I’ve never heard a vinyl record broadcast on radio. I like tape. Having grown up in an era where vinyl basically didn’t exist, terms like LP, EP, and Single most certainly persisted completely independent of the recording medium. I’... | |
| Phono stage can minimize tics and pops on vinyl Here are the things that allow for less ticks and pops. As far as I can tell, price isn't one of them:1) good overload margin. (our phono sections are making nearly 100V peak to peak at overload...)2) low RFI susceptibility. This also means that L... | |
| Help me pick a phono, pre and cart If in doubt, an excellent turntable with arm is the Technics SL1200G. Very non-resonant, speed is spot on, easy to set up. | |
| Best speaker/system piano concerts Underpowering any speaker can ruin it.FWIW dept: the result being a fried tweeter. | |
| Have Passive Preamps Finally Come of Age? @tweak1 FWIW dept: our MP-3 preamp can be ordered as a balanced tube buffer with no active gain stage. |