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| Turntable and Rack vibration control Till now I have tried to keep things simple with my garrard by using a good multi-layer birch ply plinth and using some cones to rest it on the rack. But it is now getting painfully clear that this is not a very well-sorted system. The noise fl... | |
| Can any stereo amp be bridged to mono ? There's more than one way to do this. If a solid state amp, and not a bridged output, then the first technique mentioned above will work. If a bridged output is employed I don't recommend it as the amp can be damaged.If a tube amp with a grounded ... | |
| Class D is just Dandy! @erik_squires - worth a shot, class D modules are cheap... | |
| Tube Preamp Recommendations? Does this mean these provide less detail at the expense of more midrange bloom?No. Detail is not sacrificed on account of the 6SN7! At any rate I would expect almost any 6SN7-based preamp to be more detailed than an old ARC SP-6. | |
| Best fuses for under $50? So far the best fuses we have found are not audiophile fuses and need a different fuse holder. But they are the best. Class CC... | |
| Turntable and Rack vibration control If you plan to use a slab of granite or hardwood, the problem you are up against is that the material does have a resonant signature even if 6 inches thick. This is why the platforms I have are composed of a sandwich that also employs a steel part... | |
| Thinking of a new preamp and looking for advice... I'm not convinced this is a ground loop. If that were the case, lifting the ground connections (I assume at the power cords; please correct me if I'm wrong) would have solved it.Do you have a Digital Volt Meter (DVM)? If so, some simple measuremen... | |
| Atma-Sphere MP1 with single-ended inputs and outputs? Adapters OK? Sure, but just so you know Cardas and many others make adapters that will do the job. Just make sure no matter who you order from that pin 1 and pin 3 must be tied together. | |
| Atma-Sphere MP1 with single-ended inputs and outputs? Adapters OK? @dbphd , yes- an OTL is a tube amplifier without an output transformer. In our case, the output of the amp is direct-coupled (so our our preamps). | |
| Directionality of wire Appeal to Logical Fallacy: Person A makes statement, person B assigns Logical Fallacy of choice as a means of refuting person A's statement, regardless of whether the application of the Logical Fallacy thus invoked is the correct one or even if a ... | |
| Turntable and Rack vibration control @dlcockrum don't feel too bad, the UltraResolution Technology platforms were not cheap when they were in production... | |
| Atma-Sphere MP1 with single-ended inputs and outputs? Adapters OK? @dbphd that sounds like that should work.The Jensen Isomax transformer works very well converting balanced to SE. But, correct me if I’m wrong @atmasphere , doesn’t connecting a stand alone transformer inline w/ an OTL affect the sonics?Of course... | |
| Turntable and Rack vibration control Any tips on/sources for material and construction techniques of your TT platform that you will share? I use a similar Sound Anchors stand coupled to a concrete slab with cones.Sadly the platforms are no longer made (UltraResolution Technology); ... | |
| Turntable and Rack vibration control My 'table sits upon a platform that is a sandwich of marble, military constrained damping and steel. Its pretty dead. That in turn sits on a custom Sound Anchors stand that is sand-filled. The stand is built to accommodate not only the platform an... | |
| Journey ending speakers I've heard an awful lot of speakers in my time, on account of they get sent to my shop for audition and I hear them at shows as well.For about 20 years now one of the best I've heard has been the Classic Audio Loudspeakers model T-3.3, which is wh... |