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| coupling or decoupling of vinyl to/ from platter If the LP has to be decoupled from the platter to get rid of motor noise, the turntable has a really serious problem and should be repaired. I think we can discount that explanation.A proper platter pad does several things at once, that is if its ... | |
| Amps Atma-Sphere M-60 Mono blocks OTL design Doesn't using zero transformers defeat the whole point of an OTL amp? It's putting a transformer in and makes it similar to a non OTL push pull tube amp.'Defeat' as used in the question above suggests that an OTL is trying to do something that ... | |
| Balanced and RCA concurrently? If you are trying to drive the amp with two different sources, assuming that one of them is not playing, the presence of the other will load the source that is playing.By 'load', imagine carrying ten pounds for ten miles. Not so bad if you are in ... | |
| Tri-Planar Vll "SE Upgrade" Any arm can do 70 microns or even 80. Its no big deal and Triplanars can do it too no worries.I don't need a test LP; I can perform tests using my lathe.The technical story is easy to understand. I'm sure most that have read this far followed it w... | |
| Balanced and RCA concurrently? There is no danger, but it won't work. The other sources plugged into the amp will load the preamp, and vice versa.What you need is a preamp with more inputs, and possibly also a balanced output. | |
| Tri-Planar Vll "SE Upgrade" Folks, just so you know, 50 microns is about the same as 2 mils (which is how groove deflection is measured in the US if you have American-made LP mastering gear). Many systems use microns these days as many cutter systems are European-made. 2 mil... | |
| 12AT nos , flash at start ? When you see that flash, its the flash of quality. | |
| difference between an active and a passive preamp? @celo , maybe.The real number to look at is the output impedance of the DAC at 20hz. If that is the same number then I would say your chanced are good with a passive control, if you keep the cables short. | |
| Tri-Planar Vll "SE Upgrade" @nandric , the above and this:Interestingfinding for someone who does not own a single test record andalso does not believe in test records. Shows that you are an adept at the Stawman. I never said I don't believe in test records, I just said I do... | |
| When and how did you, if at all, realize vinyl is better? But both are not detailed specific related aspects, they are generalizations... and are laid on top of the scenario as if they are the perfected fundamentals of the question or equation.Since the question obviously remains unanswered in a way c... | |
| Quick Poll: Which of the following systems sounds best with Vandersteen 2C's? That speaker is really tube friendly and the best I've ever heard it has always been with tubes. FWIW. | |
| Capacitance loading and fixed coil cartridges @karl_desch , Here's how it works:With a low output cartridge you don't add any capacitance!The issue of loading (which is what you are asking about) works like this: The cartridge has an inductance which interacts with any capacitance present (us... | |
| Tri-Planar Vll "SE Upgrade" @nandric , I have several LPs which I recorded (the first being Canto General, music of Mikas Theodorakis). For that recording we got the biggest bass drum in the state, which was a good six feet across. I have the master tapes and I know how this... | |
| I need a good Preamp @wemfan, Atma-Sphere produced the first balanced line products for high end audio. That was back in the mid 1980s. | |
| Amps Atma-Sphere M-60 Mono blocks OTL design @charles1dad , I think you might misunderstand. People hang on to their equipment, sometimes for life **regardless of the equipment**. To say that it "never goes one way" as you did earlier must be seen by a reasonable person as incorrect. That's ... |