atmasphere
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| Anything as " fast" as SPECTRAL gear? We've had a polarity switch on our preamps since 1989. Its only audible if the recording uses a minimalist microphone technique, like two mics to record everything. | |
| Amp and preamp on same outlet? A well regarded equipment manufacturer told me having everything on the same line is optimum. I suspect this is related to the ground loop considerations Al posted.This has nothing to do with ground loops which are an entirely separate matter (FWI... | |
| Anything as " fast" as SPECTRAL gear? ^^ Noise can obscure low level detail, which includes minor soundstage cues. So getting rid of noise should reveal more detail and more depth. | |
| Cartridge impedance loading question Fleib, I recommend you do some design work and see if you still say that. You might also do a search on some of the comments by the Jonathan Carr (Jcarr) who is active on this forum. If a circuit does not have RFI problems then loading can still h... | |
| KLH MODEL NINE ELECTROSTATIC SPEAKERS. KLH 9s were one of the first speakers we played with our amps. One of the earlier and better high end ESL attempts. Tube amps can play them really well- a Citation 2 was a great vintage amp on those speakers. | |
| Anything as " fast" as SPECTRAL gear? ^^ that has been my experience. The ear/brain system is the final arbiter and not enough is known about how we perceive sound to be able to go off of bench specs (which rarely have anything to do with human perceptual rules) to create a good desig... | |
| Can voltage be mixed with coupling caps? George and I often disagree but on these points we are 100%. | |
| Agree or disagree with the following statement. Also, remember that when the Tice clock came out, AC conditioning was unheard of.Neither here or there on the clock, but this particular statement is absolutely false. The clock came out about 1993 or so; my first dealership was using power line c... | |
| Anything as " fast" as SPECTRAL gear? Its not alchemy, but a designer does have to know what he is doing and it is the mark of a good engineer to know what is 'negligible' and what is not.Beyond the alchemy part of your post, it is pretty much correct. Even a talented engineer will fa... | |
| Cartridge impedance loading question The answer has to do with how the phono stage reacts to RFI as I have pointed out.Designers also have to be pragmatic about what sort of input impedance is needed to control noise! If it were to be high as you ask about, controlling noise becomes ... | |
| Agree or disagree with the following statement. The problem is that the current regime of test and measurements is not based on human hearing/perceptual rules except in some very basic, almost vestigial ways (such as frequency response).As a result sometimes the specs are counterintuitive; for ... | |
| Cartridge impedance loading question There is no "correct" loading. Assuming you're going straight in, why don't you start at 100 ohms as suggested by Shelter and adjust it to taste?I take it from this an other comments that my post was not read through completely! So, to reiterate i... | |
| Einstein No worries- and just so we are clear, the update I am suggesting takes very little time to implement, with possibly one part added per channel in some cases, in other cases no parts are even added. | |
| Einstein The advantage of balanced operation is that your cables will impose less artifact on the system if the balanced line standard is observed. If you go single-ended you loose that advantage. This is why its to your advantage to receive the balanced s... | |
| Anything as " fast" as SPECTRAL gear? If things are going well you will not hear 'speed' in an amplifier. If you do seem to recognize such based simply on highs and transient response, IMO/IME that is likely due to a coloration and not anything else (and often caused by trace amounts ... |