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| Triplanar vii - upgrade tonearm and ic wiring Ralph, Do you really think the "old" wire interfered with tracking? That would have to mean also that the path of the wire through the arm wand and then down to the outputs via the vertical path, puts the wire in a position to interfere with the b... | |
| Describe ube sound vs solid state I find tube amps to typically sound brighter than ss amps.Your experience here is unusual! The majority does not share it. This might have something to do with the speaker you are using- it might have a much higher impedance at high frequencies th... | |
| Triplanar vii - upgrade tonearm and ic wiring The new wire is a lot more flexible so the arm is supposed to be able to track better. It already was one of the best tracking arms made... | |
| Describe ube sound vs solid state The problem here is that often the ear will give weight to distortion perceived as tonality over actual frequency response.A classic example is the brightness of transistor amps. On the bench they might test with the same bandwidth as a tube amp b... | |
| Rock and roll speakers? I've no idea why this is happening all of a sudden as there are several recent threads on this forum asking about the ideal speaker for a certain genre of music.Examples: the best speaker for: electronia, death metal, 80s rock, etc.This is the mos... | |
| Power Conditioner for your amplifier? ^^ this is incorrect, here is why:Power conditioning if done right will have the following aspects:1) regulates line voltage 2) prevents high frequency noise (most electronics should be immune to this BTW)3) prevents low frequency harmonics (the m... | |
| Describe ube sound vs solid state ^^ Actually Mapman this is not entirely true.Because tubes usually are more linear you can often build lower distortion circuit with them- and often without feedback. That is a lot harder to do with semiconductors!Most power transistors incorporat... | |
| Cartridge impedance loading question Capacitive loading will make a difference- its the same as using a more capacitive cable, which is to say its probably something you want to avoid as it will lower the resonant frequency of the RF circuit. A capacitor can be quite useful in loadin... | |
| Best Speakers For Electronica Music If you are on a budget, Audiokinesis is very good about getting good bass for the buck. He also has a subwoofer system called the Swarm which can be used to eliminate spots in the room where there is no bass. It just got an award in The Absolute S... | |
| Cartridge impedance loading question As pointed out, the capacitance of the interconnect cable has a big influence and may actually be more important than the cartridge. That is why you can't have the same loading for all installations of the same cartridge.If the cable capacitance i... | |
| What is the best HEAVY METAL speaker? ^^ It depends on what options are installed. I think the base price is around $12,000/pair, with all the options I think they are about $37,000/pair. Options are field coil powered woofers (there is an 18" available now), Mundorf caps in the cross... | |
| Amp and preamp on same outlet? ^^ If you are going to operate a 30 amp breaker, make sure the line it controls is also rated for 30 amps.Otherwise you risk a fire. I bet you will find though that the 20amp wiring is also 'limiting' the amp; at any rate you will do well for your... | |
| What is the best HEAVY METAL speaker? I have a home speaker that will blow away any JBL... for heavy metal...Dual 15" TAD woofers; it uses a JBL horn, although it is driven by a custom built compression driver with powered by a field coil. No alnico here. Later versions of the same sp... | |
| Amp and preamp on same outlet? 50 amps is correct. But we should keep in mind that the amp is likely never going to produce such power, as it would only be possible if the load were one ohm. I remember the Apogee Full-Range speaker approached that value, but the speaker cables ... | |
| Cartridge impedance loading question Pkoegz, its a good idea to try the loading at least. If it improves the sound (reduces brightness without affecting speed or bandwidth) then it tells you that despite low noise, the preamp is sensitive to Radio Frequency Interference (RFI). This i... |