atmasphere
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| 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 ... | |
| What speakers for 10k? Well, not all engineers are created equal. From what I read Duke is a pretty good one though.I've said it elsewhere in different terms; one mark of a good engineer is the ability to understand what is negligible and and what is not in a good desig... | |
| Matching a preamp with a different brand ^^ This, plus if possible find out what the output impedance is at 20Hz; is it still fitting into that 10:1 ratio? If so that is very good as bass will not be compromised. | |
| Help Me Choose a Preamp Plan B- find a Dynaco PAS-3 and have it refurbished, possibly modified. With proper mods they can easily take many modern preamps to task. | |
| Cartridge impedance loading question The correct loading for the cartridge is 47K.However, this may result in radio frequency bursts that might disturb the preamp. That is why it is equipped with loading options. The RFI (Radio Frequency Interference) is caused by the excitation of t... | |
| Tannoy Westminster amp matching question. We found that our little amp with 30 watts sounded fine on them but our next amplifier up with 60 watts did the job a whole lot better. I am really of the opinion that the speaker is a lot happier with a little power behind it. Most SETs IMO just ... | |
| Can voltage be mixed with coupling caps? Just be aware that multiple caps can cause smearing of the signal due to differences in the parts. Usually its best just to give it your best shot with a single cap than to make up a value with paralleled parts. | |
| Einstein A fifth option is to have the amplifier updated with a balanced input. Its not that hard (finding a place to put the connector is the hardest part), its cheap to do, does not change the character of the amp, does not use transformers, and does pro... |