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| Electrolytic capacitors inferior? Sounds like the Oppo review itself was a troll. Electrolytics can have the same audio performance as film caps if they are set up correctly (there are plenty of examples in the last 40 years where they are not, which is why they have a bad reputat... | |
| Phono interconnect under $500 used Yes, or at least a balanced input- any SUT can provide that. | |
| Phono interconnect under $500 used Hi Pani, if that is the case then your are subject to issues of cable construction as the circuit is putting signal current through the shield. This simple fact causes many audiophiles to go on the hunt for the holy grail of audio cables. That is ... | |
| Sensitivity Unsound, I don't think you are looking at the physics, just the marketing.Take a look at the distortion curve of any amplifier driving 4 ohms and compare to the 8 ohm distortion curve. Then factor in the fact that the ear uses odd ordered harmonic... | |
| Identify this hum, please Ah. The hum was caused by noise pickup in your cables, and the impedance of the passive setup was so high it could not control it.A tube preamp would of course be my first suggestion. | |
| Phono interconnect under $500 used Stevecham, FWIW, in the OP the cable in question is Mogami 2549, which is a balanced cable. It is therefore not that unreasonable to assume that it is being used in that application. So I addressed the issue of balanced line operation with respect... | |
| Ground Loop Hum This is not a recommended solution even though it might be effective. The ground connections are there for a reason! If you defeat this you introduce the possibility of shock and fire hazard.A better solution is to find the culprit and have the AC... | |
| Sensitivity Some ambiguity in the comments here! Let's see if we can straighten them out.First- Sensitivity is indeed 2.83V at 1 meter. It is not the same as efficiency! Efficiency is 1 watt at 1 meter and there is a difference.If the speaker is 8 ohms the tw... | |
| What tube pre amp match up with a solid state amp Bondmanp, if the long runs are a problem, it will be a rolloff in the highs that is the issue. | |
| Phono interconnect under $500 used Hi Al. That's a long sentence :) the answer is 'yes', or 'sort of'.A better way of looking at it is that once the proper loading is achieved (which is a combination of capacitance and resistive elements, usually the cable being the capacitance), t... | |
| Phono interconnect under $500 used Zd542, if you hear differences in balanced cables, then the equipment you are using is not supporting the balanced standard. The standard was created to eliminate cable colorations and it does that very well. If you want proof of that take any LP ... | |
| Identify this hum, please It sounds to me as if you have a ground loop. This is likely caused by poor wiring practice in both the amps and the preamp working in tandem. The wiring problem has to do with how the units are grounded through the power cable. Although Minorl is... | |
| What tube pre amp match up with a solid state amp Hi Al, I've not seen anything that defines a resistance to ground as a standard. I know that you can have some, as long as the circuit does not put current through it.But I think the classic example is that of an output transformer, as one might s... | |
| Listening fatigue If you get rid of early reflections, some imaging information will seem to be lost. This is because the ear/brain system uses early reflections to assist in image location. | |
| Phono interconnect under $500 used The phono cartridge is a balanced source. If you are able to run it balanced, it will have the same benefits that balanced line was created for- immunity to cable colorations.Loading the cartridge can be a big deal, depending on the preamp. Before... |