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| 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... | |
| Power amp protection and filtering A regenerator circuit does not have infinite power. It is common for them to not be very happy with tube amps of higher power. This seems to be because they don't like heavy loads that have a lot of constant current, and your ARC has a substantial... | |
| Identify this hum, please Its not the amps if the volume control makes a difference. Does it hum if the volume is all the way down? | |
| What tube pre amp match up with a solid state amp Wolf, I bet your preamp is balanced. But like a lot of modern studio gear, the outputs are probably set up so that the non-inverting occurs between pin 2 and pin 1 (ground) while the inverting output occurs between pin 3 and pin 1.How it *should* ... | |
| What tube pre amp match up with a solid state amp Wolf, I don't think so- I think it has more to do with how the cable is driven.Unfortunately there is not a lot of information on the Kavent, but likely what is happening (as this is very common) is that the preamp puts signal current on the groun... | |
| Listening fatigue Harri009 makes a very good point! | |
| What tube pre amp match up with a solid state amp Tonywinsc, your thinking is correct. Single ended cables and preamps have no termination standard and tend to be high impedance. Under these circumstances the cable cannot be very long and how it is built has a huge effect on its sound.Wolf_garcia... | |
| Einstein The Tube vs Audio Reaserch REF5 It is true that with many transistor and push-pull tube amps, if they don't make enough power, their distortion is actually *higher*. With higher power amps that point is often between 5 and 10 watts. A good reason to go balanced is the advantage ... |