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| Stand out phono stages Make each component as neutral as possible. That's what the best preamps or the best anything seek to doI agree, base a system on its strengths rather than using the weakness in one component to counteract the weaknesses in another! | |
| capacitor dielectric bias Biasing of electrolytics is even more critical than that of film. If not biased, they will distort. This has led to a bad reputation for electrolytics, one not deserved if they are actually treated properly. | |
| Ground loop with Miyajima Premium mono Somaxx, I get that this is the explanation on two different sites. Despite that, its not correct. A ground loop is formed when there is a gain stage that shares a ground with another gain stage, such that it can amplify the currents in the ground ... | |
| Solid state warm up? I have yet to see a solid state device of any kind that did not benefit from at least 24 hours of warmup. Certainly in this case its worth a try- if it makes no difference then don't leave it on all the time :) But I think you will find that it do... | |
| Stand out phono stages Ttweights, Audiofeil is just keeping you on your toes. Don't take it personal. | |
| RFI from steel TV bracket? Sweet. | |
| Ground loop with Miyajima Premium mono I hate to pop the bubble here, but there is no way that one ground in a cartridge is causing a hum on account of a ground loop!You can prove this easily enough by tying the minus outputs of a stereo cartridge together- no hum will result! If one c... | |
| Best speakers in the 3000 -5000 range Audiokinesis )http://www.audiokinesis.com/ Makes speakers in this price point that perform well beside speakers costing multiples more.They are easy to drive and rather full-range, going easily into the lower 30s or upper 20s, which is hard to fin... | |
| Do you ground your bearing? If the bearing in your turntable isn't grounded, you are missing a bet. If the bearing isn't grounded, it and the platter can generate a small amount of electricity as it spins past the magnetic field of the cartridge. | |
| world's best preamp closest to real sound stage Hmm. You can't fix things downstream with better speakers if your preamp can't do the job, no matter how much you spend. | |
| RFI from steel TV bracket? Hifihvn makes a good suggestion. You might be surprised how good some of Radio Shack's cables actually are.Now. Since you are running single-ended cables, if there is a hum source (like the primitive transformer thing I mentioned), even if the cab... | |
| What are some good tube amps that rock? KT88's? KT-88s and 6550s are supposed to be a little different. The 'KT' part stands for 'kinkless tetrode' as there was supposed to be no 'kink' in the linearity curve. These days though, KT-88s and 6550s are pretty much the same thing.The B&W is a V... | |
| Which is more accurate: digital or vinyl? A bit off topic here, but it seems to me that a lot of classical musicians spend a heck of a lot of time working on their "tone".Electric guitarists do too! Like crazy- very picky as well. | |
| RFI from steel TV bracket? What happens if you unplug the interconnects from the inputs to the amps? Do they still buzz?Right now I'm sticking to my original theory, only substitute 'interconnects' for 'speaker cables', and since the ICs are single-ended, this makes a lot m... | |
| Turntable speed accuracy That is one thing about the original Empire table that they got right- the platter and the motor mounts are not floating with respect to each other. Wow and flutter on even the first models had excellent specs. The motor on those machines are also... |