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| The best phono stage out there? The word 'best' exists for a reason. In the audio world though, defining what that even means is troublesome. So what is the best? Is it something that everyone agrees on? no.The best specs? Maybe, but likely not. Its now well-proven that what is ... | |
| Best high end monitors? A great monitor but needs a lot of power. | |
| Solid State Amps for Quad ESL 57? Sarcher30, Innersounds are built with lower impedances in an effort to make the speaker more compatible with transistors. The Quad ESL 57 has a peak of more than 50 ohms in the bass; there simply are not a lot of transistor amplifiers that can dri... | |
| Quality inversely related to power output? Hi Shadorne, the Classic Audio Loudspeaker model T-1 or T-3 would suit the bill nicely :) My contention though is once the speaker efficiency has fallen below about 89 or 88 db, there really isn't anything out there that is affordable (meaning: un... | |
| Mysterious Hum Palewin, When the preamp is off it has a high impedance- so its nearly the same thing as having the interconnect cables connected to the amp with nothing on the other end.When the preamp is on, its output impedance is low and you don't get hum pic... | |
| How will XLR cables vs RCA effect a phono pre Hi Undertow, you do **not** have to modify the tone arm. Most arms are already set up as balanced sources, even the lowly BSRs, Garrards and Duals of yesteryear. You do have to jump through some hurdles with the air-bearing straight tracking arms,... | |
| How will XLR cables vs RCA effect a phono pre Noise is always an issue in phono reproduction. Anything you can do to reduce it is helpful, as long as those techniques do not introduce other problems.Balanced operation is on of those techniques that works. You get reduced noise in 2 ways:1) re... | |
| Best high end monitors? Jls3, HEA acknowledges that the tweeter looks similar, but insists that that the basic operating principle is quite different, hence their patent in the area. They also have a patent on the manufacturing process. I have spoken to the designer- the... | |
| Quality inversely related to power output? There are few cases where larger amplifiers will sound better, all other things being equal. The disclaimer is important, since there are so many variables in amplifier design. The 'first watt' concept has a lot of credibility, since in many cases... | |
| Designer Hall of Fame He disappeared one year when he was supposed to be going to CES. The FBI got involved and was watching his home and had his phone redirected. There were a lot of weird rumors (faked his death, went into hiding, weird inventions, paranoia, that sor... | |
| Solid State Amps for Quad ESL 57? Bass is hard to get with transistors and Quads. The problem is that the speaker does not run according to the rules that a lot of box speakers use- it seems to work best with amplifiers that can make constant power regardless of load- which is usu... | |
| How will XLR cables vs RCA effect a phono pre Using a phono cartridge as a balanced source is something that was first done by Atma-Sphere, in 1989 with the MP-1 preamplifier, which also has a fully differential phono section. You do *not* get more gain with the cable- you get less noise, and... | |
| Electronics for JM Lab Grade Utopia Be Our customers report that our MA-2s are a good match for that speaker- it seems well suited for tube amplifiers in general, but seems to like having some power. 200 watts seems to be a good amount of power for a room that size. | |
| Hi Wilson W/P8 owners, best amp ever to drive WP8? FWIW, the Wilsons are designed to favor tubes. If you really want to get everything out of them that they have to offer, you will have to take the plunge into the world of tubes. | |
| Supex SDX-1100B mc cartridge If you decide to get it, I have a Supex stepup transformer that you can have. Just contact me and we can sort it out. |