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| will grado hum? Piedpiper, sure. I ran a wire from the case of the motor to the bearing of the platter, and from there to the base of the arm, so that they were all grounded. I had to scrap some of the plating off of the motor case in order to be able to solder t... | |
| Apogee vs Soundlab Dazzdax, one thing you might try is to put a resistance in series with the speaker. Two to four ohms ought to do (some audition might be a good idea), but it should handle high power. This will simulate an amplifier with a higher output impedance ... | |
| Solid State or Tube Preamp mated with Tube Monos? Somut, of course I recommend tube preamps over transistor as being more musical :) but whatever you've heard in the past, keep an open mind and for best results audition the preamp at home with your gear rather than anywhere else.Happy hunting! | |
| will grado hum? I've seen this with Regas, but we found that we were able to fix some grounding problems on the Rega and then there was no hum at all. | |
| Apogee vs Soundlab Dazzdax, its normal for transistor amps to sound that way on the Sound Labs, due to the low impedance at high frequencies. Sound Labs do not expect the amp to double power as the impedance is halved. seehttp://www.atma-sphere.com/papers/paradigm_p... | |
| The Definition of An Audiophile As long as there have been humans, there has been music. This says to me that music is not entertainment (although it certainly is entertaining): it is essential.Some of my earliest memories are that of sitting in front of an ancient 78 player, pl... | |
| How many People own Working Reel to Reel Decks? Sns, any 'quarter track' machine can play 'half track' tapes. You won't get the full signal-to-noise ratio, but you *will* get everything else.It can always be converted by changing the heads, which will likely cost you a lot more than the machine... | |
| How am I frying all my amps? Oscillating? Help If the Anthem has a stepped volume control, some 'clicking' between steps is likely normal. A stepped control will have a 'make before break' contact scenario, but even with the best materials its normal to get some clicking as you adjust the volu... | |
| YG Acoustics add in Stereophile S7horton, you are quite right, but having done this a few years, there are certain things that show up from time to time that you get to recognize. If there *was* a capacitor in the midrange circuit, it was very large and very transparent. Those t... | |
| YG Acoustics add in Stereophile FWIW I agree that to evaluate *the sound* of a speaker at a show is hit or miss at best. But to document a situation wherein a driver bottoms out once a certain combination of frequency and amplitude are met- that is a different matter. The room t... | |
| Headphone Output for Preamp Out..... The big issue you will run into is you will get a high level of hiss. Other than that it will work fine. | |
| YG Acoustics add in Stereophile You tell me if this is the 'Best on Earth': I went into the YG room at RMAF with a copy of Peter Gabriel's 'The Long Wlak Home', which is a soundtrack recording for 'The Rabbit Proof Fence'.Track 1, moderate volume, 20 seconds in: the *midrange* d... | |
| Ultra high resolution i understand the arguments favoring reproducing what is there, no more no less, but very often, a recording is so far removed from reality that you either want to throw the recording out the window, or "edit" the stereo system.i understand your an... | |
| Owners of speakers by obscure companies chime in Sirspeedy, thanks. Believe it or not some of us in the industry do this because we *like* it :) | |
| How am I frying all my amps? Oscillating? Help If this Classe has a balanced input and you are running single-ended, **make certain** that the unused pin (probably pin 3, assuming pin 2 is the same as the RCA, refer to the owner's manual for clarity on this point) of the XLR is grounded to pin... |