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| Thoughts on my current system Yes, another vote. At least connect the amp directly to the wall outlet. The amps need a LOT of current and that is restricted by the power conditioner. Also, amplifiers are less sensitive to conditioning, when compared to preamps and sources. ... | |
| Thoughts on my current system I will put my vote in to replace your Wattgate outlets. The Wattgate product are decent for what you pay (low cost), but they are made from brass. I have found that brass has a really negative affect on the sound -- it imparts a very shouty ster... | |
| Looking for a 7 channel power amp to replace Krell showcase 7 Class D amps can be engineered to be a perfect circuit. However, you must include the speaker impedance itself as part of the circuit. A Class D amp can provide perfect frequency response if the speaker is a very constant impedance (i.e. like a st... | |
| Can I use a multichannel amp to bi-amp my speakers In my opinion it would entirely depend on the power supplies in the amplifiers in question. When comparing an smaller amp to a larger amp, the large amp will typically have a lot more brute power and it will make the bass/midbass sound a bit hefti... | |
| Digital to 5.1 analog converter? Maybe try an Oppo 103/105 blu ray player? (105 has better audio stages and sound quality, otherwise no difference in features/function). These players have 2 HDMI inputs (one in front and one in back), which means they can, essentially, act as a 5... | |
| Amp for Focal Electra 1008Be The Focal speakers are going to be very fast and very bright/cold sounding. Not knowing all 3 of your options, I would tend to lean towards the warmth of the Marantz. I see you and one other love the Hegel. I would also consider a McIntosh inte... | |
| Amp or speaker first, upgrade I will also add my vote to keep the Krell. It’s an excellent piece of equipment if you know what to expect from it. The Krell equipment use bipolar circuits (as opposed to FET based circuits). They are higher bandwidth and higher resolution circui... | |
| Considering buying a CD transport I have tried the Oppo BDP-83 (predecessor to the Cambridge/93) and it is a rather bright/harsh sounding transport. Even a really cheap Sony BDP bluray player has a vastly superior coax output (much smoother with more bass and body - less bright ha... | |
| I used to think passive preamps were superior to active preamps given right the setup, but On the argument that passive is better/worse than an active preamp, just keep in mind that the preamp is just another piece in the audio signal line that his helping shape the sound. Even a DC blocking signal capacitor in a passive preamp can sha... | |
| Need Help: What In My Home Electric System Killed the Sound? Oh, if you're chaining 5-6 outlets/lights in a row and your audio is last in line, the resistance and connections between each outlet could cause enough of a limit to sage the voltage/current. Even though you may measure good voltage at your audi... | |
| Need Help: What In My Home Electric System Killed the Sound? "For example, volume at "25" on the pre-amp would normally be quite loud, but now it needs to be turned up to 40 to get the same loudness". Also, the description of the vocal midrange disappearing into a recess.This is exactly what I have experie... | |
| HOME THEATer PRE AMP NAD, ROTEL, or Anthem I would second snofun3's opinion on looking at the Marantz 8802a. The fully discrete audio output stages would make me take a close look at this. It has a nice power supply and I've read that Marantz has made significant improvements on it's HDA... | |
| Mark Levinson 333.5 vs Emotiva XPR-1 Monoblocks I have intimate experience with both the Emotiva XPR-1 and XPA-1 (Gen 1) as well as XPA-1L (Class A 30 watts). I took a quick look at the Levison 333.5 amps and I will say that the Levisons will contain components (caps, resistors, etc.) that are... | |
| DO I SELL OR DO I KEEP Keep the NAD C370! It is an excellently built piece of audio gear. They actually don’t make a lot of mid-level stuff like this anymore.http://cd8ba0b44a15c10065fd-24461f391e20b7336331d5789078af53.r23.cf1.rackcdn.com/polkaudio.vanillafo...If you ha... | |
| Furutech vs Neotech gold plated schuko sound quality It's funny that you mention that. I use Neotech hookup wire for all my power cables as well. I use 20awg Teflon solid-core OCC Neotech. There are 6 conductors per power cord leg (18 conductors total) and I braid the individual hot/neutral/groun... |