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| Passive high pass filter - Marchand XM446XLR-A Great question Mitch, one I need the answer to as well! I've done it on a single-ended amp (my Bedini 25/25, for use with Quad 57's and subs), but not a balanced amp. Hopefully someone with more technical knowledge than I can help us out. I have a... | |
| Small room electrostat/ planar speaker? Rocktown---While almost always true, their actually IS one way to subwoof a dipole loudspeaker successfully---with a dipole subwoofer! Gradient made one for the QUAD 63, and there is now one available for all planars. In fact, for all speakers in ... | |
| Small room electrostat/ planar speaker? Great minds think alike, aniwolfe. Take a look back at my 4-19 post. I also have the larger LFT-8b, a ridiculously under-owned design that completely clobbers the Maggie MG1.7. Some prefer the LFT-8 to even the 3.7, which sells for more than twice... | |
| Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners Cardas still makes his RCA jacks and plugs of brass! The WBT Nextgen and Klei use copper and/or silver, and with anti-eddy current RCA "barrels". | |
| Pass Labs If you have nuts it's not big bucks ;-). | |
| Wilson New Speaker Master Chronosonic You're right Al, the interview was of interest. I underestimated the woman! That pic of Dave and she in between the pair of WAMM's was taken at my dealer in San Jose, John Garland Audio, one of the few dealers with a pair of WAMM's available to au... | |
| How do tube manufacturers like VAC get 55 watts per KT88 where others get only 30-35? I don’t know about Kevin Hayes and his VAC designs, but Roger Modjeski details how he gets 100 watts out of a pair of KT88’s in his Music Reference RM-200 in the company’s now-dormant AudioCircle Forum. I know MR isn’t as hip and cool as VAC, but ... | |
| Absolute Sound - do we really need another review like this? Frank, you’ve been a subscriber to TAS since the J. Gordon Holt days? Just kidding---me too. I discovered Gordon in ’72, I believe it was. Just in time for the high-end explosion that was spreading across the country; Audio Research had just made ... | |
| Passive high pass filter - Marchand XM446XLR-A Ah, okay, it's passive you want. The purist way to high-pass filter the signal going to your power amp and speakers, to relieve them of reproducing bass frequencies (a worthwhile objective imo), one that has been used since the DIY 1950's, is to i... | |
| Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners I’m with you frogman. The first wiring in an analog system is that in the arm, and the most important to improve if need be. A whole industry popped up to cure the sub-standard Rega arm wiring, but a lot of other arms need it just as badly. A sing... | |
| Wilson New Speaker Master Chronosonic While not wanting to be mean spirited, I can’t resist this one. That room, the drapes in particular, was obviously decorated by Mrs. Wilson. Have you seen pictures of her at shows? She dresses in the same fashion; big, puffy ruffles and satin, lik... | |
| Electric Interference + Line / Surge Conditioning stringreen, what was the fix in the grounding? I'm about to have dedicated wiring installed in my music room, and may as well make sure it's grounded properly! Thanks---Eric. | |
| A Different Solution for Cables emailists, it is Ralph Karsten of Atma-Sphere who feels a true balanced connection between two truly balanced circuits (most commonly the pre-amp output and power amp input, of course) mitigates or even completely removes the sound of the inter-co... | |
| Passive high pass filter - Marchand XM446XLR-A The Marchand crossovers are very well regarded in the hardcore DIY community. The maker can supply the owner replaceable "cards" to insert in the x/o, providing just about any x/o frequency and slope one desires. And most are available with balanc... | |
| Best musical sub under $1k? Head over to the Rythmik Audio site and check out the F12 (aluminum coned driver) and F12G (paper cone), both of which sell for $940 shipped. That is their highest priced 12" sub, a number of more modest 12" are also available.Rythmik is becoming ... |