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| Are all amps being built wrong? Ralph (Atmasphere) posted: If you add a resistor to the output of a solid state amp it will indeed simulate some sort of tube amp that uses feedback. Most transformer coupled tube amps with 15dB of feedback will act as a pretty good voltage sour... | |
| What angle should I set the VTA on my VPI turntable? My cartridge is a Lyra Kleos. I believe VTF and azimuth are good. I use a digital scale for the VTF and use both (i) a bubble-level and (ii) a super-light aluminum bar/old fashion ruler to adjust azimuth. Those settings never change.So based on... | |
| Tweeter for paradigm studio 60 v2 wilcheck ... did you call Paradigm for advice, .... even better, a factory replacement? | |
| Should we pay more attention to delays in sound? Hey guys, .... I don't want to bust your bubble, .... but most speakers, even high end brands, ... are not time aligned. Based on articles I have read, Vandies and Green Mountain Audio are supposed to be time aligned. I believe both brands use a... | |
| Should we pay more attention to delays in sound? Isn't this thread really talking about a speaker design issue that is inherent in most if not all speakers: namely time coherence. A couple of manufacturers address this issue by careful placement of the drivers and using first order crossovers. ... | |
| Audio Research REF 80S Reviews/Comparisons dhite71 ... If your >1000 spec relates to the Parasound HCA 2200ii's damping factor, I surmise that the Parasound was a transistor amp, possibly with lots of negative feedback, thereby resulting in a near zero output impedance.The output impeda... | |
| Audio Research REF 80S Reviews/Comparisons dhite71 .... I just picked up a Ref 80S about 2 months ago. My old amp was an early build Ref 150SE, which was getting long-in-the-tooth. The 80S is basically one-half of a Ref 160S, but has all the other bells and whistles. I have racked up ab... | |
| Audio Research No Longer Has A CD Player In Its Product Lineup riaa_ etc .... Sorry to be disagreeable. I owned the CD-8 for about 9 years. It gave me great service. I since swapped up to the CD-9SE and it has been totally reliable. I haven't tried the DAC side of the house yet, but many forum members have... | |
| Has anyone heard that ARC discontinued the Ref CD-9SE? Jafant,I am confident that ARC will stand behind their new (as yet to be released) CD players and equally confident that ARC will stand behind their "old" CD players that use the Pro 2 transport. Not sure what ARC will do, but I am sure that ARC w... | |
| Has anyone heard that ARC discontinued the Ref CD-9SE? Jab, for some reason, $1500 comes to mind. If it was $500, I would have kept the CD-8 and replaced the transport.ghdprentice, ... I really should try the DAC side of my CD-9SE. Your experience is pushing me.ThanksBTW, I traded some emails with A... | |
| Has anyone heard that ARC discontinued the Ref CD-9SE? Jab, ... ARC could have fixed my CD-8 if I sprang for a replacement transport, which I recall they had in stock at the time. However, the repair/replace cost was in excess of the value of the CD-8. I was able to pick up an almost new CD-9SE for ... | |
| Has anyone heard that ARC discontinued the Ref CD-9SE? Did a web search for companies that sell Phillips Pro 2 transports. I found one company that may have spares: enco. I passed this along to arc. They probably know, ... but just in case .... | |
| Has anyone heard that ARC discontinued the Ref CD-9SE? Jafant and ghdprentice .... I do not know if ARC has spares for repair. I hope they do because the transport is a mechanical device and it will wear out in time. I used to own the Ref CD-8, which also uses the Pro 2 transport. Last year, the tr... | |
| Turntables.....A point of diminishing returns? Lewm, I agree with you 100%. I have a first generation tricked up VPI Classic 2.7 (sic). It is actually a basic Classic 1/2 plinth, which I improved. Many years ago, I switched out the basic 600 rpm motor to a Classic 3 300 rpm motor. Shortly... | |
| Replacement Motor for a Vintage Thorens TD 160 Turntable Thanks again. So far, the fix seems to be working. I just bought my son an Ortofon 2M Bronze for his birthday, which I think will be good match for the Thorens TP 16 arm (7.5 grams effective mass) and his system. I checked the Vinyl Engine webs... |