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| Best Dark Sounding Amp For Bright Speakers? Speakers that tend toward the bright side can sound very good when driven with a mosfet amp via MIT speaker cabling. Try Accuphase, Ayre Acoustics, Perreaux, Classe, Conrad Johnson | |
| Looking for Silent Fan Cooling f my ARC Tube AMP Yes definitely draw the heat away vs, blowing air into any component, tubed or not. A variac will reduce line voltage to slow down & quiet that fan, but don't use an SCR dimmer (even one for motor control) because they're typically electricall... | |
| What active preamp... There is at least one active preamp available which actually runs in passive mode up to unity gain, then switches in the active section above that point on the volume control. I don't rerember the name(s) but I read about it here somewhere. I sugg... | |
| Remote Power Switch for Wheelchair Bound If you're technically inclined (build your own relay box with an input AC cord & an AC outlet) ther are at least a couple of "remote" alternatives.Hobbiest electronics catalog houses such as Parts Express, Mouser, DigiKey, etc. (maybe even Rad... | |
| Best Way to Use Turntable with System Cabinet I really wish I had the room for a stand; had a chance to get a deal on a Lead Balloon but unfortunately I had to pass. If I could only convince the wife to do away with her video monitor then I'd be able to fit in a stand, but it'll be a cold day... | |
| Best Way to Use Turntable with System Cabinet Wall mounts can be a real problem too, unless it's a very rigid exterior supporting wall. The whole wall typically moves in & out along with the music, muddying the sound of course, unless it's very immovable. As a cabinet-oriented user, I was... | |
| Best Speaker Cable Connectors Nice pure soft copper silver plated spades are available from Audioquest in various sizes. A cold crimp (with solder if you like to ensure agaist oxidation) is fairly easy to do. WBT may be worth the extra $ but you won't know unless you directly ... | |
| To preamp or not to preamp?...that is the question There are pro's & con's to both approaches...It depends upon the reactive output / input characteristics of your equipment, & how they interact with each other & with the cable interface. The only way to know what's REALLY going to hap... | |
| Trying to improve two channel - direct or preamp? There are pro's & con's to both approaches...It depends upon the reactive output / input characteristics of your equipment, & how they interact with each other & with the cable interface. The only way to know what's REALLY going to hap... | |
| Whats better? a digital amp or a linear amp Tom: what's better is what sounds better to YOU. Different combinations work differently in different situations so you have to experiment. Myself I'm as skeptical about switching amps as I am "digital anything else" but that's just my own admitte... | |
| BIWIRING Dilemna Rock's appraoch is valid; you can safely combine in this way & it may work out very well, or a different approach may work better. Only experimentation in YOUR rig with YOUR cables will tell. There are NO absolutes in this hobby. | |
| Where to find LP clamps? Of course they can make a big difference. Certain clamps work with certain spindles (threaded, unthreaded) & different clamps sound different on various rigs. You have to experiment (or perhaps query the experiences of others). Many analog ven... | |
| Speaker Cable directionality: reversable?? Power does not travel bidirectionally; it flows from the source (the amp) to the load (speaker). Voltage & current parameters, while in fact altentating, are not in question here - it is the delivery of POWER from one place to another. Same th... | |
| Equipment Break-in: Fact or Fiction all doubting Thomas's STILL sound the same! | |
| Speaker Cable directionality: reversable?? This is so simple: yet no one gets it & practically everyone has an erroneous opinion & wants to argue theirs. There is absolutely a reason why the arrows are there; the conductor was drawn through the die in that direction. I was just tal... |