cakyol
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| An integrated amp with an MM phono stage including a loudness control Thanks but no loudness control, no can do. I like listening to distorted sound :-) | |
| What do we hear when we change the direction of a wire? There will be ABSOLUTELY NO DIFFERENCE in the sound you are hearing if you reverse the direction of ANY wire. This also includes fuses too.Anyone claiming otherwise, as usual is the case here on this forum most of the time, is completely delusion... | |
| Which subwoofer? Take a look at HSU research subs. They are of fantastic performance for the money. | |
| Recommendations for speakers that sound great at lower volume levels. What you need cannot be achieved by ANY speaker (except a subwoofer).What you need is an amplifier with the good old fashioned loudness control. | |
| Cartridge recommendations? Within that budget, I recommend an Audio Technica. | |
| warmest speaker cables you've heard? Cables are cables. They do not make any sound cold or warm...However, if you really want the warmest cables, use a 36 gauge or higher cable and pump about 300 watts thru it. They will indeed get very warm :-) | |
| Listening to digital and analog Since about the 90's almost EVERYTHING you thought was analog is actually first recorded in digital in a studio :-)Here is a comprehensive history: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_recording | |
| How much difference does a phono preamp really make? If your cartridge is NOT good enough, it will not make a difference.If your cartridge IS good enough, any phono amp over $1000 will NOT make a difference. You will not hear any difference. Spend about $1000 MAX for a cartridge and maybe at most ... | |
| What is the Make and Model of this speaker? If you can find them, Goodmans Achromat 400s. | |
| Looking for an amp that punches way about its weight and I can grow with I doubt this can be found but if you can indeed find a second hand Pass Labs integrated for around your budget, nothing else will even come close. | |
| Sell Me Your Women, Your Children, Your Vintage Turntable... Take a look at these:https://www.thorens.com/de/thorens%C2%AE-td-350.htmlorhttps://www.thorens.com/de/thorens%C2%AE-td-550.htmlTheir sound may be a few percentage points inferior compared to most of the top of the line modern turntables, but I thi... | |
| Replacement capacitors exploding @fiesta75Here are some EXCELLENT high end film capacitors. There are PLENTY of them:https://www.partsconnexion.com/film-capacitors.htmlSome are RIDICULOUSLY priced but some categories of Mundorf, Solen and Jantzen are of excellent quality and very... | |
| Class A amplifiers The weakest link in any electronics is ALWAYS the electrolytic capacitors (also maybe mechanical relays too, but for this specific conversation, they do not quite matter). One of the most important factors in their reliability is the temperature ... | |
| Power conditioner types What you are referring to is called a "power supply smoothing capacitor" and every amplifier already has one (or more) in it :-) You do not need a power conditioner for that function :-) | |
| Can an unused cable break in? A cable is not a horse :) |