cathy062
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| Signal Degradation Balanced Output Hmmm, well it certainly isn't cost prohibitive. Worth a try, I guess. I suspect it will have a negative impact though. But, I've run out of ideas short of sellung the sub and monitors for full range speakers.Thanks again. | |
| Signal Degradation Balanced Output It sounds like there is no workaround to the problem, however. | |
| Signal Degradation Balanced Output Thanks George. | |
| Signal Degradation Balanced Output Thanks George, for confirming the likely cause of the problem. Let me ask, I have the same issue occuring when my Audio GD NFB-1 hp amp is connected to my Denafrips Terminator Plus DAC via RCA, while the DAC outputs balanced XLR to the Athena prea... | |
| Signal Degradation Balanced Output @cleeds , Ok, I get it. Hmmm, I guess it is what it is until I get some floorstanders. I feel like I've tried just about everything and don't want to add more components in a feckless attempt to better the sound, when less sounds right.Thanks ev... | |
| Signal Degradation Balanced Output @cleeds ,ARC tube amp specs 200K ohms balanced,Jeff Rowland amp specs 20K ohms balancedSub6 specs 10K ohms input balancedAthena preamp specs 400 ohms output balancedDo you see a problem? What should I be looking for? | |
| Signal Degradation Balanced Output Thanks All! for your valuable input. @russ69 I definitely have broken the system(s) down too many times to always come up the same. The culprit is always at the point of insertion of a splitter or in this case a dual preamp output. The sound ri... | |
| Signal Degradation Balanced Output @cleeds I feel like you're on the right. Let me look into that. I know already that the problem still persist when only one balanced output from the preamp is connected to the Jeff Rowland amp input, while the amp's output is sent to the speaker... | |
| Signal Degradation Balanced Output Yes, I have.. no change. The change comes from disconnecting the balanced cables from the sub or disconnecting the ISOMAX from the amp. At first I thought it might have something to do with channel summing circuitry of the sub, but not so. | |
| Signal Degradation Balanced Output @Paul, haven't tried that... but, that seems like jumping into the fire. | |
| Signal Degradation Balanced Output Forgot to mention, the ISOMAX, though they sell it as transparent sound, it definitely is not. So, I would never use it immediately after the preamp on a line level. I was using it from the amp's output to be converted to a balanced line level t... | |
| Signal Degradation Balanced Output No, I have never tried calculating impedances. Not even sure how to do that. I remember a cable tv installer told me that a coaxial splitter causes a 6db loss to the signal when inserted. I was thinking that something like that is going on here... | |
| Signal Degradation Balanced Output Yes, I've tried balanced, unbalanced, Y-splitters with cables and one piece metal RCA Y-splitters, even made ulp some splitters with Neotech 1002 cable and pure copper contacts... same problem. I eventually decided to try the ISOMAX, thinking the... | |
| Signal Degradation Balanced Output Tried it, same problem. | |
| Theta Gen V unbalance -vs- Gen Va balanced Thanks for your reply. My Va is an Audiogon piece which has no serial number but, does have the version "a" sticker. The original box markings do not match up with the rear panel connections. Listening tests of the Va reveal a slight improvement o... |