clearthinker
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| Krell anticipator circuits of the 1990s Very much as I thought. No point in carrying power supply capacity that will never be used. | |
| Krell anticipator circuits of the 1990s I'm not sure one should evaluate amplifiers by weight although when I bought my first CD player I didn't do any auditioning but just chose the heaviest in my (low) price range on the basis it probably had the best build quality. Little did I (or ... | |
| Krell anticipator circuits of the 1990s Thanks, right. It was 35,000 1993 dollars. KRS200s were around $30,000 in the late 80s, so very much on a par. Looking around the used ads I find KRS200s are regularly priced around double the 1990s FPBs. I wonder if this is related to sound q... | |
| What say you binding posts or direct wire? Perhaps someone will inform my why any form of connection isn't fine as long has it has non-oxidising large contact areas and can be tightened good and tight.... I don't see why the topology should have any effect. It might be argued that some s... | |
| Looking for a preamp with XLR connections $10k will just about get you into a used Audio Research Ref series fully balanced pre. The SQ has been excellent on the three AR preamps I have had. | |
| What Is Most Important? Gotta be the music. Never forget the music is far greater than the system it's played on. The system is just the means to an end. | |
| Krell anticipator circuits of the 1990s @invalid I am aware of these facts. Not so long. I believe the first variable bias Krell was the KSA300S, launched in 1994. The first of the FPB series started in 1997. | |
| Krell anticipator circuits of the 1990s @johnlnyc Thank you for this input. As in my OP, the anticipator circuit is claimed to monitor the output from the pre-amp and adjust the bias quickly enough so that the change has taken effect before that output is amplified. A tall order I ... | |
| Krell anticipator circuits of the 1990s @invalid You used the term 'sounds better'. We are comparing different amplifiers all the time and expressing opinions as to which sounds better (to the listener). None of these has the same circuit design, yet we express opinions, sometimes... | |
| Krell anticipator circuits of the 1990s @invalid What makes you sure the circuit is fast enough? What evidence do you have? I know of no evidence that has been published? Of course it can be compared in the same way any alternative components are compared. Listen to one, then the... | |
| How long should speaker cables be? Where possible speaker cables should be kept short and interconnects can be as long as it takes but should be balanced if very long. But the speakers do need to see some capacitance and resistance load. So where monobloc amps can be placed adjac... | |
| Krell anticipator circuits of the 1990s @johnlnyc Martin Collums doesn't add anything to the debate. He eulogises the anticipator circuit. But he doesn't say how long it takes for the bias to be changed. That still hides behind the emperor's new clothes. At this point it is necess... | |
| New Dedicated Line - Almost No improvement @carlsbad Don't be so negative. With most amps engineered to run on AC, one issue is the need to convert from DC. But apart from this, I doubt there would be difficult problems once suitable batteries are sourced. Far less difficult than gett... | |
| New Dedicated Line - Almost No improvement Juice is juice. As long as you get the noise off the line. Seems to me that with rechargeable batteries abundant now from puny right up to car size, the way to go is to use battery power. Choose battery(ies) suitably rated to power your compone... | |
| New user phono question. Comes with free story. @ghdprentice Your first post +1. OP should stay digital. He has limited resources and knowledge of record players. His record player is poor and probably not well set up. No wonder his present system can't match Amazon Music, although not be... |