clio09
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| Joule Electra Amp Repair Sorry got my dealers mixed up. Rich is with Signature Sound. I am pretty sure he can help. | |
| Joule Electra Amp Repair Unfortunately Joule Electra has been out of circulation for some time and while Simon Thatcher was assisting with service it was mentioned on another thread here that he recently passed away. Perhaps try Rich Brkich at Sound by Singer. He was a Jo... | |
| Electrostatic speakers and low volume resolution Actually Roger is a proponent of understanding power requirements as it relates to driving speakers and achievinng adequate listening levels, regardless of the sensitivity of the speaker. I can recall discussing with him a customer of his that use... | |
| Best Preamp = No Preamp? Well said Mapman. | |
| Best Preamp = No Preamp? Just to add a different perspective, if I am not mistaken the 600 ohm standard was originated by the telephone industry (good old Ma Bell) back in the day and adopted by the professional audio industry. Seems the phone company knew the benefit of ... | |
| Cartridge impedance loading question I load everything at 47k these days as I now use an Atma-Sphere MP-3. I have tried different loading for my MC cartridges but hear no difference. I remember talking to Keith Herron several years ago at a RMAF show. I asked why his phonostgae did n... | |
| the difficult second Lp Disagree on Television's Adventure. While at first I did not think it was better than Marquee Moon, Over the years I have found it to be an exquisite alternative. However, Verlaine's second solo LP was not up to par with the debut.I think the seco... | |
| Maggie Disappointment I currently have both the Quad and Jazz Modules. I have always wanted to hear a set of Quad ESL-57s. Problem is finding a really good set or investing in a good restoration. I placed a WTB add on AC and a gentleman from TX offered me his set. Pric... | |
| Maggie Disappointment I had the same experience with Maggies that Zd542 did. I really wanted to like them but next to my AudioKinesis Jazz Modules they were a disappointment. On the other hand the Quad ESL-57 speakers I have now are another story. The Maggies are a gre... | |
| Cheapest volume control For the pot in the box look here:http://www.tubeaudiostore.com/basicpotinbox.html | |
| Cheapest volume control Try Roger Modjeski's pot in a box. Uses a high quality Noble pot in a very simple box. | |
| Best tube amp for electrostatic speakers The RM-200 increases power as the impedance drops. Roger Modjeski has a significant amount of experience with ESL speakers having appenticed with Harold Beverage and designing his RM-10 for his personal ESL-57s. In addition he has designed a direc... | |
| Best tube amp for electrostatic speakers The Music Reference RM-200 has 1, 2, 4, and 8 ohm tap configurations. Although it is a hybrid amp, in this case the input is solid state, while the output is tube driven. | |
| Requesting info on Audio Kinesis ZEPHRIN Speakers We used the Zephrin's in our exhibit room at the Newport Show last spring with both ours and Atma-Sphere amps. The set up worked quite well. Robert E. Greene stopped by our room twice to hear the speakers and was pretty giddy over the concept and ... | |
| Super-sensitive volume controls - remedy? That is how I have run my Atma-Sphere amps as well due to the balanced output of my digital sources being 4.5 and 5.5 volts respectively. Atma-Sphere also provided with shorting plugs for the phono section of my MP-3 preamp as well for an extremel... |