daverz
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| Rogue Audio Cronus .... reverse polarity ? The Vandersteens are coherent, though.I know of one famous recording that is supposedly effected by polarity inversion: Harry Belafonte at Carnegie Hall. I wonder if there's a list of more such recordings around. | |
| Cartridge installation It's really easy to install a cartridge in a modern SME arm. Honest. Just follow the detailed directions in the manual. | |
| Rogue Audio Cronus .... reverse polarity ? In fact, the 99 manual suggests reversing the polarity at the speaker end.My M-180s do not reverse polarity (well at least according to Stereophile). | |
| Why 24/7 warm-up period on amps? I thought I heard a dissipation of the "solid state fog" from my Bryston 3B-SST when I left it on for more than a day. But it may be that Elizabeth planted that suggestion in my head.In any case, no amount of warmup makes the Bryston sound as good... | |
| Has anyone ever experienced the "Taos Hum" Maybe Taos has a ground loop. | |
| W4S ST-1000, How Loud Should It Play? Perhaps the DAC has some sort of safety volume limiting feature enabled.I'm sure the 5V output rating for the DAC-2 is the sum of the balanced legs. I suspect the 2.9V sensitivity for the amp is per leg as well when using the balanced connections.... | |
| Bang for the buck Let's keep things in perspective: The spindle/clamp upgrade is 80 GBP. Upgrading to an Orbe costs a little more than that.I'd also suggest a good speed strobe like the Kab. As I mentioned, the stock Gyro power supply does have speed adjustment scr... | |
| Is no preamp the best preamp of all? I agree that many issues with passives are probably impedance issues. Inline attenuators will also reduce your effective input impedance.It would help if more amps had adjustable sensitivity so that less attenuation was needed for the high output ... | |
| Is no preamp the best preamp of all? OK, after a bit of thought I think I see what you are trying to say with the analogy. It helps me to think of it in terms of arithmetic. If you start out with 16-bit audio you have 2**16 different peak-to-peak voltages available. If you reduce the... | |
| Is no preamp the best preamp of all? I'm sorry, but this analogy is even less illuminating than the last one. I'm not afraid of a bit of technical language if you want to use it."those least significant bits contain detail."Of course, I never disputed that, though it is disputable ho... | |
| Is no preamp the best preamp of all? @AtmasphereI don't follow. Why doesn't it work like that? I'm not trying to be obtuse, I just don't see what you're trying to get at. We agree that detail that was at 30dB before the volumen was turned down is at the very threshold of hearing afte... | |
| Is no preamp the best preamp of all? Well, let's say my analog volume is cranked up so that peaks are at 90dB above the threshold of hearing, 0 dB, on my dB meter. I can hear 90dB of signal above my threshold of hearing (for simplicity I'll ignore the high noise floor of the typical ... | |
| Bang for the buck Oops, I missed that you got a Technoarm. So I suggest researching cartridges. You haven't said anything about your phono preamplification. | |
| Bang for the buck You can get the Orbe clamp at a reasonable price from UK online retailers like Analogue Seduction (if you're not in the UK already.) It's a simple upgrade that I wouldn't hesitate to do first.http://www.analogueseduction.net/product/Michell_Engine... | |
| Is no preamp the best preamp of all? What does 75-85% translate to in terms of dB?I'm aware that I'm losing information when I use digital attenuation, but how does this translate into what one hears that is different that what one hears when an analog volume is lowered. Saying that ... |