decooney
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| Parasound media event IF this is not a phishing scam - A question I have, and might not be able to make the call. Maybe someone can ask, if interested and attending the Webinar [hoping it's interactive and not closed]. What's Darren Myers doing for them since ... | |
| Cardas hierarchy - older/newer - who has experience? @markusthenaimnut I’ve stayed away from this thread hoping others like @ghdprentice and others would reply, as per above. I’ve owned about 80% of the older generation and newer generation Cardas past 30 years. My entire system is back to all Card... | |
| What qualities stand out in really good solid state preamps? @sameyers1 decooney I have only auditioned the XP-12 in my home and can’t speak to the characteristics of the higher end or older Pass models. i agree with your observation that people sometimes upgrade only to wish they hadn’t sold or given... | |
| What qualities stand out in really good solid state preamps? @sameyers1 "A number of people who posted comments have dissed the concept of neutral. A simple view of neutral is that a device (preamp, amp, dac, speaker, cables, whatever) does nothing to change the recording. It’s not complicated"... Fol... | |
| What qualities stand out in really good solid state preamps? "Neutral" as compared to what? Who set the industry standard baseline reference as to what neutral really is. This is the funnest and funniest part of the whole (hole) discussion. 🤣 | |
| What qualities stand out in really good solid state preamps? For a component that is "supposed to be neutral", "adding nothing", looking at history of threads and posts over the past 15-20 years on this Audiogon site, seeing just how many of the same long-term members here have bought / tried / resold so ma... | |
| What qualities stand out in really good solid state preamps? @hilde45 Have you ever considered a hybrid preamp? I just bought a PS Audio BHK Signature preamp and it has a couple of 12au7’s for the input and mosfet’s for the output. Only had it a couple of days, but I am really enjoying it so far. I... | |
| Cable upgrades @jimboman ...man you are having too much cable fun. Good for you. Keep us posted, and keep up the good work! 👍 | |
| KT150 to KT120..or KT120 to KT150 @aljordan I now run between 45-50ma with the KT120s in the Mono 120 amplifiers. There is a difference, the Mono 120s have a plate voltage of 600v at the plate. Running the basic calculators, it says I’m barely close to running the KT120s in their ... | |
| Cable upgrades James, @jimboman IF you send them in to Cardas, once they peel back the end jacket they will know quickly, able to help determine next steps. If they are the real McCoy, they may tell you the older soldered XLR connectors are history. The conduct... | |
| Cable upgrades ...and IF you decide to send them in to Cardas for validation and certification, and they check out to be the genuine article, imo its worth it to at least inquire about the new termination process, and/or getting that done should you decide to ke... | |
| Cable upgrades @jimboman would you mind sharing the photos from the original ad, if you can locate the former sold/expired ad, or search from Hifishark. A few thoughts, even on some of the older versions, the jacket label lettering should still look pretty dec... | |
| Is more amp power always better...? @zlone "Pretty sure I rarely cross that threshold these days.". People don't often comment on these threads about the volume LEVEL they want or need to listen to music. "These days", I don't listen at higher volumes any more myself. Don't nee... | |
| Is more amp power always better...? @zlone Lots of good advice here. If you can find an impedance graph for your speakers and see that they spend time at 4 ohms or below, you will want to ensure that the amp doubles or comes close to doubling wattage when impedance drops to that le... | |
| Is more amp power always better...? Type of quality power matters too. It's not just about quantity of power for me. Rotating now between my tube amps to my solid state amps, for many years, formerly i used decent 200-300w dual mono Class AB amps. Nice full sound, yes. True Cla... |