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| Why Power Cables Affect Sound To throw something else out there, on many occasions Ralph (Atma) has noted that balanced equipment lessens the need of expensive interconnects. Does the same go for power cords? I run differential components sans the power amps. Entire system run... | |
| Increase total Speaker Impedance -- Potential Solution Thanks Al. Nice to have expertise on the board. | |
| Increase total Speaker Impedance -- Potential Solution To further explore the amp-speaker interface, recently purchased an Audiopax Maggiore100 to pair with Zu Defintions. Noticed the output impedance is a bit high at 2.5 Ohms. The speakers are nominally 8 Ohm but dip to 6 ohms in the bass region. It'... | |
| beginner seperate system Quicksilver. Good reasonable tube amps. Mid monos by Quicksilver made the top 5 list for a respected audio expert with no skin in the game. Don't do Chinese, I did and it was terrible. | |
| How to pre clean a very dirty LP before Ultrasound Machine? Get some Audio Intelligent #15 mix 50/50 with warm water and set the record on a glass. Lavish the surface and let it set on the record from 4-5 minutes. Circular brush lightly with the white brushes from Last.The little white brushes are cheap an... | |
| Turntable got absolutely crushed by CD Moonglum, well said. On a good night, meaning a receptive mind coupled with good electricity, analog reproduction can be sublime. I'm looking forward to many more nights of being seduced. To me the best indicator of a pleasing audio experience is ... | |
| Turntable got absolutely crushed by CD I'm with Whart as to the necessary requirements for vinyl besting the digital domain. I have a very nice, to me, rig that I enjoy to no end and a nice collection of vinyl. Starting from scratch without a pretty good collection though, not so sure. | |
| Zu def 4 are they the best speaker made? I’ve had my Def 4s about 5 years now and feel I can make some valid observations. They are very dependent on the amps and electronics upstream. Their transparency is revealed with certainty with the slightest variable introduced. Yes the right amp... | |
| Theory about Fidelity Research MC & PMC Carts When I purchased my 202 NOS a few years ago the seller had a stash of them found in his dad's warehouse. When I asked if I could get a discount on a second he refused. Said that most buyers purchased two of them anyway. I have two. Ikeda San was a... | |
| What separate tube phono stage do you use ? BAT VK P 10 SE with Supercaps. Digs deep, muscular. 80 db for LOMC. Just curious, anyone on here switch from one of these to a better? If so, how so? | |
| Any good reasons to use transistor phono stage and line level preamp instead of tube ? To me live music sounds warm, no high order harmonics there to give your ears that unidentified edgy sound. Supposedly tubes convey the music with less high order harmonics. So there's that.For some it may be a bit of a pain to search out and impl... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Taj Mahal "Oh So Good and Blues" Nighthawks "Full House" | |
| The nightmare of the cartridge buyer... Have a Fidelity Research MC202, in fact have two of them. There are two out there for sale. About $500-700. Makes the instruments sound real. Low output so a quiet Phono Stage is necessary. My ownership bias is so strong I'm thinking about a third... | |
| Valve phono stage I like tubes. More musical. Have a BAT VKP 10SE with Supercaps and it rocks. | |
| On the fence about Vinyl need a good phono stage for A/B testing Vinyl is a medium that requires and rewards excellent source and phono pre. Go as high as possible here because everything here is amplified, and the phono pre "wakes up" the system. I use tubes and have spent a tidy sum putting together the right... |