don_c55
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| ARC Ref 75 vs. Ref 75 SE Bifwynne: Why are you in every ARC post?You are like Stringbean and VPI!WE know you are a ARC cheerleader! | |
| ARC Ref 75 vs. Ref 75 SE BifwynneARC's service center is a profit center.I have been to the factory, and the service team is large for a company of 80 employees.The D125, although built around 1989, was touted as a reliability breakthrough, due to the addition of an LED o... | |
| ARC Ref 75 vs. Ref 75 SE Bifwynne says:"Have tubes arced and taken out bias resisters?? Yes!! But how often?? Maybe once or twice a year. And since I've been using KT-120 and KT-150 power tubes, tube arcing has been a very rare occurrence." That says it all!I owned a D125... | |
| Short speaker cable recommendation Short and Fat (big gauge) works best.Sonic quality of speaker cable is speaker dependent.This old study is still true.https://passlabs.com/articles/speaker-cables-science-or-snake-oil | |
| My apologies to all... This is a forum of audio crazies. Get over it or leave! | |
| "Famous Blue Raincoat".. @SonictonicsI remember reading when Famous Blue Raincoat came out the recording was digital to analog tape.So use there are original master tapes, but they were digitally sourced. | |
| iPhone speaker - room setup apps There are plenty of adjustments in these apps to compensate for the iPhone microphone.They can be calibrated with professional equipment, but for home audio use they are more than acceptable as is. | |
| "Famous Blue Raincoat".. @SonictonicsThere is digital sounding analog, and analog sounding digital!The quality of the end result is not format dependent. | |
| "Famous Blue Raincoat".. There are pure analog recorded records, from the analog era,(before 1982) that sound "screechy", similar to early digital. | |
| Audio out to RCA input on new Sony TV's? The audio must come from the TV, because I also use an apple TV, cable box, and Sony blu-ray player.The audio input must be fixed output, as I use the volume control on the preamp.Right now I have a 40'Sony Bravia Led HDTV that has RCA audio outpu... | |
| Audio out to RCA input on new Sony TV's? One more time.My $8k stereo is a ARC SP-9 MKIII, Son of Ampzilla 2000 amp and Magnepan MGIIIa speakers (no digital anything).Can I run a 1/8" mini plug cable with two RCA plugs from the headphone out on the new TV, into my preamp, and get good sou... | |
| Audio out to RCA input on new Sony TV's? I am asking how to get analog out from a new Sony HDTV into the RCA inputs on my preamp.Can I just use the headphone mini jack output on the new TV (with a simple mini jack cable to two RCA plugs} into my preamp?Will this give good sound quality?I... | |
| Goodbye ZYX Airy 3 Here is the ONLY review of a ZYX "Premium" cartridge I could find.http://hifilivemagazine.com/zyx-premium-omega-gold-2/ | |
| Analog Consultant in Milwaukee Wisconsin Use the "Search" tools on the higher traffic internet forums like Audio Asylum for any info you need.Turntable/arm/cartridge setup is DIY. | |
| Goodbye ZYX Airy 3 |