drubin
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| What is the Sound of Impedence Mismatch? So if the Pass amp is 22K balanced, it is 11K single ended? And with 1700 ohms output impedence on the First Sound preamp, my situation is sub-optimal, right? | |
| What is the Sound of Impedence Mismatch? Thank you for the pointer to your earlier post, unsound.I have a simple multimeter. Is it possible to measure the input and output impedences of my components with the meter? (I ask this because there is no publshed spec for my Pass amp in single-... | |
| Problems getting the best out of my Berning With my ProAc 2.5's, I alternate between a CJ 11A and a Pass X-150. Both work very well. I'm sure there is a poor amplifier choice for the 2.5's, but I have trouble imagining what it could be. (I'd love to try the Berning, by the way.) | |
| Problems getting the best out of my Berning Waitaminute!!! No offense tubegroover, but he just bought a brand new, highly-respected and expensive amplifier, and now we're saying he has to upgrade the tubes in order to get even acceptable performance from it? Does this mean Berning sells a $... | |
| Problems getting the best out of my Berning Peter, don't spend money chasing cable upgrades until you figure out what is going on. In my experience, no cable change will fix a fundamental system problem, which is what it sounds like you have. But do give the amp more time to break in. Do yo... | |
| Good Audio Dealer in San Francisco I can not believe that Stereo Unlimited has managed to stay in business. The most unpleasant retail audio experience I've had, except perhaps for Lyric in New York. | |
| Problems getting the best out of my Berning Peter, I can't offer specific recommendations for you but I do want to offer my sympathies. I have been in similarly frustrating situattons with new components many times.I will say that I also have ProAc 2.5's and, for a while, drove them with an... | |
| What is the Sound of Impedence Mismatch? Nine months later, I still wrestle with these same issues. The First Sound sometimes sounds too dull (or soft) and sometimes it's plenty alive. Honestly, I think it is variability in my hearing that does this. How can it be that one week I'm ready... | |
| Pass Aleph vs. McCormack: What to Expect? That higher input impedence is a real plus. The Pass designs tend to be low enough in this area to cause potential mismatches with some tube preamps. | |
| Long wall vs, short wall I'm a long wall fan myself and my understanding is that it is definitely the way to go with Dunlavys. theonly note of caution I would sound is that, with 12 feet total, you will have to place the speakers very close to the wall benind them (and yo... | |
| Stones on SACD - Tempting? I think they are all hybrids, but they don't use the SACD or DSD trademarks on the outside packaging. That's unfortunate. | |
| Good Audio Dealer in San Francisco Dissenting opinion on The Analog Room. | |
| Anyone hear Thiel CS1.6? The feet tapping is certainly a good criterion for judging. Regarding the Spendors, I only want to add that I owned SP1/2's for a couple of years and a friend of mine had the FL9, so I wasn't shooting from the hip. Except that my experience with t... | |
| Anyone hear Thiel CS1.6? Crushes it how? You'll certainly get more warmth and more apparent bass from most Spendors, but you'll never get as much detail and resolution and image specificity as the 1.6 delivers. Nor will you ever hear a cymbal, for example, reproduced with... | |
| What are 6 feet going to do for me? Audioengr, you say that "like all cables in audio, shorter is always better." I speak with no engineering authority, but I want to suggest that this may not be true with power cords. If shorter were better, than no cord at all would be best. Why n... |