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| help me pick a phono preamp. OK, how the h*ll can I verify that its the PH1? Is there some way of using my multimeter to measure input V and output V? | |
| help me pick a phono preamp. Wonder if I've got a bad PH1 or something. I'll try switching to a different input on the pre, but wonder if there are any other PH1/Statement Sonata owners out there who can compare the relative volume of their phono inputs v. CD or other line st... | |
| help me pick a phono preamp. I just put together an analog rig using a Grado Statement Sonata (0.5 mV output) w/the Scout/JMW9 combo and the Grado PH-1 phono pre. I'm using the setting for low output cart. and have gain problems... I'm well past 12 o'clock on my ARC LS16-II t... | |
| Importing used Audio equipment to Canada I sold some gear to someone in Canada... Made the mistake of not agreeing about what to do with customs, so when the UPS shipper asked me for a credit card for the customs form, I read the form and had to swallow hard before giving it to him... Th... | |
| iPod to DAC Connection The problem with letting the guests scroll through and pick songs for the background music is... well... they seem to invariably gravitate to the most embarrassing aspects of your collection. Incidentally, if you would like to accidentally maximiz... | |
| ARC 100.2 Enough power for Proac 3.8 Sorry Alun, my fat finger typo (never could hit the symbols and numbers right). Should have said ARC 2*4*0 Mk IIs--the D240s are 120WPC SS amps--not tubes... | |
| How does this happen--CD defect? Gordus, sure it wasn't the third track? I'm guessing the track is Stupid, starts off with a lyric about "Lennon said there were no more institutions"? I'm not too familiar with McCue (owning only one song), but it sounded like it should have been ... | |
| Who u gots da most uv??? Sean-In addition to the Breeders and various incarnations of Frank Black bands (e.g., Frank Black & the Catholics--great name), there is some interbreeding with the Throwing Muses, Belly, and some minor bands like the Kelley Deal 2000. In the ... | |
| You should try this. This album sucks! Its only got two songs on it, and they are both the same!It is a nice song tho'.Seriously, I went out and bought "Roll," and seemed to have acquired a defective disc--it literally has track 3 on it twice, with nothing else. This ... | |
| Musical Family Trees... I do remember relating to the scene where Louiso comes over to John Cusak's place and catches him rearranging his collection. When asked how he is arranging things--"god forbid not alphabetically"--Cusak replies "nah, I'm arranging them by period ... | |
| Who u gots da most uv??? Adopting a loose "artists comprising more than 1% of the collection" threshold, I end up with a list of: The Clash, Steve Earle, The Dead, Husker Du(*), The Pixies(*), REM, Uncle Tupelo(*), and Townes Van Zandt.(*) I file progeny & solo effort... | |
| ARC 100.2 Enough power for Proac 3.8 I'm running a pair of ProAc RS2s with a pair of ARC D250 Mk IIs (each bridged to mono) in my study and a pair of 3.8s off a pair of horizontally bi-amped ARC VT 100 Mk IIIs in my main rig. I was also using an ARC D400 Mk II with the 2s downstairs ... | |
| Audiophile USB to PCM Its actually "Eric," not "Ed." I should probably stick a response in that "where does your userID come from" thread. Every time I buy or sell something on A'gon, I get an email addressed to "Ed." *sigh* | |
| Audiophile USB to PCM Going back to basics, there is a bitstream on the CD and the idea is to feed that to a DAC to convert it to analog. PCM just (I believe) means pulse code modulation, which basically means communicating bits between two devices by an agreed upon st... | |
| Best Small Speakers I'd second ProAcs, but... I'm more familiar with the 2s speakers (I'm listening to a pair right now). For some reason, I thought the 1SCs were rear ported? If so, it would be a bad match for someone wall mounting them... I've also found that the P... |