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| Speaker cable gauge and amplifier power As Albertporter stated, from a current carrying viewpoint all speaker wire size is overkill. I must admit that I have gone along with the heavy wire idea, although I have not used any of the specialized speaker cables with exotic construction.Rece... | |
| Behringer DEQ2496 - worth using in hi-end system? Spraglow...The equalization is not, for the most part, for the music. It's for the room. If your room is perfect you are a very lucky guy! | |
| Diff in recording/reproduction in Analog/CD/SACD Stevecham...Sound waves in air are truly analog. But contrary to what you suggest the sense of hearing is ultimately digital in nature. Neurons "fire", or "not"...a "one" or a "zero". The level of activity of a great number of neurons taken as a g... | |
| Review: Tube Audio Design TAD-60 Tube amp Interesting that you use MG 1.6 speakers...so do I. Some time ago I investigated whether I could use 60watt tube amps for my three MG1.6. In spite of the fact that my Maggies are crossed over from subwoofers, usually at about 80 Hz, voltage measur... | |
| Two more used Adcom GFA-555s or start over? Wahoo_envy...Of course the above comment was meant for you. | |
| Two more used Adcom GFA-555s or start over? Woodburger...To match your GFA555 what you obviously need is a GFA5503...three channels, 200 watts/channel @ 8 ohms.By a strange twist of fate I know exactly where you can find one. | |
| Tube virgin no more Everyone should experience tube audio sometime in their life. We old timers gave it up for practical reasons- not the sound. You can always come back, and by that time digital amps will be perfected. | |
| Diff in recording/reproduction in Analog/CD/SACD Albert!!! We have a truce, or at least a cease fire, about LP surface noise :-)Evidently your tapes are better than many, because the tape hiss that I hear on some old (pre DBX) LPs is obvious at playback levels well below 95dB (peak). Of course i... | |
| Diff in recording/reproduction in Analog/CD/SACD Albertporter....You know how I feel about vinyl surface noise :-)Tape "Hiss" also annoys me. On many of my older LPs it is evident that even the master tape has hiss, because you can hear it cut in before the music. This problem was largely elimin... | |
| Power Supply for Digital Amp. Joeylawn36111...There is much truth to what you say, although some amps have been (and are) made with less-than-satisfactory power supplies, because it is an easy place to cut corners and reduce cost. When the "rail" voltages of a power amp "sag" ... | |
| Behringer DEQ2496 - worth using in hi-end system? I got mine at samedaymusic.com. Don't forget you need the mic and a cable for the mic. | |
| Tape heads It would be difficult to completely demagnetize a screwdriver. Maybe they make stainless steel screwdrivers (non-magnetic) for this job. A plastic screwdriver would be too soft. | |
| Who Has The Best service department Good service work does not necessarily go along with high product quality. (It's been noted that the worst hockey teams often have the best goalies). The local Panasonic authorized repair facility did a super job on my plasma display, in about one... | |
| Was your first cartridge relatively expensive? Anyone who says that it doesn't take a lot of time and work (not to mention money) to get a vinyl playback system optimally set up is kidding themselves and others. But so what? The work itself can be technically interesting and enjoyable. There i... | |
| Behringer DEQ2496 - worth using in hi-end system? Jayboard...You can certainly use multiple EQ curves to suit different recordings. It will be a bit of work to set this up and keep track of which curve goes with which recording. Not worthwhile for me.You should figure out why the clipping indicat... |