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| McIntosh MA2275 - opinions I forgot, thus, for phono playback: the bass has to be boosted back to normal, and the highs have to be cut back to normal. That is what the RIAA phono eq circuit does.If a TT cartridge output is plugged into a line level input (without RIAA eq or... | |
| McIntosh MA2275 - opinions RIAA phono eq is how LP (long playing) records were achieved.During recording, the bass signals are cut, thus smaller/narrower grooves are needed/made by the cutter. Move narrow grooves = Long Playing. At the same time, the highs are boosted, enla... | |
| McIntosh MA2275 - opinions Your McIntosh C22 Preamp is totally tube. It's RIAA phono eq and phono 'low' level signal boost, up to 'high/line' level are done by tubes, then sent to any amp, in your case a tube amp with 1 set of inputs. A moving magnet LP cartridge (most c... | |
| What Sonically is the Difference between a $1,500 CD Player and a $10K-$25K One? All the money saved by not chasing perfect electrons will also give you the opportunity of having two systems, one Solid State, the other Tube.A mix of Digital and Analog source equipment. Here again, the differences are easily audible, and comes... | |
| What Sonically is the Difference between a $1,500 CD Player and a $10K-$25K One? The cheapest CD player, given a great recording, can produce an immersive listening experience in nearly any decent sound system. The place to invest your time and then invest your money is speakers. Time to learn, time to listen in showrooms, aud... | |
| What’s really hurting the audio hobby? The dealer experience: stereo, cameras, table saws, anything involving good, better, best, fantastic is and has always been subject to the level of acquired knowledge, seller and buyer, and showroom experience.Newbies, unprepared, then and now, ar... | |
| used Integrated tube amp under $1500 for Klipsch Cornwall III's? Opps, I forgot it's a solid state preamp, you want tubes, as do I. Oh well, it's fun to know about I think | |
| used Integrated tube amp under $1500 for Klipsch Cornwall III's? With very efficient speakers, there are a few McIntosh Pre-amps with enough power to drive speakers directly. This McIntosh C26 Pre-amp has a 10wpc amp, main and/or remote speaker terminals and face mounted push button selectors for those outputs.... | |
| used Integrated tube amp under $1500 for Klipsch Cornwall III's? That Harmon Kardon TRIO 224 sounded intriguing, I found this https://forum.polkaudio.com/discussion/105874/harman-kardon-trio I came across another TRIO the other day, different manufacturer. They never mention 'pre-amp', but they show phono inp... | |
| what is more important ? Speakers without a doubt. Anyone can hear the difference between nearly any pair of speakers in a blind situation. Hardly anyone, (including industry experts), in blind tests, can consistently identify the difference between any decent solid stat... | |
| Thoughts on extending speaker life. IF the suspension 'sagged', the coil that drives the cone would rub in the magnetic gap, and you would hear it. Never experienced it, never heard of anyone ever experiencing it. I had a pro re-cone one of my 15" woofer off center. Got it home, mou... | |
| Thoughts on extending speaker life. too many.I have saved 'great' stuff for so long, moving it out now bit by bitphysically don't want to pick up anything heavy (bad back, bad knees, bad attitude).take up too much spaceprice drops to nothing for most, better to sell when there is mo... | |
| used Integrated tube amp under $1500 for Klipsch Cornwall III's? btw,the heat from the bottom any equipment, especially tube equipment can/probably will negatively effect the wood below it, | |
| used Integrated tube amp under $1500 for Klipsch Cornwall III's? OP said yes my first used tube amp being of the older variety will look kind of wierd on the piano for the time being I would much prefer seeing an old tube amp rather than a new one ANYWHERE. Any amp on a piano seems a bit rude to the piano, bu... | |
| 16 ohm speakers with 5 ohm amp ? you may be ok regarding damaging equipment, but, that is pushing things beyond normal. using 8 ohm tap for 16 ohm speakers boosts the midrange frequencies which you may like (voices are here), or want tone controls to adjust things (be conserva... |