fleschler
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| What are the weak points of Pass amps and pre-amps ? The Ypsilon preamp and phono preamp were driving Viva tube amps which were driving Avantgarde Trios and 3X Basshorns. Yuk! Switching out cabling from High Fidelity to GroverHuffman cabling made it listenable but still rather thin, bright and forwa... | |
| What are the weak points of Pass amps and pre-amps ? I have extensive listening to a high end Ypsilon preamp a new friend's home. That and High Fidelity cables had me run from his listening room the first time. After replacing the horrible cables, the preamp was the next culprit of an $850,000 sys... | |
| Perfect Path Technologies: Omega E mat I posted this on another forum. Elizabeth in private chat is very amiable. I don't know why she doesn't want to try an E-Mat for free. To others: I've tried the thickest, heaviest magnetic kitchen mats and they do zilch, nothing, nada to the sou... | |
| Perfect Path Technologies: Omega E mat Wolfgang Puck Confirms Corruption at SoCal Better Business Bureau http://www.grubstreet.com/2013/03/wolfgang-puck-better-business-bureau.html The Southland chapter of the Los Angeles Better Business Bureau was reportedly expelled Tuesday f... | |
| I’m gob smacked. What were you’re aha moments? I've tried the thickest, heaviest magnetic kitchen mats and they do zilch, nothing, nada to the sound or picture. Go ahead and experiment as I did. It cost me bupkis to try a half dozen. One E-Mat on the main power panel-wow! Try it, I recomme... | |
| What are the weak points of Pass amps and pre-amps ? Wow, I didn't think that an amp was so sensitive to ambient temperature and vibration/movement that it would affect bias (for a solid state amp yet)! I don't like touching the insides of an s.s. amp to adjust the trim pots with meters while on. ... | |
| An encounter and lesson in speaker prices ... I live in Northridge and didn't know that Harmon Kardon has a speaker evaluation facility for their speakers for the public. I will look into it. Some of their Ultima Studio speakers have had phenomenal measurements. I'd like to hear them to se... | |
| I’m gob smacked. What were you’re aha moments? I tried the thickest of 4 thicknesses of kitchen magnet mats and it (as well as stacked 6 of them) had no effect on the sound under equipment or on a power panel. I would have liked them to. I purchased a dozen Perfect Path Omega E-Mats. Instan... | |
| Beware of the cable claiming long burn in period. I haven't changed my components for 13 years and one, 30 years (SME IV). I have modified my preamp and amps slightly and installed an SR blue fuse. I've also had Hallographs for 15+ years and latest Stillpoints for about 7 years. The SR product... | |
| What are the weak points of Pass amps and pre-amps ? Note, one could fry an egg on a hot EAR 890 amp, it’s that hot for the chassis and transformers, dangerous to touch after 1/2 hour. Pass amps currently list their temperature at 127 degrees, above warm and slightly hot. | |
| CD Got Absolutely Crushed By Vinyl Yes, I spent the equivalent of $22K, a VPI TNT VI plus, modified SME IV, Benz Ruby 3, Townsend Seismic Sink, Audio Interface SUT and phono pre-amp. My CD players cost $6K (EAR Acute) and $150 (mod. Pioneer DVD D-05). Plus additional ICs and A/... | |
| What are the weak points of Pass amps and pre-amps ? I remember running a Yamaha 1970s CA 1000 integrated amp with 15 watts Class A switch. It got rather warm but it did sound superior to the Class A/B 70 watts (about). The 15 watts sounded more musically involving, smoother and quieter than Class... | |
| Beware of the cable claiming long burn in period. Geoffkait - I never said that I would endeavor to cook a cable for 500 hours. Someone on the forum posted that it could take that long. I thought that was ridiculous as you did.I am satisfied with 24 hours on the cables I audition. Sometimes I ... | |
| Beware of the cable claiming long burn in period. Geoffkait You know I’ve been a beta tester for almost 2 decades for a cable manufacturer. I’ve tested 100s of cables, just a few dozen of his competitors HEA stuff (High Fidelity, Transparent, Nordost, Audioquest, Mogami, Magnan, Monster and Tara ... | |
| Beware of the cable claiming long burn in period. My experiences with dozens of cables indicate that they tend to sound good within 24 hours of use. This is also relative to the manufacture of the cables. I didn't notice any difference in Monster cables from the 1980s. GroverHuffman cables can... |