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| Help! Need amp recommendations....... Excuse me, please repeat that, what did you say, that I'm DEAF? The Rotel RB990BX amp has been tested at 211 peak amps, and should be enough to drive almost any speaker to meltdown. The companion RC980BX preamp is certainly a good preamp, although... | |
| how much tube power is needed? In counterpoint to Bottlehead's response, some studies have shown that as little as a 0.1 dB difference IS perceptable. Meaning that in an A vs. B choice (this is the same system, but that one choice has 0.1 dB less attenuation), the louder-by-0.1... | |
| Good cheap silver wire? The last time I referred to a conductivity chart, I remember copper having higher conductance than silver (this is measured in mhos, the inverse of resistance, which is ohms.) Why not save your $$$ and buy more CD's, which will certainly bring you... | |
| advice on adding dac to old cd ? The JVC chipset is still OK by today's standards, and the analog output section is also probably a lot better than some so-called high-end stuff. Recommend NOT getting into a DAC, there will be no significant improvement. Get a 200 CD carrousel fo... | |
| Preamps: Tubes/music or SS/HT Best of both ???? If HT is your thing, then get the EAD Ovation TheaterMaster or the Sony 9000, both are SOTA. The Sony has a bypass mode which sends signals around all processing. However, HT coding is still in the "wars" stage (remember QS vs SQ quadraphonic - is... | |
| how much tube power is needed? The answer from Mr. Jslager is in error. You only need to double the power for each 3dB increase, not ten times. His table should read: 40 Watts/86dB; 20 Watts/89dB; 10 Watts/92dB. A 10dB increase needs 10 times the power. So with 10 watts RMS a 9... | |
| Amperage for Apogees?? Just heard the Apogees driven by two Sony TA-N55ES stereo amps, (list $580 each) each run MONO, which gives 500 watts per amp into 4 ohms, and has enough current to drive the low impedence. Result? Grand, liquid, clean sound. But of course, it wil... | |
| Please recommend Tube pre-amp(s) One wonders if it is wise to put a combined equalizer and distortion unit in your signal path; this is what all tube preamps are in reality. Add to this hum, noise and unreliability. Perhaps what you really want is solid state, not an outdated myth. | |
| Biamping -- any good? Biamping is good ONLY in the case of a speaker manufacturer purposefully including an electronic crossover as part of the integral design of the loudspeaker. A case in point is the Waveform Mach 17: John Otvös includes a Bryston electronic crossov... | |
| Which is the best cable for Martin-Logan? 10-gauge stranded zip cord. Your ears and wallet will thank you very much. Challenge you to hear the difference. | |
| More critical? Amp or Signal Processor Pre-amp Agree with "Strobl", as standards and technologies change in the digital front-end domain, the amplification scene will not change greatly. And there's no substitute for raw WATTs, more volume will always win over slightly lower distortion that is... | |
| 'planar' vs. 'boxes' Excellent answer by Michiel, you should read it twice slowly. Objections to planars are the lack of bass and the size of the image, perhaps you like a guitar that's nine feet wide, but it's not very realistic. From planars, this listener has switc... | |
| Leaving Amps on Turn your amps off, PLEASE! Never heard of voice-coil stretching due to turning amps on and off. How do you keep a pro sound system turned on when you're moving it into a trailer for a 400 mile ride to the next concert? Also, is your amplifier's D... | |
| Is something wrong w/ my pre??? Now you understand! And you're not missing a thing! Actually, you would be doing yourself a favor to hook-up just the DVP7000 directly to your amp, and you will remove a lot of distortion from your electronic chain. The solid state components have... | |
| Whats your favorite way to listen to music? We Mexicans like Corona, not Heine's. Or Bacardi Añejo rum and cokes. Shots of Tequila are OK, but there's locally made Mezcal made from the peyote cactus that causes you to halucinate,. As this message comes from the Sierra Madres, Acapulco Gold ... |