furiouslyadrift
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| Poor power in the house I should add and clarify... with separate circuits, the common mode ground will connect across interconnects in the signal path (which may or may not be good depending on the equipment) IF the interconnects are unbalanced.True balanced ICs between... | |
| Poor power in the house @mental one way to fix a shunted system is to isolate each ground wire (basically a dedicated ground per device) buts usually much cheaper and easier to go another route.Seperate circuits and grounds for amps and another for sources works well an... | |
| Poor power in the house A shunted breaker feeds back into the ground...which is not good for sensitive electronics. | |
| Poor power in the house ZeroSurge makes a bunch of good gear to clean up power and keep transient surges from backfeeding into ground lines (they patented series line surge supression). They in the East Coast timezone in the US (-5 GMT). Call them up and see if they have... | |
| best preamps @paul79 The Funk LAP-2http://www.funk-tonstudiotechnik.de | |
| Why do people buy preamps if they can directly connect amp to stereo source/phone/PC/tv? 3 reasons...1. Source selection2. Volume control3. Fix/help impedence differences between source and amp | |
| best preamps @caphill I was only referring to the preamp. At that price level, you would be able to get a 1 off custom project. CAT is especially known for doing custom.I like Soulution and Boulder for amps but not much else.Other than speakers and very large ... | |
| best preamps Unlimited budget means a call to CAT, MBL, or dartZeel... they can hit $100k if you want to burn some cash | |
| How much to spend on phono preamp +1 for anything Herron. I also suggest Lounge, Sutherland, or the JC3+ | |
| Speakers for.....every type of music? I'm thinking Tekton, here. Fun, great dollar to capability ratio and they can rock out.Call them up and enjoy. | |
| best preamps Joule Electra LA rangeConvergent Audio Technology AyreEAR YoshinoFunkParasound JC2LammAtma-SphereMark Levinson 380HovlandAesthetixFirst SoundI have a Joule and I've had the Funk. For unbalanced and dollar for dollar, the Funk at $1100 is stupendou... | |
| Help me pick from my sub-$1200 shortlist Just to throw more chaos into the mix (ha)... Vandersteen and Sonus have excellent resell value... if you tjink you want to play a bit.Nothing like renting good gear ;-) | |
| Best Cartridge for $1000-$1350? While chakster is correct that Hana is Excel's consumer brand, it is not 'mediocre'. The Hana line does have a house sound and that's fine. They have been making carts for a bunch of big brands for years (and still do).If he wanted a boron cantile... | |
| Help me pick from my sub-$1200 shortlist The Phil BMR have a more expansive sound than the Phil.I didn't put it on the list because it's a bit over budget but they are great speakers.Salk, Phil, Ascend, and Selah are all crazy good not just because they are a great buy. They hold their o... | |
| Help me pick from my sub-$1200 shortlist On the Kef LS50's... they can be very reactive with the amp. They hated my amps (NuPrime monoblocks). YMMV.+1 for the Silverline Preludes... also exceptionally good speakers.Another (weird) suggestion... Hsu Research. Their point source speakers a... |