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| CD player as a transport A Pioneer stable platter transport Big problems getting laser for those now.Get a transport that uses a still obtainable Philips laser mech, forget slot loaders, they are cheap computer mechs.Cheers George | |
| Audiophile Loudness Wars—Too Much again!? Audiophile Loudness Wars—Too Much again!? Best to remedy this is to use a dac that has inbuilt (digital domain at or above 75% level) gain control if you have one. If used below 75% volume you run the risk of "bit stripping" detail away.And if you... | |
| Is D for Dry? Class D... given Alberto Guerra’s career in the industry From an interview with him about using empty 6550 tubes to house the GaN amplifier boards in."Company founder Alberto Guerra admitted that he did it largely for the sake of visual aesthetics. Otherwis... | |
| Amplification: what are the biggest advances of the last 40 years? bobbydd Amplification: what are the biggest advances of the last 40 years? For me I found the biggest advances for musicality/listenability came with giving "global feedback" the big flick.✔And that came with solid state amps that use highly bias... | |
| Replacement Fuses It's your money to waste. +1 To those "non technical" members that are interested.Just clean and tighten your fuse holder and re-new your fuse (if old) with a good quality 50cent Bussman, Littlefuse or similar.As with "many switch-on surges" t... | |
| Lay Off the Newbies! I’m still gonna answer the door naked.. My house, My rulespicture is a naked man. Leaking from below Should try sticking a directional ac fuses in to stop that problem, I've noted your into them now to give them some real cred😵. | |
| Preamp for ATCSCM40A seadog1234 OP Preamp for ATCSCM40AGreat speaker but yes, can be a bit in your face. Your ATC’s only need 1v in for full output just before clipping. And most sources today give out over 2v some up to 6v so you don’t need a preamp with any more ga... | |
| STAX DA-100M power AMP connection smart191 which one do I connect the pre amp to? thanks steveGreat Class-A amps BTW very sought after, should run very hot if biased correctly. (you know there a pair for sale for $9K!! https://www.audioscope.net/stax-da100m-class-monaural-amp... | |
| Lay Off the Newbies! Jonny! I was a very young mechanic for Henry and Ian at Lolita Automobile Developments for 3 years before getting heavily side tracked into audio electronics and started building huge self contained water cooled Class-A solid state amps that even ... | |
| New/Used Amp recommendations for about $3k-$4k? What about the Parasound Halo A21+?What about the Bryston 4B3? I like John Curl’s design criteria and circuit topography over Bryston.I would prefer 2 x used JC1’s over a new A21+ for similar money. Then if you can get a cheaper used A21+ for even... | |
| Lay Off the Newbies! All I can picture is a naked man. Leaking from below. Because that’s all old heavy mechs are capable of, "leaking from every orifice of their bodies" especially their mouth.Cheers George | |
| New/Used Amp recommendations for about $3k-$4k? any comparison advice Krell to Curl? Earlier D’Agostino designed Krells yes, later not so great.Cheers George | |
| New/Used Amp recommendations for about $3k-$4k? The stereo's will be fine with that loading of around 1.5ohm, but the bridged mono's will not. As bridged amps only one advantage, "more watts" but all other parameters that make an amp great go backwards, especially stability and low impedance dr... | |
| New/Used Amp recommendations for about $3k-$4k? I’m very curious about those GAN amps mentioned above. Great if things stay above 3ohms, but your 100f’s don’t, they won’t bring the best out of that bass area like the JC1’s could. Cheers George | |
| Lay Off the Newbies! hey george, you know, from a certain perspective the compact disc was "snake oil." It’s real has technology proof behind it and EE (electronic engineering) etc. "snake oil" has NOTHING! but conmen trying to make huge bucks out of it from the gulli... |