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| What preamp would you mate to your Rogue M180's? All the Rogue monoblocks's 120's 150s' and 180's have a very high input impedance and very high gain, they are a great match for a passive preamps and do not need any active preamplification at all.You may even have the problem of them being alrea... | |
| What better to power my 82db Magico Q5 http://www.stereophile.com/content/magico-q5-loudspeaker-measurementsQuote Stereophile test results."As well as minimum values of 2.75 ohms at 56Hz, 3 ohms at 200Hz, and 2.8 ohms at 40kHz, there is an amplifier-crushing combination of 3.85 ohms an... | |
| Audio Research and Martin Logan Montis Zd542The Montis is a harder load at 4khz. than most other ML'sI'm not saying good tube amps won't drive them Zd, and they may sound very good. But if you want to get 100% drive capability and sound out of them then tubes will struggle a little at ... | |
| Audio Research and Martin Logan Montis I would be wary of any tube amp with these speakers to make them perform at their absolute best. As at 4khz they give a nasty 3ohms and -55 degree phase angle. Which would be more like a 1-2ohm load as seen by the amp.An amp that "almost" doubles ... | |
| Why do some audiophiles beat up McIntosh? "02-27-15: Roxy54 I asked YOU what Mac gear you had used in your system that led you to your conclusions. Still waiting for an answer."How about back in the 70's a pair old school MC275 monoblocks, when they made reasonably good amps, running stac... | |
| Why do some audiophiles beat up McIntosh? "02-26-15: LarryiThe output transformers are spun on a jig in a matter of seconds (compare with how quality transformers are meticulously hand wound); I also did not see anything that suggests that the windings included the complex interleaving th... | |
| Why do some audiophiles beat up McIntosh? "02-26-15: Roxy54Georgelofi and Tbg,Please tell the rest of us which pieces you have owned and used in your own systems that that led you to these conclusions."I'll turn that around and ask you to explain in technical terms, what sound improvement... | |
| Why do some audiophiles beat up McIntosh? Yes the big blue power meters are a bit Arnold Schwarzenegger'ish.But to use transistors all the way through on many of their big power amps, and then to whack an output transformer at the end is just nutz, to me anyway.Cheers George | |
| Does "Record Out" Bypass Preamp Stage? Generally the record output (also known as tape out) knocks out the volume control, balance control and the active output gain stage. The selector switch stays in, and all input rca's, so does the phono stage if any.This is the way many listen to ... | |
| Agree or disagree with the following statement. Every manufacturer worth his salt uses specs to design their equipment. Then they listen. Any one who doesn't, I would give a very wide berth to. In fact I ask the nay sayer's here to specs, if they can name one manufacture that doesn't use specs/... | |
| Can voltage be mixed with coupling caps? Pandro, Atmasphere is right, never ever mix coupling caps, and they will smear the sound as the sound travels through them at different speeds, and they will especially smear at each ones time constant points if they are different values or voltag... | |
| Agree or disagree with the following statement. Yes, you should always listen in the end, but specs if you understand them as I outlined above, allow you to weed out the rubbish or unmatched stuff before you spend the bucks, no matter how the wow factor looks externally. To dismiss specs is jus... | |
| Agree or disagree with the following statement. All equipment reviews should have full test measurements, otherwise your at the mercy of reviewers bias and or poetic babble and if the reviewed piece was matched or mismatched to the rest of the system. By reading and "understanding" all the revi... | |
| Krell ksa300s As many Krells had switchable mains voltages inside, I have not found any info on this KSA300S for you. The best is to send and email to Krell and ask. "Is it easy for a technician to convert a Krell KSA300 from 110v-115v to 230-240v without havin... | |
| MARK LEVINSON H SERIES AMPLIFIERS PERSONAL REVIEW Hi WhitecamarossThe Montis are a very heavy load, with low impedances and very high - phase angles, you need an amp that can deliver good current when asked without strain. This means an amp that can keep near doubling it's wattage from 8ohms to 4... |