ghostrider45
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| Would a Pass Aleph 5 be able to drive Thiel 3.5 ? The Pass Aleph series are all single ended. That topology cannot operate in anything other than class A (and still be listenable!). | |
| Is a Tube Amp Capable of High Current? Dan - I think you'll be OK. The speaker seems reasonably well behaved and the 4 ohm taps should do fine.Enjoy. | |
| Is a Tube Amp Capable of High Current? As long as your nominally 6 ohm speakers don't have any dramatic impedance dips or peaks, I think the ARC's will do fine. Use the 4 ohm tap - it's better to mismatch the load on the high side of the amp output impedance rather than the low side. Y... | |
| Is a Tube Amp Capable of High Current? Tube amps (except OTL types) use an output matching transformer. This transformer presents (relatively) fixed impedance (usually settable to 4, 8 or 16 ohms) to the speakers. The Matching Theorem (see any good EE circuits textbook) says that a sou... | |
| Apogee Duetta Sigs? Help with new amp The older Krell amps also do a great job. I used a pair of KMA-100 MkII's for 6 years. KMA 160's also do nicely.BTW, I'm driving the Duetta Signatures with Pass Aleph 1.2's now, and they're a great combination. Much sweeter than the Krells on mids... | |
| SACD finally taking-off? non-classical listeners I have some early CD's issued in 1983, and they still look and play fine (though they don't sound particularly good in retrospect!). | |
| SAE TWO T14 Tuner I don't know this particular tuner, but I can tell you what the hi-blend switch is for. It blends the high frequencies in the two cahnnels to reduce noise on weak signals (the reason is a long story....). You sacrifice high freqency stereo separat... | |
| another with the digital lens Wadia WT2000 = 0Wadia 7 = -26BTW, nothing guarantees that the Lens is on the money... | |
| Can you convert balanced inputs to RCA inputs help If you want to make an input adaptor, connect the center conductor of the unbalanced shielded cable to pin 2 of the balanced XLR connector. Connect the shield of the unbalanced shielded cable to pin 1 of the balanced XLR connector. Connect a jumpe... | |
| Any non-box or non-black grey amplifiers? Hmmmm, the theory is that we buy them for sound, not looks.... | |
| I'm still working to love digital, are you? Well, in some ways it's a moot issue. If you want to listen to almost any new music released in the last 15 years, you have no choice but to go digital.So, facing reality, I accept digital sound for its strengths and listen past its weaknesses.Iro... | |
| Audio Research LS-25 MKII vs. Pass Labs X-1 It depends. What amps and speakers are downstream from your preamp? | |
| Classe Omega SACD-1 same as Sony SCD-1? Stereophile reviewed the Omega SACD-1 last year (can't recall the month). From my recall, Classe is just using the Sony transport. The electronics are all new. The SACD-1 uses separate signal paths for redbook and SACD. I think it upsamples redboo... | |
| buzzzzz, where did i go wrong? Good stuff so far, especially Sean and Rap. One thing is certain - having two separate ground systems (power system and ground rods) will cause trouble, especially with a 15v difference. It's not a component problem.So pick your ground system. Eit... | |
| buzzzzz, where did i go wrong? I agree with Sean. Having two separate ground systems in your rig is an open invitation to hum problems. Tie the rods together.BTW, just for fun, before you tie them together, hook a voltmeter across your two grounds (with nothing else attached). ... |