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| Soundstage...How to determine what's right? Newby: It's just NOT possible for a stereo system to produce sound, on the plane of the speakers, outside the speakers when the sound from both speakers is in phase AND your speakers are set up properly. (....) As you've phrased it, s OK:) Listeni... | |
| Tube CDP/DAC sound: too "refined"? I really enjoy my "crême fraiche"Off topic: what's the trick to write the accent (btw, it's on top of the i in fraiche, not the creme)??May I propose the qUote of the daystereo is for entertainment, but it certainly is not entertaining if it does ... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Excellent, Raul, Thank you! This is a very useful reference (I bookmarked this thread, of course).Saves us all the trouble of buying 150 MMs and trying them out individually:)!{BTW, yes, I also use MM -- an Empire -- replacing a Clearaudio Discovery} | |
| Are passive preamps better? Lynne I've got 1.1V sensitivity@22k ohmI take that to be the amp's specs, right? I.e. it reaches its peak when fed (a max) of 1,1V & its input impedance is 20kOhm. That's not too bad...But are you saying your players have an "output impedance... | |
| Best blues guitarist, Clapton or Green Aw heck! How can you chooseWell, one is with us (fortunately) and the other isn't (sadly). | |
| Heard my friend's system, thinking of leaving hifi Dave, "Unfortunately the biggest mismatch in most systems is between the two speakers and the speakers vs. the room."with respect I disagree. By fat the biggest mismatch /bungling /disaster, etc is between speakers and amplification. | |
| Are passive preamps better? Lynne: Pubul57, Why does an amp with a low imput impedence affect the frequency response by increasing the mid's? Why doesn't it simply drive the pre into distortion?P didn't say that -- he pointed to losses in low freq and very high freq.Low inpu... | |
| Feds to audiophiles: You're all pirates now Opal notes:I usually point out that if they like the CD, it would be a good thing to support the artist and buy anotherQuite so. Nevertheless, I have a sneaky feeling that convenience & waste of money are the two most important "self-justifica... | |
| Swiss amps Alexsee each employ unique circuitry (...) which makes them rather uniqueYou floored me.Can you research the new circuit and advise -- and why hasn't anyone won a Nobel prize for this??(In other words... Relax) | |
| A hard look at the effect of cables Is it really that difficult for a cable to carry a full range signal? I don't know much, but this is the first I"ve heard of this.Of course not. The problem (if problem there is) is in the way that wire carries a wide-band signal; i.e. there may b... | |
| Is anyone familiar with TDL Compact speakers? Well, I had listened to a pair of small stand-mounted TDLs many years ago -- so yours may not be the same pedigree speaker. Have you listened to LS3/5A? If so, the TDL are slightly more bloated in their bottom (~90Hz) & the upper mids. They pr... | |
| A hard look at the effect of cables Ps: Actually there are a few manufacturers who offer wide-bandwidth amplification devices. Amazongly, there has been little marketing bull about this, so as you imply "however much the marketing bull* there's always room left for more".Watch out f... | |
| A hard look at the effect of cables Psacanli, btw, I guess this is why Spectral had MIT design some cables for them.Reportedly, no. The spectral amps are wide-bandwidth devices (up to ~1MHz), so the wire must protect against picking up hi freq noise. Other amps are bandwidth limited... | |
| Build your ultimate FANTASY system Remote controlled model of Cameron Diaz for the analogue system.Multi-amped horn-loaded speakers, phase / delays mechanically controlled, xovers line-level passive. Amps dedicated to their specific frequency range.The rest (sources, pre, phono equ... | |
| Tube amps and power consumption Actually, yr SS at full power should consume over 200W. The 70W is probably consumption when idle.Do ALL tube amps have such a power consumption?By "same" I assume you mean "high" power consumption.Consumption is a matter of the output power of th... |