greysquirrel
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| How do I ground a system with mono block I had the same problem, though I had to lift the ground on both amps to get it to quiet down enough. Great question. Don't have any answers, but I'm very interested in someone who does. Thanks, Greysquirrel | |
| Whats a good tube preamp? Haven't heard the top of the line stuff from Conrad Johnson, but the current mid level stuff is not what I'd call transparent. Very musical (a CJ PV3 was my very first "high-end" preamp and caused me to get the terminal disease called audiophilia ... | |
| Power Cord Advice I know 3 may be a crowd and 4 or 5 definitely, but I'd like to try the "Kacz Power Cord" too. Carl, if you think it has potential, please post back here and I'll make a pair up for my mono's. Kacz, did you use these on amps or front end comp? I've... | |
| tube amp for thiel 3.6 I second the opinion from Jall!! I'm using the Manley Designer Ref 240's ($3500`$4500 used) and they are a revelation. My speakers are Avalon Eclipse's which are difficult to drive for reasons other than impedance (they only dip to 5 ohms, but the... | |
| Has anyone found Audio Nirvana? I don't think we ever "reach nirvana", but I feel I'm getting much closer. In the past I've owned a lot of different, fairly upscale equipment (ML ReQuest, Mirage M3Si, Levinson 27.5, Jadis Defy7 MkIV, VTL MB150's, Theta GenVa Balanced, ARC and Th... | |
| Speaker Advice ? I owned Mirage M3Si's and like them very much. Ugraded to ML ReQuest and these were certainly better in many audiophhile ways, but the M3's still had a place in my heart. After buying Avalon Eclipse ($3800 used), there is no room in my heart for a... | |
| What makes an amp hum/ground loop? Johnwowen, I have had an almost identical situation. One dedicated outlet for source components plugged into a powerwedge 114 and one other dedicated outlet for stereo amps. Always was very quiet with a wide variety of stereo amps. However, I purc... | |
| Dedicated line questions Forgive me if I'm wrong, but aren't most ground loop problems the result of a difference in potential between grounds, giving rise to "ground loops"? If this is so, then having separate grounds for each outlet would not be wise, right? I can see h... | |
| How Flat is Flat? I think Carl is right. Just moving the speaker/listening position and absorbing/diffusing first reflection points will not smooth out the low frequency response. For a given room dimension there are optimal locations to reduce the peaks and valley... | |
| Dedicated line questions Garfish or Redkiwi, you mentioned a dedicated ground ("3 6 feet copper rods within 10 feet of outlets") for your outlets. I have two dedicated 20A outlets (1 for source and 1 for amp, need a 2nd for amps now that I use mono's). I do not have dedic... | |
| CONRAD JOHNSON TUBE LOVERS HEAVEN Haven't heard the Prem 5's, but I do own Manley Ref 250 mono's which use 10 EL34 per chassis. I recently replaced Sovtek's with Svetlana's and thought it a significant improvement. You can get more power from 6550/KT90 types, but for my money, EL3... | |
| Best audio mag TAS! Stereophile has definitely caved. TAS remains committed to high-end, whereas 'phile is trying to hang on to high enders while bringing some of the Stereo Review into the fold. I too think "J-10" is a flake with too much money and not enough d... | |
| Balanced Interconnects?? Your balanced cable description is correct, Rockvirgo; however, your description of single-ended cables is wrong. Just before a balanced output the entire waveform is physically split into two voltages, opposite in polarity and equal in magnitude ... | |
| Balanced Interconnects?? Single ended (RCA) cables carry the entire waveform, not just the + or - side of the signal. A balanced (XLR) cable carries the + half on one conductor and the - half on another. This allows for some small reduction in noise picked up by longer ca... | |
| A "dumb" question about power ratings? Keis hit on another good point; however, his explanation negates the use of a good tube amp. Most tube amps will not double power as impedance is halved. Many only maintain power as impedance drops. In fact, some VERY good tube amps (mostly OTL's)... |