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| Question about Gain, amp power and volume I think you are under the impression that there is an increase in sound quality with a higher volume knob setting. Not true. Keep the playback volume level where you like it. It's determined primarily by your listening room and the distance to you... | |
| What is the difference in CD transports? A transport is no different than amps or preamps with respect to the internal circuit components - the better the quality, the better the sound. This is because preserving an audio signal is is tricky (and expensive). A transport that sounds bette... | |
| Abandonning Powered Speakers - Why? Audio is a business and the sellers know that the sickness of the audiophile is in the equipment and sound variations. An all-in-one doesn't usually fare well; whether it be powered speakers, integrated amps, or CD/Preamps. Why do you think one of... | |
| Impendance - Resistance & the story of "Z" A very simplified definition, though not technically correct, would be:Resistance: opposition to current that is constant no matter what the frequency (60 hz, 2kHz, 1MHz, etc.)Impedance: opposition to current that varies as frequency varies.A resi... | |
| Dedicated Line, Surge and Safety 10 gage is not overkill. You're house will not catch fire either by surges or because #10 wire happens to be capable of carrying extra current - the circuit breakers and the grounding system protects against that.With respect to surges: surges are... | |
| Current Trends in multi thousand dollar speakers One thing that's overlooked when analyzing speaker frequency response graphs is that they don't tell the complete story. It is assumed that a "flat" response oozes performance but that is only true in a laboratory environment. In the listening wor... | |
| Does "Non Compensated" Reviewing Still Exist? Yeah, but it's still ONE person's perception in a system and room that's very different from yours. Even if they could nail down an opinion in no-uncertain straightforward take-no-prisoners honest terms, it still won't help. You have to listen for... | |
| SET amp hum problem Best thing to do is email George Wright. He will get back to you. Before you do, there's a couple of things to try. Replace the 6SN7's with new ones. Bad driver tubes will cause hum. Check the polarity of your outlets with one of those three-light... | |
| Amp for Thiel 2.3s. Anyone use Classe with them? As a Thiel owner, I can say that if you hear any brightness it is somewhere in your system and not the speaker. Could be your preamp, cables, and possibly the amp. Whatever it is, the Theils are presenting it and not causing it. I have heard the T... | |
| shotgun vs. bi-wire cables Normal configuration is one wire for each the positive and negative terminal for the amp and speaker (one cable with two wires per speaker), terminated at the ends.Shotgun is two wires for each the positive and negative terminal for the amp and sp... | |
| Is nickel any good 4 speaker cable or power cords? Nickel plating is used on copper conductors mostly for resistance to corrosion, resistance to high temperatures and to prevent copper from leaching through coatings of gold or silver. The price is lower conductivity (higher ohms/ft). Some high qua... | |
| short in a tube-what happens? A tube can short when heater wires within the tube deform under high heat and touch the cathode. Excessive heating happens when air leaks in the tube. With a heater to cathode short, excessive current can destroy an amp output transformer unless t... | |
| Power cord length and monoblocks It's unlikely that the wires behind the wall are of equal length either, so I wouldn't consider a few feet pc cord length difference critical.Power-wise, it' not a concern. A 10 ga wire will lose half a volt for every 10 feet at 20 amps, and since... | |
| Dazed and confused If there's nothing wrong with the VTL, then it may be an impedance issue. The Cary and Unison could be switched to an 8-ohm output. The VTL, I think, is only a 4-ohm output. Fair amount of power is lost from a 4-ohm tap into a 14-ohm load. | |
| Gain vs Volume....a question? In simple terms, gain is a ratio and volume is what you hear. For example, say that "gain =10". Take two sounds - a gunshot and a whisper. If you multiply each by 10, the whisper will have a higher volume and be easier to hear whereas the gunshot ... |