gs5556
Responses from gs5556
| What would a 2a3 based amp. bring to the table? Twl pretty much covered it...from my experience, I purchased a pair of 2A3 monoblocks from Wright-Sound last year for use with my DIY speaker project. I hooked these guys up to my Thiel 3.6 speakers (86 db effieciency) expecting to hear...well I d... | |
| What will I Have?? You would have two capacitors in series. The resulting capacitance, from high school physics, is 13MF. I assume you are doing this to increase the voltage rating of the capacitors by bridging them. As a rule of thumb, the maximum voltage to apply ... | |
| Classical music for Rockers Listen to Wagners' "Siegfried's Journey" from Gotterdammerung and The Who's Quadrophenia. Notice anything? | |
| Thiel or Sonus Faber??...Need help please I have Thiels and a CAT hooked up. But I listen mostly to classical and jazz. I have auditioned the Electa's, Electa Amtors and Extremas. The Extremas are far and away the best of this bunch - but oh that price tag. The SF are definetly in a class... | |
| interconnect vs speaker cable Look at it this way:1. Everything between source and speaker distorts the signal in some way.2. No cable can return a distortion to its original state.3. The closest thing to your source is the first to distort.Since the speaker cable cannot corre... | |
| what the best phono preamp used with CAT SL1 Why not just activate the phono stage? | |
| why do power cords make a difference with transpor A transport DOES NOT send out "1's and 0's"! It sends out an analog AC signal just like a phono pre-amp, tape deck, amp, DAC, etc. This analog signal is a representation of the digital stream of "1's and 0's". The way the signal is handled with th... | |
| Are there any absolute truths??? There are no absolutes. Except for no two people will hear and exprience the exact same thing. We all have different preferences, stimulants, experiences, physiology, and hang-ups. "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder" applies here. | |
| Theta Jade or Basic II Both are very similar - excellent base, dynamics, transparency, detail and cost far less than other transports at their performance point. The Jade is, to me, a little better...probably because it puts out less jitter and it's a later generation d... | |
| Got screwed using Paypal What to do? Richard, since you paid by credit card you have certain rights. First, contact the credit card issuer and tell them you are disputing the charge. By law, they must invesigate and, if they cannot get PAYPAL to issue you a refund or credit within 30... | |
| Choice of Wire for Dedicated Line Use MC type cable. This is similar to BX/AC only it provides better EMI noise suppression and uses a dedicated grounding conductor. Run the grounding conductor to the ground bar of the main panel; NOT the neutral bar. If the panel does not have a ... | |
| Amp / Cable / Speaker interaction....why? One reason, and IMO the most likely, is that most gear is voiced with specific cables, speakers, amps, etc. For example, Avalon speakers are voiced with MIT cables - so there is a consensus (not unanimity) among those who prefer the sound af Avalo... | |
| What prevents DIY speakers to become the ultimate? Wasn't most every speaker company once a DIY venture? I don't think Jim Thiel, etal, slapped their label on ready-made stuff and proclaimed themselves a "commercial" company. | |
| Upgrading VTL 2.5 pre-amp to: CAT, BAT, or ARC? I have owned ARC preamps and currently have the CAT SL-1 Signature. IMO, the CAT is superior in terms of presenting the sound stage, the space around performers and in overall resolution. Even though it's tubed, it does not have what you would cal... | |
| Tubes & Digital - Is There A Link? Pendulum Audio and, I think, Mesa. I'm not in the recording biz - the Pendulum gear is something I read about in a guitar mag a while back. |