jameswei
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| Pre amp for Pass Labs XA30.5 – Tube or SS I would guess the Pass preamp should be the best match, although there should be no problems with the others.It might come down to what kind of sound you prefer. I would think the Pass will be accurate and clear, while the tube preamps would lend ... | |
| looking for nice PC trio Have you looked at Audio Engine?The Audioengine 2 was reviewed positively:http://www.stereophile.com/budgetcomponents/1207ae/index.html | |
| Graham Phantom Supreme? Thanks for the encouragement.It's been a bunch of years now since I bought my original Phantom, so this has become pretty much a moot point for me, at least from a usefulness point of view.I have three Graham arms, the 1.5, 2.2, and the original P... | |
| Graham Phantom Supreme? I would be more tempted to upgrade now if I had ever been sent an owner's manual for my original Phantom. -- Kind of a sour vibe. | |
| Has the Oppo carried the AV industry? My audio purchases have tended to be investments. I have paid up for the better stuff and been happy with it for years. Yeah, I have also gone round the upgrade cycle but I've generally kept the equipment I've replaced, moving them to bedroom or b... | |
| Amplifier Goes into Protect Mode Right Channel Hmm. For your solid state amp to go into protect mode, either it is itself broken or it is putting out a lot of power into the right channel.Assuming the solid state amp is not broken, you should be hearing the power that it is putting out in the ... | |
| Sun light issues... possibly? The glass will block most of the damaging UV rays, but there could still be some deterioration.You could swap the left and right speakers every two or three years. | |
| Different Versions of Tice Power Block III? I have owners' instruction manuals for the B and the C, and I have a review of the A from The Inner Ear Report (TIER).All three versions offer five different circuits.The A is described by the TIER report as having three circuits each with 300 wat... | |
| Passive/line stage HT preamp? "the Oppos use 32 bit internal processing for the volume control. Even if you turn the volume down significantly, you'll still have at least 24 bits of resolution. The Oppo's digital volume control is a very good one"Good point; thank you for poin... | |
| Passive/line stage HT preamp? "Actually, I guess a better way to ask the question is can I go directly from the analog outs of the Oppo to my amps? Do I lose anything that way?"The Oppo has a volume control that works in the digital domain? Such controls theoretically lose res... | |
| What's your view on blind testing? The sound of a component also depends on the rest of the system -- components that sound similar in one system may sound quite different in another. | |
| Thump noise on the lead in on warped LPs It is possible for a cartridge suspension to fail spontaneously after some period of use.I don't know much about the Garrot Bros P770, but have you looked to see if the cartridge sinks too close to the vinyl?I assume you would notice if the cartri... | |
| Thump noise on the lead in on warped LPs I would try to fix the warp.There used to be devices to fix warps. One remedy used to be to gently heat the vinyl between two sheets of glass in an oven. (Done carefully!)I have a ring clamp on my VPI turntable which is heavy enough to flatten mos... | |
| What's up with America? 1. I'm trying to understand compression and expansion. I am assuming that there is expansion (or at least no compression) when I listen to my vinyl America because the level is pretty low. Presumably, the musical peaks are not compressed, so the r... | |
| Classe CA100 - Static, Cut Outs when cold. Ideas? I experienced a similar problem with a CA 100.These amps are getting old so it could be a bad cap or even a bad solder joint somewhere. (The cost of repair could approach the price of a replacement amp, but then you don't know if the replacement m... |