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| Advice Pls: Tact v PS Audio v Spectral Brian- If you are intending to get speakers from Duke, I'd strongly suggest that you ask him about his experiences with the Sound Labs. Though I've not dealt with him personally, I've heard nothing but good things about him and would trust his adv... | |
| Perfect Solution for Hi Res Mayhem Amal- Though I completely agree with your decision to focus on two channel sound, I'm a little perplexed about some of your other decisions, or I should say the reasoning behind them.I find it rather interesting that your rationale for not getting... | |
| HELP Electrocompaniet stole Christmas Hi Stewart- Happy New Year!Thanks for responding. Though I understand Alan's initial position and the points that you've identified, I believe that there must be a better solution to this problem that will be more inclusive rather than exclusive.F... | |
| HELP Electrocompaniet stole Christmas With all due respect Brulee, I think this is one topic that Stewart or any other Electro dealer would want to avoid. It is the position of the Electro importer that is of concern, and quite possible that no dealer is going to sway the importers de... | |
| Where should my equipment rack go? Dewinkle- If you have a low profile, open architecture rack, then placing the equipment between the speakers might work just fine. I've had problems in the past with racks between the speakers effecting the sound stage presentation. Given that man... | |
| Best phono pre-amp I'd also include the Lamm LP-2 and the WAVAC LCR-X1. Enjoy. | |
| HELP Electrocompaniet stole Christmas Twl- All of your points are certainly valid, if the unit was brought into the US with the intention of circumventing the US/NA importer. However, as Subaru pointed out, what if the unit were legitimately brought into the US by the original owner b... | |
| What is the best amplifier for Rockport speakers? Ban- At this perfomance and price level, there will likely be several great amps that should work well with any of the Rockport speakers, both solidstate and tubes. It will depend on your personal preference as to which camp to consider. For my pr... | |
| Question on Output Music Hall MMF-5 / Sumiko Pre Your assumption is entirely correct. Warped records (and non-concentric punched records) can produce high amplitube subsonic distortion. It can damage drivers if someone were negligent, particularly with smaller mid/bass drivers and high power amp... | |
| Adding power-supply chokes to gear possible? Socrates- Sean, I think you misinterpreted Socrates question. My interpretation of Socrates question is whether it is possible to add choke(s) to the internal power supply of your audio components. The answer would have to be maybe. It would depen... | |
| I need top quality banana plugs. Tbg- I think Wireworld made a solid silver banana plug at one time. I had a set around here somewhere, though I never installed them. They were a solder or crimp/solder type and were not locking. Good luck. | |
| Which outputs when using Pre as phono front end? Phil- I don't know the circuit configuration of the FET2, but often the tape-out buffers were merely so-so op-amps. As the tape-out signals were seen as a convenience but not really valued sonically, these op-amps were less than stellar. If this i... | |
| Rack placement - what works best? It will depend on the type of rack, open architecture (like the Sistrum racks I prefer) or a large coffin. Usually, racks are best kept out of corners as the airborne vibration is exacerbated in corners due to boundary reinforcment. If a rack is t... | |
| plinius sa100III v pass x150 Jrud- Just a word of caution. Listen before you buy!!!! OK, actually, a few words. Reviews are at best a positive when it comes to resell an item, but they mean very little in terms of your potential enjoyment. If possible, I'd suggest considering... | |
| Correlation between tube bias and hiss? It could be a problem with old output tubes or the hiss may be due to a malfunctioning bias circuit. It would seem that the bias supply can't supply a high enough bias voltage to increase the current through the cathode resistor. It's not uncommon... |