johnnyb53
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| Which Rel subwoofer Before I spent that much coin on the REL-328, which really just adds a sharp spike at 45 Hz, I'd give a hard look and listen to the REL Fathom F110. It's not much more money, and can be had for well under list. The Fathom goes lower, plays louder.... | |
| Audio Technica AT150MLX finally gets some respect 12-09-12: Oatstaowhy does the original poster state and I quote - "If you want the best out of this cart, you *must* give it a capacitive load between 100 and 200 pF. In fact, my highly adjustable Jolida JD-9A phono stage indicates that the real s... | |
| Audio Technica AT150MLX finally gets some respect 12-11-12: Dsper...I am running a KABUSA Pro S40 which is an Ortofon cartridge that fits into the arm without a headshell. I like it alot especially since I played with the capacitive load switch on the Jolida. Getting that right added detail and h... | |
| How do I use the KEF Kube 2 w/ my Denon receiver? Rec = tape out = connect to Kube's input.PB = Playback = connect to Kube's output.Red = right channel; white = left channel. You need both for stereo.To have the Kube in circuit to flatten and extend the response of your KEFs, push the Tape button... | |
| Audio Technica AT150MLX finally gets some respect Hi. I'm the original poster, and Almarg explained it well. I have had this cartridge for four years and have used three phono stages with it--the phono stage in a pawnshop Amber 17, which had a series of capacitance DIP switches, a Cambridge 640P ... | |
| How do I use the KEF Kube 2 w/ my Denon receiver? Use one of the receiver's tape monitor loops. Connect the receiver's "Tape out" jacks to the Kube's "In" jacks. Connect the Kube's "Out" jacks to the receiver's "Tape In" jacks. When you want the Kube to equalize the sound of your KEF speakers, tu... | |
| ADS L990 with what Amp? I had a pair of ADS L1090s for nearly 10 years and tried several amplifiers with them. If you want larger ADS's to sing, you really need a high current SS amp, preferably with high power as well. An '80s Technics receiver? Naah. Jolida tube amp? F... | |
| Speaker Cable Recommendation 12-05-12: JtcfI did purchase the Belkin in 2012,and they had a lot of it,various spools and shorter terminated pairs.Link? Do they still have it? My search for "Belkin" at the partsconnexion.com website yielded no returns. Otherwise, that *would* ... | |
| interesting article about turntables and vinyl I regularly experience transcendental moments with my turntable-sourced rig. Moments where I feel in touch with the musicians and their artistic intentions when the recording was made. I occasionally have had these experiences with CDs, but nowher... | |
| Speaker Cable Recommendation 12-03-12: JtcfGet a spool of Belkin speaker cable from Partsconnextion.It's OHNOPCC copper with 18 different sized solid core strands individually insulated.To find the website, it's spelled partsconnexion. And you won't find any Belkin products t... | |
| Interconnects 12-04-12: Polk432I have Blue Heaven LS 1M I'll use for the amp to pre, and 1M Heimdalls for the Tuner to the pre.Your primary source is a tuner? | |
| Monitor speakers that disappear:best image/staging 12-01-12: Rgs92Thanks ... for the suggestions about the stands. I will look into stands also (Sound Anchors are the only ones I'm familiar with).If you want that holographic imaging, then mounting them on rigid, inert stands is half the equation. ... | |
| Wiring confusion with JL sub and components I shouldn't have said "transformer." I don't know what the conversion circuit is. The point is, the powered subwoofers with speaker-level inputs would have circuits very similar to the passive units available in car audio. There's no reason to tur... | |
| Wiring confusion with JL sub and components Kal Rubinson (Kr4) is right. There is a simple answer; transformers abound in the auto sound world for converting speaker output signal back to preamp level signals. There used to be some available for home audio. Carver made one in the '80s to en... | |
| Integrated amp with HT bypass & phono stage Another enthusiastic recommendation for the Marantz PM8004. TAS Review here. It even has an excellent discrete MM phono stage. The level of resolution, refinement, and speaker control has to be heard to be believed on this $999 unit. It also has d... |