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| Metal or Carbon Resistors - Which is better? I know you are trying to minimize coloration by utilizing a passive linestage, but, ultimately, the goal is to achieve the best sound by assembling good and compatible components. The challenge with passive linestages is a loss of dynamics—the so... | |
| Seeking horn array loudspeakers with a maximum price of $17,500.00 per pair. The Edgarhorns I heard were very good sounding; they lacked the peaky midrange sound of some horn systems. | |
| Metal or Carbon Resistors - Which is better? Transformer/autoformer attenuators do a better job of preserving dynamics and sounding vivid than other types. Instead of burning off the signal in a resistor, transformers reduce voltage by converting it to increased current. Because of complex... | |
| Metal or Carbon Resistors - Which is better? For some passive linestages, the resistors are almost the whole game—they have a few switches/selector, and attenuation means a stepped attenuator or relay switching of different combination of resistors. The right choice is important. | |
| Seeking horn array loudspeakers with a maximum price of $17,500.00 per pair. You are looking for something that sounds good at most volume levels. That is one of the major strengths of horn systems. But, it is also the strength of other types of speakers like the backloaded horn full range driver system like those from C... | |
| Seeking horn array loudspeakers with a maximum price of $17,500.00 per pair. I like the suggestions of Volti speakers. I also like some open baffle speakers that utilize horn midrange/tweeter arrays, like the PureAudioProject speakers, although I think the full range driver and coaxial and AMT midrange/tweeter modules tha... | |
| Metal or Carbon Resistors - Which is better? I suppose it would also matter which specific brands were offered too. A local builder of very high end custom electronics likes certain vintage carbon composition resistors for the rich and warm sound he favors. Most of his builds use the likes... | |
| Seeking horn array loudspeakers with a maximum price of $17,500.00 per pair. I run about 5 wpc of pushpull power to 99 db/w horn system. | |
| Does cover art of an album or recording influences your purchase? I normally go by the musical content. But, once in a while I will buy an album for its cover art. I am not that big a fan of Jazz guitar music, but when I saw a very nice looking Wes Montgomery "Road Song" album I had to buy it. This is one of ... | |
| Audio Technica AT-ART1000X I have heard the slightly older ART 1000 cartridge and it is among my favorites in sound quality and it is not as high priced as some of the others I like too. | |
| Phono Stage - The great analog tragedy EAR 912 is a good call for an example of something extraordinary. Someone above mentioned the Mares Connoisseur. I have not heard it, but I heard the version Lyra licensed and built and it sounded great—very dynamic and vivid sounding. The Lyra... | |
| Tube preamplifier lifespan With most tube gear, you can expect a MUCH longer serviceable life than solid state gear. Most parts can be replaced on tube equipment while many solid state gear becomes unrepairable because a chip or transistor is no longer available. Also, tu... | |
| Phono Stage - The great analog tragedy High end phono is no different than anything else in audio--any given model will be liked by some and disliked by others. I have not gone on any sort of careful exploration of the subject, nor have I made that many direct comparisons in my own sy... | |
| Will a record weight harm the motor in a direct drive turntable? Aside from trying to reduce the effects of a warp, record weights and outer rings are attempts to change the sound to tune it to one's preference. It the weight more effectively couples the record to the platter/mat such that internal vibrations ... | |
| Phono Stage - The great analog tragedy Strain gauge cartridge output is dependent on the amplitude of the movement of the stylus while most other cartridges have output dependent of the velocity of the stylus movement. Amplitude sensitive cartridges can sort of get away with no equali... |