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| Resistive loading Proper loading can become an even trickier issue if you are employing a step up transformer. A good discussion of this can be found in a white paper put out by Rothwell:http://www.rothwellaudioproducts.co.uk/html/mc_step-up_transformers_explai.ht... | |
| Most hyped turntable, tonearm, and cartridge? If you have and like an SPU cartridge, it is a matter of choosing a suitable arm, I don't think the type of table particularly matters. Some people insist on being vintage appropriate, but, to me, a good table, regardless of vintage, deserves a g... | |
| Resistive loading High amount of loading (meaning a LOWER value resistor) will reduce the top end which means less "sparkle" and "air" on top and more perceived bass (because the tonal balance has shifted). I personally don't like anything less than about 125 ohms... | |
| Cube Audio Nenuphar Single Driver Speaker (10 inch) TQWT Enclosure At many audio shows, the Zu Audio room features their models playing hard rock and metal music playing at extremely high volume. The speakers are quite capable at delivering at high volume levels.Full range single driver systems cannot deliver th... | |
| Most hyped turntable, tonearm, and cartridge? My understanding is that the "new" Garrard 301 is not that at all. The factory is now refurbishing the original 301s, including replacement of certain parts that they now are re-manufacturing. The ultimate plan is to increase the number of parts... | |
| Who besides TAP can repair an Esoteric UX 03-SE Perhaps, you should say where you are located so someone can suggest a nearby service location. | |
| Oppression within the speaker industry and how it can be stopped? The market is not conspiring to deny anyone the custom tailoring you seem to think we all deserve. It simply is not possible to mass manufacture products, which make them cheaper, AND make them bespoke. You want custom tailored clothing, you pay... | |
| Highest BUILD quality tube amps? I normally find this kind of question impossible to answer, but, when it comes to build quality, I think there is a company that has a record to sustain the evidence that it is a top contender, and that is Western Electric. There are many of its ... | |
| Oppression within the speaker industry and how it can be stopped? For such "oppression" to be a reality, you must have a conspiracy or dominant monolithic power that controls the industry, which is simply the opposite of reality. With a low barrier to entry into the market, there are hundreds of different compa... | |
| Best tube preamplifier for under $15k I don't think there is any reasonable answer to that question, particularly because no particular requirements are specified. Is remote control a necessary feature (to me it is), is a balance control important (again a necessity for me)? Do you ... | |
| Best Amp and Pre-amp with silver transformers and silver wiring I own a very nice amp with silver wire output transformers--Audio Note Kageki. But, I cannot say that it is necessarily the transformer wire composition that makes it a very good amp. I also own a pushpull amp with copper wiring that I actually ... | |
| Cartridge reliability I have never had a problem with Lyra cartridges. The out-of-the-box quality, based on alignment of the cantilever and stylus, has been flawless, and I've never had problems with the cantilever tilting in one direction over time. While some may b... | |
| Never Owned a Tube Amp and Want Advice Keep in mind that sibilance is in a lot of vocal recordings; if you try to kill it by rolling off the tweeter (the resistors you mention), something else might be lost. The most annoying vocal sibilance I hear tends to be in classical choral reco... | |
| More power for moderate listening levels? I have heard, and liked, the HL5+, and to me, even with lower-powered tube amps, it can play quite loudly. But, my idea of loud might be different from yours. In building any speaker, compromises must be made, and I doubt that the HL5+ was desig... | |
| How to damper booming bass... The first step with ANY sound issue is finding the best placement of the speaker. While moving speakers away from the corners of the room will reduce boom, a more precise way to find the best placement is to use one of the methodologies that invo... |