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| VDH Colibri XPP. Best Load impedance? I seriously doubt that the internal impedance is 500 ohms. According to the VDH site, the various Colibri models have a resistance of 21 ohms, 36 ohms and 96 ohms. For all of these models, VDH recommends loading of 500 ohms to 1k ohms. Even 96 ohm... | |
| VDH Colibri XPP. Best Load impedance? Loading is, as Dover pointed out, so much dependent on not just the cartridge, but the particular phonostage, that a very specific manufacturer recommendation would not make sense (hence, the wide range Dover mentioned that VDH recommended). I thi... | |
| Best rock cover songs, list your favorites Marty,Thanks. I agree that the Zevon version is quite good. I am a big fan of his records, particularly the first album. I once considered making a compilation album of all the songs that Linda Rondstadt butchered as covers; Zevon songs would figu... | |
| Best rock cover songs, list your favorites Ozzy,I will have to look for that obscure cover. Marty, I did not know that "Battleship Chains" by Georgia Satellites was a cover. Is the original worth looking for?There are so many good covers of certain artists who are great song writers, with ... | |
| Best rock cover songs, list your favorites Yup, the Everly's did not write "Love Hurts," but I think they were the first to release a recording of it. Likewise, Shel Silversteen wrote "The Ballad of Lucy Jordan," but again, I think it was for Dr. Hook. | |
| Best rock cover songs, list your favorites The Hendrix "All along the Watchtower" is probably the most prominent example of a cover being more recognized than the original. To me, Odetta's cover of Dylan's "Times they are a Changin" belongs in that category.I like a lot of other covers mor... | |
| Amp & Speaker matching There is no danger at all with using a speaker of ANY nominal impedance with any tube amp. Your use of even higher impedance speakers than the common 4 or 8 ohm speaker is particularly ideal with tube amps--any possible frequency response variatio... | |
| Fuse : Voltage ratings Is there an issue regarding slow blow and fast blowing fuses? What kind are the HiFI Super Tuning fuses? | |
| Clearaudio innovation wood or SME 20/3 Tom,I agree with Peterayer that, apart from general impression, it is almost impossible to reasonably characterize the sound of tables, much less how they will sound in any give system (which includes the listening room) and how the owner will rec... | |
| Your jaw dropping cables The "right" cables really depends on the specific system (components, roon acoustics, etc) and particular taste of the listener. I have rarely experienced cables that seem to work well in most systems. The more extreme the capability of the cable ... | |
| Absorb or Diffuse in between speakers? I am all for experimentation first. In my own setup, I went with a panel that uses absorption on the sides and a small hard diffuser in the center. This worked well for me.A friend has a room that was designed by Rives. It has a very large, convex... | |
| Tube Preamp Paired with Tube Phono Stage? I believe Jonathan Carr, the designer of the Lyra cartridges, has stated that modern cartridges do not need loading to tame ringing and a response peak because those phenomena occur at ultrasonic frequencies; but, loading may be beneficial with ph... | |
| Tube Preamp Paired with Tube Phono Stage? If your linestage has reasonable gain, 60 db of phonostage gain may be enough for some pretty low output cartridges. My phonostage has 60 db of gain, my linestage delivers 13 db of gain, and I use the combination with a .30 mV cartridge with no no... | |
| are some phono stages more resistant to hum? Noise issues with phonostages are often quite unpredictable and hard to figure out. While it might be the case that certain gear is generally more susceptible to noise problems, it can also be the case that it is only more sensitive in certain app... | |
| What is the average lifespan of a phono cartridge? There are a lot of variable involved. Cheaper cartridges use synthetic diamonds that don't last nearly as long as premium styli that are carefully cut and mounted so that the crystal structure is oriented properly to minimize wear. How the user ha... |