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| Please recommend a high-powered SS amp Khwarezm,To get a 9db increase, you would need 8 time the power, and that is assuming the speaker itself does not begin to severely compress the signal (heating of the voice coil increases resistance) which it will do. The Proac speakers I have he... | |
| Measure My Turntable Speed Just use a very cheap strobe disc and a flourescent bulb light source. The bulb flickers at a rate related to the 60Hz regulated frequency of the powerline. Even an incandescent bulb does this and can be used (though the image is not as clear). Th... | |
| Spades or bananas connectors? I haven't experimented myself, so I am just relaying information from two friends who are high end dealers. For convenience, dealers love Banana plugs because they change out gear all of the time. However, neither use banana plugs because they fin... | |
| Genuine Telefunken? Oops, I think they are marked 803 S. Sorry, I haven't pulled them from my phono stage in a LONG time. | |
| Genuine Telefunken? I don't know if the conterfeiters have managed to get the embossed emblem right, but,on the bottom of real Telefunkens should be their diamond symbol that is actually part of the glass pressing (raised surface) and not painted or etched into the g... | |
| 16K to Spend. Help me make the end all Upgrade. Good advice from Sbank. It would be a pity to spend big bucks and not get good sound because of placement issues. Aside from size, the suggestion of the Vandersteen has the advantage of the speaker offering some flexibility as to bass response sho... | |
| Class D amp with Tube Preamp Combo? Hi Guidocorona,It was a massive, single chassis stereo amp. I think the model number was 302, but, I am not sure. The owner used it to power Kharma speakers, but sold it in favor of a Hovland amp after buying a pair of Sonus Faber Anniversarios. W... | |
| Class D amp with Tube Preamp Combo? Hi Guidocorona,It was one of the earlier Class D amps, though I don't recall the model number. I bet it was still low on the learning curve and subsequent models have been improved.I am hesitant to talk about "tube magic," because it means differe... | |
| Class D amp with Tube Preamp Combo? To a great extent, component compatibility is unpredictable, and the only way to really know is to actually try different combinations. However, as a general rule, I have found that the idea of mixing and matching so that the strengths and weaknes... | |
| Older Cd Players vs. new ones I don't know about mid-1990's vs. today, but, it is not necessarily the case that newer stuff beats older. First, the simple, and I suppose one could say primitive, technology of the Audionote and Zanden approach delivers fantastic results. I woul... | |
| 16K to Spend. Help me make the end all Upgrade. I heard the Classic Audio Reproduction T-3s powered by Atmasphere's OTL amps and the combination is fantastic. I know looks are in the eye of the beholder, but, it does not strike me as being high on the WAF scale, particularly give the size of th... | |
| 16K to Spend. Help me make the end all Upgrade. Does WAF include placement in the room of the speaker? Most speakers sound their very best well away from back walls and sides. Some are designed to be a bit more flexible in placement.I thought that one of the better sounding speakers that was no... | |
| Lyra Titan i on Basis Vector 4 experience? I have a Titan on a Vector 3, a friend has one on a Vector 4 and the combination works very well. I talked to someone in the know a few years back (I think it was A.J. Conti of Vector) and he said that the Titan transfers a tremendous amount of vi... | |
| Recommend a small tube amp for bedroom use? Look at the Italian brand Synthesis. Very compact and nice looking. Nice sounding too, though not cheap. Also, it is pushpull (I recall one model used EL84s). | |
| VPI TNT static problem, Why? I agree with Headsnappin. Dry brushing doesn't really do much to keep a record clean. Instead, it creates a static charge that causes dust to adhere even more to the record and cause static discharge problems. Go with a cheap wet/vacuum cleaning s... |