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| Question about suitable fuse metals I don't need homeowner's insurance (never had my house burn down before), don't need to screen for cancer (never died from cancer before); don't need to look both ways before crossing the street (close, but never been hit by a car while walking). ... | |
| Need some help picking my first MC Cartridge Do we even know if the OP’s phono stage is equipped with the step up transformer needed for employing a low output MC? Something warm is the sound being sought, does that mean warmer than the Nagaoka? If so, perhaps something from the Ortofon Qu... | |
| Need some help picking my first MC Cartridge Your Icon has the built in MC transformer that is optional? Do you know how much gain the stage provides? MCs vary widely in output so this sort of information is vital for making any sort of recommendation. | |
| Cube Audio Nenuphar Single Driver Speaker (10 inch) TQWT Enclosure What is too much damping? The Cube Audio folks used solid state amps at a show I attended. I assumed that they have a higher damping factor than most tube amps. If they do best with low damping factor, wouldn't they shine best with tube gear? | |
| Horn speakers with Imaging? Extreme toe-in creates a larger sweet spot because the speaker that is farther away is actually closer to being on-axis, which compensates for the additional distance. The down side, I find in most cases, is the sense of width and an enveloping s... | |
| Horn speakers with Imaging? I have not heard any system where one could say that ideal sound was available in an area that could accommodate more than a single listener. The closest was a big room with omni-directional MBL speakers and a giant horn system in a room that was... | |
| Looking for a Warmer Sounding Phono Cartridge It is pretty clear what you are looking for--something that sounds like the Koetsu Rosewood Signature, but at a small fraction of the price of that very high end cartridge. I like that cartridge a lot loo, but, I have not heard something comparab... | |
| Looking for a Warmer Sounding Phono Cartridge I thought the mention of Koetsu RS by the OP was the Rosewood Signature. It is hard to think of anything more like what he is asking for than that cartridge—a great sounding, warm, rich, and not at all strident or bright device. If even more of ... | |
| Looking for a Warmer Sounding Phono Cartridge Doesn’t the koetsu already meet your requirements? That is one of the least strident, yet still reasonably clear sound cartridge on the market. There are some Ortofons that are also rich and not very bright sounding, like the Quintet Bronze (the... | |
| ? about Smoking Power Amp You can google dummy load resistor and buy them already mounted on a suitable heat sink, but the 200 watt ones you will need are not cheap and you would still need a signal and a way to measure the output you are sending to the resistor; all of th... | |
| ? about Smoking Power Amp It is hard to tell from the pictures, but, above the two big electrolytic caps, there appears to be two burned out resistors, one leaving a big white stain from what is left of it, the other a smaller resistor right next to it that also looks dama... | |
| ? about Smoking Power Amp An amp that nearly started a fire when operated incorrectly that did not blow a fuse or trip any other kind of protection (if it had any) would not be something I would want to replace with the same thing. | |
| WHY DO PEOPLE FEEL THE NEED TO COMMENT ON CABLES AND EQUIPMENT THEY HAVE NEVER HEARD? Of course they cannot reasonably comment about the sound of the particular component, just as someone auditioning components via Youtube cannot reasonably comment about how the gear sounds. But, they can otherwise reasonably comment on the gear-- ... | |
| VITUS Ri-101 & NAIM uniti Nova no louder, WHAT AM I MISSING? If given a choice between setting volume via the amp or the streaming source, do it via the amp, with the streamer set at maximum volume. This will ensure that the volume is not being set digitally by throwing away data. As long as you can get t... | |
| VITUS Ri-101 & NAIM uniti Nova no louder, WHAT AM I MISSING? The volume control taper (how much output at a given position) can differ from manufacturer to manufacturer and this has nothing to do with how much output the amp is capable of delivering and the level of distortion at that level. A control that ... |