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| Mono record sounds like stereo Mono LPs can sound absolutely wonderful, and in some cases, you don’t miss stereo. This is because your brain is doing the work of supplying a stereo- like image. Your brain knows where the horns are usually located in an orchestra, and likewise w... | |
| TT cable question A true balanced phono connection from cartridge to phono inputs to a balanced phono stage nearly always does not need a separate earth ground wire. (3 of my 3 balanced phono stages do not require a ground connection.) Typically, ground floats in s... | |
| PS Audio Stellar phono question Pinwa, I never meant to imply that balanced is intrinsically better than an SE connection. I only wondered about your finding that a short length of balanced IC gave a result that was at least equal to SE, where a long length of balanced fell down... | |
| PS Audio Stellar phono question pinwa, Can you describe what it is that you hear that makes you prefer SE to balanced, when you use 12 feet of cable? Because that is surprising, to say the least. Also, is the BHK a balanced device? (I think it is, but I am grasping at straws t... | |
| PS Audio Stellar phono question In case it is not clear to the OP, what Raul is showing you is that the 6db difference between balanced and unbalanced inputs and outputs is more or less proof that the amplifying circuit is balanced. | |
| A Story about a Defective Signature Platinum The original "Mingus-Ah-Um" is already sooo good, it would be hard to beat or to mess up in reissue. LIkewise, "Tijuana Moods". I would not have been in favor of that lawsuit, if anyone was taking a poll, because in the end we need to keep compan... | |
| TT cable question Ya know, I wanted to call it a "spade lug", but then I started to think about spade connectors and was fearful of misleading the OP. "Fork-like" is vivid, I thought. | |
| PS Audio Stellar phono question I think it is true balanced, but consult PS Audio directly is my advice. | |
| TT cable question If you are in single-ended mode using RCA termination, then you do not have to worry about a separate ground between phono and linestage. The interconnection does that. However you likely but not always need a separate ground wire between tonearm ... | |
| A Story about a Defective Signature Platinum This discussion has veered toward the Abby Normal. (See “Frankenstein, Young” created by Mel Brooks et al.) | |
| Studer A807 Knock1, your critique is spot on. No need to apologize. OP might get relevant responses on some other forum dedicated to tape or even on What’s Best Forum. Many of those guys are tape aficionados. | |
| Modwright PH 9.0X Tube Rolling Question Travis, I can only tell you that if you look up what tube rectifiers are cross-compatible with the 274B, the only tube that comes up is 5U4G. I leave it to you to do further research. One other found fact: the 274B does not like to be followed by... | |
| A Story about a Defective Signature Platinum "5000%"? That's 50-fold. So the "American Importer" was charging, e.g., $5000 for what cost $100 in Japan? Really? | |
| A Story about a Defective Signature Platinum If Sotheby were to auction off Mijo’s cartridge, it would fairly be termed "pre-owned, original", in my opinion. In the fine print, they would mention the bit about the defect and that it was repaired. But as long as it still has its OEM cantileve... | |
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