lrsky
Responses from lrsky
| Poping noise starting up Mcintosh MA 6900 I went to McMasters training, and have a working acquaintence with the products.Popping through your speakers is not good. The pre amp could have some bad capacitors. The issue here is that if something goes, you could conceivably pass dc, that is... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century These are not "just damping devices", as stated by the audiotweak. They also help ameliorate field energy, a real issue in almost all systems, with some being more sensitive to this than others. As someone pointed out Mick's pre is made in the Out... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Hmmmmm....zazen...hmmmmm, I get it. Laugh. I told you it sounds funny. But if you know just a little, not even a lot, about engineering, you have a basic understanding that the lead can act as a rejection from field effects, and the Fishing worms,... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century I have gotten several emails from people, regarding this microphonic damping device, and rather than try to answer them all individually, David, the first to inquire, asked me to simply send out the copy of what I sent him. This is a little disjoi... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century A lot of responses have talked about microphonics associated with tubes.(A very real and nagging problem) Years ago I designed a product which solves this knotty problem, and it is really magical, and anyone who is handy can build it. It is nasty ... | |
| NewB needs help I have not heard the Odyssey. I am familiar with the Proceed. Everyone can jump in and disagree, especially Proceed owners who will be offended. I find Proceed to be very dry sounding. The B&W's may offset this as they are plummy in the bass. ... | |
| Martin Logan vs. Thiel Make that lrsky@bellsouth.net | |
| Martin Logan vs. Thiel I was Director of Sales for THIEL Audio, but have owned both speakers.The Martin Logans have a completely different sound, as well as sound stage than the THIEL speaker. The Logan has what seems to be less high frequency energy which could be attr... | |
| Hum with surge protector Float the ground. Systems hooked to the same source of ac often have ground loop problems. Cable TV is a disaster, as it acts as a megaphone in 60cycle. The ground is a safety precaution which is not necessary. Using another ac outlet will usually... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Stevem,The First Sound is hand wired with separate power supply. Plus it is completely copper enclosed inside the outer shell, helping with EMI/FR rejection. Even the fans of the wonderful Supratek, (I am one without hearing it) would say that wit... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Why doesn't the First Sound Preamp get the same enthusiatic response as the Supratek. I think sometimes that the chase, just as with sex, is more important than the catch. I conversed with Mick via email, and while he seemed very, very nice, I cam... | |
| Need Help with Technical Question Paul,Call Vinnie at Plinius and tell him exactly what you want to do.He is a good guy and will help.Actually, a diagram is the safest way to proceed with any kind of discussion regarding wiring.Leaving the Plinius on, per se, is not a problem, sin... | |
| Berning and Supratek Tube,Thanks for the info.I made a passing comment about the Merlin's lack of deep bass, not that it did not do bass. Even Bobby would admit that the impact in the lower region is a little light. In a fairness, rooms, distance from the rear wall, c... | |
| Berning and Supratek 84,I have not done the Supratek....yet. But I plan to try a preamp with my Gryphon Callisto in the HT pass through. I tried a cj which was a great pre, but the sad truth is that the matching wasn't as good as the built in microprocessing pre that ... | |
| Tube newbie, Audio Research questions? Another response to this reaction you gave about mixing gear. In other incarnations of my life I used great tubed preamps with solid state amps. That can be the best of both worlds in some cases, and is a function of input/output compatability. As... |