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| Are there any albums you consider perfect? ""Emerson, Lake & Palmer" does not have a lighter cut.""Lucky Man"Very good + a hit, but light/commercial by ELP standards. | |
| High Current SS amps with input impedance = 200K NEwbee, you may be right.Here are the specs from the arc site:OUTPUT IMPEDANCE: 260 ohms Single Ended main; 20K ohms minimum load and 1000 pF maximum capacitance. Outputs (3): 2 main, 1 record (Single Ended RCA connectors). I'm not sure how to int... | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? So for example, my case, with the ARC sp16 premap output impedance being 20K ohm, I would want an amp in the 200K input impedance range (my A3CR is only 31K). Also, interconnects factor into the equation in regards to impedance loads presented to ... | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? Here's an interesting thread on the impedance matching issue:http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?aamps&1227661419&openflup&12&4#12The consensus here seems to be a 10:1 amp input/pre-amp out ratio is a good target. Also that act... | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? Tvad,One other question. Certainly a low pre-amp output impedance seems to make it easier to match more amplifier input impedances, but I wonder is it the absolute value of the preamp output impedance, or the ratio or magnitude of amp input impeda... | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? Tvad,Have you found the better clarity and control extends into the upper frequency ranges as well?Any downsides that you can identify to go along with the benefits?This is something I'd really like to test out in my system. | |
| Are there any albums you consider perfect? "Yeah, I love "Brain Salad Surgery", but Benny the Bouncer blows it for me. Otherwise, it's a perfect LP, IMO."Point taken, but even BTB is fine in the context of the rest of the album.ELP liked to lighten up most of their albums with at least one... | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? Tvad,I know you've heard a lot of combos and have a good handle on the matching impedance issue between amp and pre.Do you find that the ratio of amp input to pre-amp output impedance is a reliable indicator of performance? If so, what differences... | |
| Are there any albums you consider perfect? On the ELP front, Brain Salad Surgery is also worth consideration. | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? Rebbe,YEs, the Peach is the one without phono and apparently lower possible output impedance also, so that would be the Juicy Music one for you to consider. | |
| Are there any albums you consider perfect? I think also their are a couple of major groups whose primary albums as a group together are close enough to perfect to acknowledge as a whole:The BEatlesThe Moody BluesThe DoorsThe Moody Blues in particular deserve credit in that they have been a... | |
| Are there any albums you consider perfect? Tvad, you reminded me that I might add "Deadwing" by Porcupine Tree to the list. I know that's not your Fav PT album though. Musically, I might also consider FOABP in the list, but the thematic material covered there is so bleak that it makes me t... | |
| What classic rock subjects interest you most? Nice looking site!LAtely, I've been very interested in the progression of rock music from it's early origins to what it became during and post-Beatles. I'm also interested in getting more up to date on what's going on these days that relates to th... | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? Juicy Music BLueberry: output impedance 3.5K ohms, not as low as the Manley perhaps but will cost less (Juicy may be in process of closing up shop however)FWIW my ARC sp16 output impedance is ~20K ohm and the input impedance of my A3CR amp is just... | |
| Are there any albums you consider perfect? Forgot "Catch a Fire" By Bob marley and the Wailers |