marakanetz
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| DACs and reproduced sound I agree that high-end magazines are delusional and unscientific. Nowdays it's very commercial rather than acheiving something scientific. DAC despite processing 1's or 0's is a complexed logical device (especially today's advanced ones).Our todays... | |
| Fuses keep blowing Very possible chain of tube events:Shorted tube --> blown DC capacitor --> blown grid resistor. | |
| Gain of Marantz PM-11S1 MC stage I would use MC in about .4...0.5mV range as specked out in S/N section rather than bellow the input sensitivity. | |
| Transitioning from Tubes back to SS I believe you mostly a rock listening -phile? I had quite a few listening sessions with John Rutan from Audioconnection store in Verona NJ that carries and truly loves his Cary line of equipment. It really has everything: resolution, dynamics, cla... | |
| Best amp for AKG K701 used/new? I finally spotted a good deal on Consonance M20 amp. The only downside that it doesn't have neither extra set of inputs nor bypass output to have it in the chain with mentioned above Alesis recorder. Either I will do the mod myself (done that in t... | |
| I need suggestions and ideas in picking a preamp. Blackzimbo, much higher values than 2...3% | |
| Jolida100a schematic? It's not complicated amp. Map it dude! | |
| More on ss/vs tubes vs hybrids DAC by nature is IC and IC can't be tube. DACs can only have tube output stage which by default dictates DACs being hybride... | |
| sansui qr 1500 I have a stunning secondary system amp which is Sunfire Symphonic Reference. It throws 250W/8Ohms and doubles at 4Ohms throughout full frequency range! It's hard to get it used because nobody sells it.If you still want to aim for vintage gear I'd ... | |
| DACs with volume control ? Huh! yet another one for Grace Design... | |
| Can someone tell me the Class of my Tandberg amp One or more points are missing from the link provided by Gbart:One of them is shown notch distortion in class B which barely means a thing. It can be equal to distortions of class A due to non-linear transistor output characteristics. The larger '... | |
| Best path to test different interconnects? Fly...It's pretty simple if you're not alone.Tell your friend to swap cables while you're blind-folded and listen to the same selected by you passage(s). | |
| Silver solder--what wattage soldering iron? I hate solder with silver period. It always need extra heat to operate and doesn't shape up correctly plus you have a chance of 'frying' the tiny tonearm wires | |
| Your Top 5 Favorite Power Ballads Hey You!Shine On your Crazy DiamondUs and ThemWish You Were Here...For me they're all mostly from one band except "Dazed and Confused" which is closer to the blues. | |
| any early 80's alt/soft punk fans out there? I'm mostly in 'Talking Heads' bowl and sometimes enjoy Prokol Harum and TRex. |