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| passive preamp and tube amp More-likely it will match impedances and the only thing left to check is the input sencitivity that should be smaller than source component output. | |
| Fried Amp & Bi-Wiring In most of the solid state gear the fuse isn't enough to protect the output stage from frying.There are numerous steps normally taken to protect an output circuitry but they may and they do add distortions and so degrade the sound.The "fried" amp ... | |
| Latin Jazz -- Your Top 5 A couple more:#7 Azylum "Crazy Rhythm"#8 Rhythmstick with Dizzy Gillaspie, Airto Morera and Flora Purim#9 Toots Thielemans "Brazil Project"#10 Chick Corea "My Spanish Heart". | |
| If Money Were No Object... A Fantasy Question It would be a bunch of plain tickets all over the world to hunt the conserts of my favourite artists like David Sylvian, Laurie Anderson, King Crimson, Residents...Than It would probably a studio that would probably bring to me some dividents plus... | |
| Latin Jazz -- Your Top 5 #1 Vince Mendoza's Jazzpan'a project with WDR big band, Los Joven'os Flamencos and guests such as Michael Brecker, Randy Brecker, Al Dimeola, Steve Gadd and Steve Khan.#2 Miles Davis/Marcus Miller "Siesta"#3 Marcus Stockhousen "Sol Metizio"#4 Buen... | |
| Harm in using a power strip as an on/off switch? Some amplifiers have delayed shut down and preamps usually shut down instantly. You may hear loud pop in your speakers.I can use the master shut-down since I have delayed circuitry in my powerconditioner. | |
| VTL IT-85 integrated vs. Cary SLI-80 integrated My e-mails to VTL had never been unanswered. Something strange indeed. | |
| Should I try a MC cartridge and phono pre? Francisco,In general the quartz digital drive has the least amount of EM noise compared to AC or idler-wheel DC motors. The only consern in DD tables is influence of the power supply EM noise that very often located inside the TT chassis and somew... | |
| VTL IT-85 integrated vs. Cary SLI-80 integrated I compared SLI 80 with VTL MB100 monos(no preamp, CD-player with volume control) both used when I made the definite decision towards VTL. | |
| Do tube dampers really work? On well designed tube equipment whether you knock or don't on tube sockets(in my case I can even knock on power tubes) it will have no microphony effect whatsoever. Whenever I spot some microphony from any of my tube components It's time to replac... | |
| Speakers to Mate with McCormack? In my experience with Vandys being an instrumental music freak I felt that these speakers do not provide the studio dynamics and somehow still sound when the have to stop and contrary start to sound a-bit later than they should no-matter what powe... | |
| What exactly is a digital amp? The main benefit of digital amps is bass since lower freequency get substantially less distortion when sampled or clocked. Bass region is the most power demanding region of amplifier and speaker. I know of Tact gear as being pretty smart developed... | |
| What exactly is a digital amp? Daltonlanny,Class H is a digital amp.I still don't know all the differences between classes higher than D. | |
| What exactly is a digital amp? The digital amp has an output stage working on constant switching from 0 to 1. For every 0 and 1 there's a specified output voltage and current. The signal is primerely being broken by the clocking circuitry that defines the switching ratio of an ... | |
| What causes microphonics ? Typically, the tube shouldn't be microphonic and if it is than it's bad or bad biased. In untraditionally desinged Rogue equipment it's not a surprise to me. |