marakanetz
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| Help finding Integrated Circuit From the description it's poweramp IC 18w there are quite a few found in NTE catalogue here: http://http://www.nteinc.com/specs/1800to1899/pdf/nte1879.pdfMatch pins or purchase an appropriate pin base if you need to re-fit it following the IC circ... | |
| Spectral or Pass Labs ? I'm with JohnnyR on that.Matching impedance between amp/preamp is important. I'd look either to change preamp as well or look for the models that are OK with higher impedance preamps such as McCormack DNA... or Bryston models. | |
| 10" sub.... 500 price barrier.... You should be OK with used Vandy 2wq if you find it within your budget. | |
| Going monoblock? I'd try to sell them both and get Mac452 or even dedicated monos. | |
| Amp for Yamaha Soavo 2 Check Crown Xi series within your budget. They sound very clean even for home audio. | |
| Does anyone still miss the old Audiogon format? I've always thought that transferring forums from old to new format is due, but seing sloppy work of development crew I'd stay away from proceeding any further "enhancements" | |
| New Delos cart It's very sensitive to VTF. Catch the right spot. Load it with maximum of 1000 Ohms, but bests between 100 and 200. | |
| big screen - two channel system enough for dialog? 20' diagonal screen seemed to me the size in Lowes theatres for sub-100 people audience:-) | |
| New Delos cart Delos is very detail oriented cartridge. It may subside, but not too soon. I believe that it is its signature sound that I'd rather say highly accurate vs. bright. Very soon you'll get used to it before it subsides. Kleos may have slightly darker ... | |
| Bargain amps and preamps with XLR connections? Preamps: Classe 30, Classe 60... both are vintage units 80's 90's; Emotiva... Poweramps: Wyred4Sound, Sunfire 300, Sunfire SRA, Crown XI series(great pro amps with good parameters and performance for home audio as well).For higher price point than... | |
| big screen - two channel system enough for dialog? Mitch, how many seats do you have in your movie theater?What's currently shown in there? | |
| Best Artists/Tracks at Chord Changing I don't see anything hard or extraordinary to juggle with sus chords. Typical american guitar | |
| I Take My Music Seriously I think that most of us somehow went through the musical instruments practices to some magnitude.Anyone visits me always ask if I've ever played or playing any musical instruments. | |
| bi-wire vs jumpers Bi or Tri wire would be my preference. I don't like termintated cables so I use bare wire connected to terminals. In case of bi-wired speaker and single-wired cable, I'd strip the wire longer and thread it between all binding speaker terminals. | |
| To Dac or not to Dac I would look for DAC that also have USB. Past century DACs wouldn't make a sense to me nowdays, when I download several gigabytes of music every day and listen. I picked Mytek DSD, but in your case for lower budget I would look for Cambridge DACMa... |