mijostyn
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| Toole and why I like Tone Controls A best of the Sex Pistols? They only had one album! | |
| Upgrade phono stage? Chakster, Buried somewhere I still have one of my old Stanton 681EE cartridges brush and all. In it's day it was a great cartridge (brush removed) In no way is it a match for something like the Ortofon 2M Black never mind the Clearaudio MM cartrid... | |
| Amp designs - Krell, Threshold and ML from the 1990s Hi erik, I think the most significant changes are in the quality of semi conductors and other parts not topology when it comes to A and AB amps. The most significant new topology is switching amps, class D and other formats. I think there is a lo... | |
| Vertical bi amping Mcintosh MC275 and Rotel RB-1582 MkII digitalgon, you can not do this without a gain control on at least one of the amps. It is a bad idea anyway. Get a dbx DriveRack and do it right bypassing the woofer, midrange crossover in the speakers then just dial in the same cross over and slo... | |
| small footprint Class A mono blocks and pre amplifier Thinman, you really do not want to put class A amps in the cabinet with your other stuff. They get too hot and have large EMF footprints. They are much better off behind the speakers. Get amps and preamp with balance connects then run very short s... | |
| Balance knob .. newbee, I think you are right. The CJ does not have a balance control.Incorrect phasing is always important if you want a solid image as well as the right volume for the location of the image. In thinking about it it is hard to describe the effect... | |
| Speaker company :HHR exotic speakers A speaker that can not reliably do 105 dB peaks is pretty worthless. I was never a big Walsh fan. Low bass Doppler distorts everything else the driver is playing. String Quartets Only. | |
| Your first system and your journey... 1959 Zenith Portable w/ Cobra TonearmUp to 1968 Dad's system.1968 Dynaco PAS 3X, Stereo 70, AR 2Ax, Thorens TD 124 w/ ADC Pritchard tonearm (used) and Empire cartridge (I think) 1971 Dynaco Stereo 120 (big mistake)1972 Klipsh Heresy's used Marantz... | |
| Balance knob .. Newbie, bad idea. There are two factors that determine center stage. Volume and phase. They both have to be right on for the best image. By just moving over you change relative volume but you leave phase behind and blur the image. With a balance c... | |
| What Possessed Me to Do This? Just use your phone and ear buds from now on. Next time hire a professional mover. | |
| Only 1 Lacquer producer left, in a garage in Japan? Business is good. I suspect they had insurance and will be back up eventually. Audioguy, blanket statements like yours are always destined to be inaccurate. The best current pressings are easily as good as the best old ones. However many of the 18... | |
| Conceptual Framework for Identifying System Bottlenecks Most systems are smitten with compounding errors some of them negating each other such as a dull cartridge making bright speakers sound better. So, each system is an individual, room included. What is good for one system may not be good for anothe... | |
| REL Subwoofer. Your input requested JL audio makes a great sub. You want to connect it balanced only and you want to use the high pass filter on your main amps. You need at least two subs. Only get one if you plan on getting another in the near future. I would wait and save so you g... | |
| good laptop-computer just for the audio 6 of one, 1/2 dozen of the other. I use a Mac Mini with Pure Vinyl and Music on it which are Mac only programs. Any PC laptop will do. Just get a lot of ROM and an i5 or better. | |
| Toole and why I like Tone Controls I only switch to a different curves for recordings with problems. This is usually for cutting female voices or strings. I'll switch to the curve with the 3K notch filter which smooths things out nicely. Other wise I only get into it when there is ... |