mijostyn
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| Vintage Krell The KMA 100s ran class A up to the rated power. The amp always seemed a lot more powerful than 100 ways. They never ran out of steam. Getting to 100 dB on full range ESLs, no sub was easy. I suspect they kept going in AB mode. The power supply was... | |
| Sound quality vs. volume Hi wanderingmoo, what you describe has nothing to do with room acoustics. You are just running out of power supply. You can prove this to yourself fairly easily. The Peechtree has a preamp output. You will have to borrow a large AB amp from your d... | |
| Marantz vs Musical Fidelity Jawillia, those are great speakers. Good choice. I think in the end what you are telling us is that you just do not like the sound of the Marantz.There is plenty of wonderfully built equipment out there that sonically just does not suite one or an... | |
| What's a real good arm for a Decca Cartridge? dhcod, not weird at all. With the heavy shelf your wall shelf was resonating at about the same frequency as the Decca/SME combination. Whenever the right frequency played the stylus was bouncing around in the groove. | |
| Real world life expectancy of a high end cartridge? When I was in high school I worked for DBx in Waltham. I constructed the chassis for 32 channel noise reduction units. We had a large bath that cleaned the flux off of circuit boards. We filled it every morning with a Freon. I lived with that smel... | |
| Real world life expectancy of a high end cartridge? Benjie, You see the cat eyes when you look straight down on the stylus. The eyes will be adjacent to the very tip, one on each side, not 1/2 way down unless you have a stylus that is smaller than anyone knows how to make. The Windfeld is a great c... | |
| Vintage Krell Spinaker you made the right choice. You get a lot more money for them before they blow then after. Every last one will blow it's output stage eventually just light an incandescent light bulb. But, they were a great performing amp. They certainly o... | |
| Component Stacking Question Rocky, amplifiers have large power supplies which can generate noise in a low level preamp particularly if it has a phono section. It is always best to keep power amps away from low level devices. | |
| Anyone try Cerapucs under full range speakers? Photon, The laws of physics do not change because someone wants to sell you something. Any movement of the enclosure is distortion. The last thing you want is your enclosure bouncing around. Woofers vibrate. That is their job but unless you have a... | |
| Vintage Krell I owned Krell KMA 100s. They were wonderful amps. They "fried" at about 20 years of age. The semiconductors they used back then were not as temp resistant so they used a fan driven chimney set up. Fan drew air from the bottom of the amp and exhaus... | |
| Bi-Wire Jumpers jrw40, just wondering if Sonus Faber recommended in the manual that you bi-wire? Sonus Faber is my favorite dynamic speaker company for the time being. The Aidas are just wonderful.Mike | |
| Anyone try Cerapucs under full range speakers? tonyptony, the Germans are better at it than we are. What you want is your speaker firmly coupled to the floor not bouncing around. IMHO these things are a total and complete waste of money. Save it for a better cartridge or speakers. Those will g... | |
| So this is probably a really stupid question! ricmici, it is already being done and some think it is the cats meow. Google Ambiophonics | |
| Elevating subwoofer about two feet off the floor Geoffkait unless your subwoofer weights over a ton the last thing you want to do is "mount it on springs." You will not isolate other equipment from it at all. Get a recording with test tones. Put on the 20 Hz track and turn it up. If your system ... | |
| Elevating subwoofer about two feet off the floor Steakster you need to lower your dose of Adderall. I never implied anyone should not trust their own ears with their own systems. That does not mean I have to trust anyones ears with my own system. I will go where the science takes me long before ... |