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| Class A amplifiers - which are considered the best Mark Levinson 20.6 amps. Absolutely one of the best ever made and will blow away most of the amps made today. When going away from Mark Levinson the person, I guess the new company had to move forward with different (non Mark Levinson designs). Bu... | |
| MSB M202 compared to Pass XA.5 It is fun and natural to go and listen to other systems. However, if you don't hear anything missing from your system and you are happy. Then enjoy. A good system and sound is one that I find I don't want to get up from. If hours later you are sti... | |
| Details for bi-amping Either way, passive or active, you have to decide if you want seams or holes in your system response or whether you want it "tunable" with an active crossover. As mentioned previously, if you can remove the passive built-in crossover easily from y... | |
| Details for bi-amping If you are planning on passive crossovers, then unless the amps are identical, you will have gaps or mismatch is high/low output of the amp/speaker setup. Some speakers (Martin Logan's for instance) have switches that allow you to adjust the input... | |
| What will raising the Va of atransformers provide? Atmasphere is correct. I was describing transformers whereby you want the same rail voltages and are just swapping transformers with one with higher VA ratings, but the voltage in/out (turns ratio) is the same. If you change the turns ratio from t... | |
| Why 24/7 warm-up period on amps? Now that's funny.for any electronics, there is an inherent design life based on on-time usage. So, being "on" all of the time will cause components to fail sooner. For Solid State electronics, heat is the factor. Full output class A, well, this is... | |
| What will raising the Va of atransformers provide? 1. Unless you are upgrading and altering the circuit designs within your amp, the new transformers must have the same turns ratio for voltage in and out. In other words, whatever the original input and output voltages are in your current transform... | |
| Diagnose the weak link. If your system only consist of the CD player, speakers, amp and pre-amp and if your CD player has an internal volume control, then take the pre-amp out of the circuit altogether and run the CD player analog output directly to the amp. If you want ... | |
| Why Do You Still Have Vinyl if You Don't Play it? Nsgarch; your post is well stated and written. I guess the point I was trying to make but failing, was that the music was great using my digital format, but when I actually listened to vinyl and more importantly, compared using the same recordings... | |
| Why Do You Still Have Vinyl if You Don't Play it? I think the discussions were on track. They drifted because discussions do that. Why people don't play their vinyl? Well, many reasons were listed and I will list some also that I can think of.1. Lazy2. Cleaning records to the extent that by the t... | |
| Why Do You Still Have Vinyl if You Don't Play it? Every recording and/or playback technology will have drawbacks. Vinyl is better than current digital at the moment. But with rediculously expensive digital system, they are sometimes better. The analog to digital converters and clock system must b... | |
| Boulder monoblocks I strongly agree with some of the views here. For that kind of money any reputable dealer would allow you a home audition for a week or so. Any dealer that would not allow this even after taking your credit card information is trying to sell you s... | |
| Recommendations for Sota Star A used SME IV or 309 is a good way to go. I have a Sota vacume Turntable with an SME IV arm and although the IV.VI and V are available, I am very happy with the IV. I am considering upgrading my AR PH3 phono stage to a PH5.enjoy | |
| Rowlands Always remember that when people compare equipment if it isn't apples to apples then it isn't a fair comparison. To just say that Rowland is not as good as Pass or visa versa (or for any component), power output, sensitivity, etc and most importan... | |
| Should i go Boulder 1060 or Jeff Rowland 625 What is lacking with your Pass amp? Are you sure the issues reside with your amp? Pass makes very good equipment, so what is missing? More power needed? My recommendation is to find a good store, establish a relationship and borrow the Bolder amp ... |