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| cooling mono amps I had fans mounted inside of a cabinet to cool a large SS amp. You can find very quiet small computer fans in a variety of sizes that can be powered by DC from a wall wart converter. If you use a lower DC voltage, the fan speed can be reduced resu... | |
| Why aren't the older members still active ? I think there is a cycle many go through, where things are initially new and exciting with endless possibilities...folks making cables, silver vs. copper vs. gold, cap upgrades, endless cable discussions, SS vs. tubes, isolation, vibration damping... | |
| MSB M202 compared to Pass XA.5 When I sit in front of my system, the word neutral never comes to mind.Rtn1, I gotta agree with that. I would catagorize my Clayton M300's (fully class A at 300 wpc) as "neutral" compared to the Lamm M1.1's I have owned, but certainly not "clinica... | |
| McCormack DNA-750 Too bad. From what I see, CJ really doesn't seem to have it together with their new McCormack gear. Maybe they view McCormack as their HT arm. For as long as this DNA 750 has been out, it seems a company as influential as CJ would have been able t... | |
| Neutral Sounding Silver Cables? Since you are in Canada (and while you save for the Kubala Sosna Emotions) call Partsconnexion and build your own solid core silver balanced interconnects using this wire;http://www.partsconnexion.com/wire_interc_connex.htmland the FP-601M and 602... | |
| Is no preamp the best preamp of all? Charles1dad, I do too, or at the very least I would recommend a preamp with buffering to improve impedance matching as well as to control interconnects. This is why I doubt I will give up my preamp even if I were to purchase a DAC with volume cont... | |
| Aerial 10T and Aerial 9 Weiserb nailed it. The 9's are really nice sounding speakers, provided you give them plenty of good current. The 10t's are a great bargin and have certainly stood the test of time, as have other Michael Kelly speakers (e.g., ADS speakers). The 9's... | |
| vibration control If you don't want to drill too deep, a good place to start is by making sure you have solid, non-ringing support for your gear, and then trying Herbies products (start with the simple isolation feet );http://herbiesaudiolab.net/ | |
| Is no preamp the best preamp of all? I believe the wide range of reported successes and failures of passive attenuation is based on the many variations in matching sources and amplifiers. Arthur Salvatore writes about this on his website (Link:http://www.high-endaudio.com/RC-Linestag... | |
| Computer Audio – Help Getting Started Thanks Steve for weighing in and for the link. I like what you have done with the recent Overdrive changes that make it more affordable and an easier one-box solution for maximum sound quality. Are you saying Mac works best because it is the easie... | |
| Computer Audio – Help Getting Started First, thanks to those who recommended the computeraudiophile site. While I have been browsing it, your recommendations prompted me to dig deeper and find some really good information. Second, much thanks to Richardfinegold and Levy03. Your respon... | |
| XLR to RCA Adapters Now if you are using a single-ended source with a balanced amplifier, you will not be able to realize this advantage. Thus comes the idea of a transformer. You would use the transformer directly at the output of the source, keeping the cables betw... | |
| The ignorance of SACD & DVD-A marketing idiots.... I agree with those who say "Convenience Sells."If the industry makes it convenient, a lot of people will buy it. If they make it convenient and good sounding at the same time, more folks like us will pay the premium for better quality sound.To me,... | |
| XLR to RCA Adapters As Al discusses, perhaps the cables also make a difference. My rca IC's are a balanced (they call them that when both legs are the same) twisted pair type shielded cable from Furutech made from PCOCC copper. There is literally no noticable noise f... | |
| XLR to RCA Adapters Hi guys, I just had a chance to check in and see Bob's question about the input transformers. I believe these minimized any impedance differences, as long as you keep the balanced IC's from the transformers to the amps very short. Jensen says 1M o... |