mitch2
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| MUSE Erato II - Anyone using this player? As an update, I did hear back from Kevin at MUSE and we are discussing details for the upgrade to Erato II. The attenuator module is indeed an active device that has a maximum output of 6.5V RMS, an output impedance of 150 ohms (or 150+150 ohms in... | |
| Need help fast - Unbalanced Preamp to Balanced Amp Al, your suggestion to call Jensen resulted in some good information. I spoke to their designer, Bill Whitlock, who informed me the specifications shown on the website are referenced to a typically worst-case scenario where they considered a loa... | |
| MUSE Erato II - Anyone using this player? Bob, I have e-mailed them with some questions on Sunday and have not heard back. Since a couple of the questions were technical in nature, Kevin will probably be elected to answer them and I suppose he has been busy. The Erato II will be an upgrad... | |
| Need help fast - Unbalanced Preamp to Balanced Amp Thanks Al, I had not noticed the impedance information in the literature. I would be interested in a more thorough reporting of the output impedance of the transformers at different frequencies resulting from a range of input impedances. The outpu... | |
| Need help fast - Unbalanced Preamp to Balanced Amp Dob, I could have been clearer. Al nailed it above.Most of the pictures on the Jensen site show their ISOMAX transformers in a stereo box (both channels into and out of one box). After asking them, they set me up with mono transformers (only one c... | |
| Need help fast - Unbalanced Preamp to Balanced Amp Based on my use of transformers with my current gear, I will respond to a couple of Ralph's transformer comments,If you go the transformer route as mentioned above, place the transformer as close as you can to the preamp can keep the cable to it s... | |
| Trade- off, power SS vs tube magic. The one quality I consistently prefer in tubes over SS is in creating the perception of dimensionality, or body. | |
| MUSE Erato II - Anyone using this player? My SS Clayton monos are also amps that transcend the old SS vs. tubes debate. You know you are not listening to tubes, but you focus more on their strengths than on what you are giving up by not having tubes. They do not have quite the (larger tha... | |
| Trade- off, power SS vs tube magic. One observation...if you keep the speakers out of it, both SS and tubed amps begin to sound remarkably....alike :?)Seriously, you just gotta listen to a lot of gear then buy what you like. Both tubed amps and SS amps can sound good but they tend t... | |
| MUSE Erato II - Anyone using this player? Bob, Currently,Lector CDP 7TL MkIII player,Lamm LL2 Deluxe or Muse Model 3 Signature preamp,Clayton M300 amps (300/600 wpc @8/4 ohms Class A),Aerial 9 speakersThe Lector is very nice, so I cannot go wrong there either. I guess I had visions of an ... | |
| MUSE Erato II - Anyone using this player? Not sure what I am going to do with the preamp. I just had it upgraded, it sounds good, and I really wanted to like it better than my Lamm LL2 Deluxe, but after recently reinstalling the Lamm, I believe the MUSE is just not as good sonically. Mayb... | |
| MUSE Erato II - Anyone using this player? So you have the newer style faceplate shown when you select the "products" tab on their website? That is the only picture of the faceplate I can find, since they had not yet updated it at the time of the pictures in the HiFi+ review. Unfortunately... | |
| MUSE Erato II - Anyone using this player? Finally, someone who has heard (owns) this player. Thanks for responding! You must have the attenuator module if you are running direct. I would be using it into a preamp. Three questions I have for you are whether the player is good at conveying ... | |
| MUSE Erato II - Anyone using this player? Mds, thanks for looking and posting here.I have also seen those reviews. The designer told me the Model Ten (which I owned) would be superior to the Eleven (for redbook CD playback). The designer also considers the Erato II superior to the Polyhym... | |
| Imaging and Detail. My favorite system for 70's rock is the stock system in my Ford Explorer....with the windows down....to quote Ziggy Stardust, "TO BE PLAYED AT MAXIMUM VOLUME" |