mitch2
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| Good Copper IC's for 2.5M RCA pre to amp? Thanks again guys. For now, things seem to sound good with Purist Aqueous Anniversary (1M)from source to preamp, and Purist Venustas (3M) from pre to my Cary 500MB monos. I have been trying different speaker cables after selling my Venustas bi-wir... | |
| Buying used vs. New I try not to buy anything that costs more than I am willing to pay for it ;?) | |
| Can a preamp's gain be lowered? Here are a couple of links;http://www.play-hookey.com/dc_theory/voltage_divider.htmland http://www.goldpt.com/mods.htmlI built external dividers since I wasn't sure whether I was going to keep that particular preamp (which I didn't), but if you ar... | |
| Can a preamp's gain be lowered? I built my own balanced attenuators for the input side of a tube preamp using Vishay resistors from Partsconnexion. I was able to try a few combinations first then zero in on the level of reduction that worked best. I also tried the Endlers, which... | |
| Single-wire spades from amp to biwire spkr posts? Sthomas12321, the article I referenced above may help answer your questions. | |
| Single-wire spades from amp to biwire spkr posts? There are multiple factors, such as how the crossover boards are implemented within the speaker, how the bi-wire cables are set up, and others. Some internally bi-wired cables simply split the number of wires between LF and MF/HF, while others dou... | |
| Single-wire spades from amp to biwire spkr posts? Good luck with your trial. If you like the sound but do not like stacking spades, I would bet Cardas would be happy to reterminate one end of your jumpers with bananas. | |
| Single-wire spades from amp to biwire spkr posts? Another option would be for you to construct your own jumpers. It is easy to make a set of jumpers that should perform just fine, and since the length is generally a foot or less, the effect of that wire IMO is about nil, assuming the wire you use... | |
| Single-wire spades from amp to biwire spkr posts? If you like your Cardas cables, before buying anything else, you should try a high quality (like Cardas) set of jumpers on the speakers. Run the speaker cables to the MF/HF posts on your speakers, and then jump to the LF posts(or try it both ways ... | |
| Beryllium-Copper: How safe? Geez, I have a set of beryllium copper golf irons that I don't use, maybe I should visit e-bay.As stated in Albert's reference, it is my understanding that some years ago, stricter environmental controls increased costs related to manufacturing it... | |
| Cable Burn In Problem If these are new cables, and if the mfg did not burn them in, you are right 50-100 hours is probably the minimum range to even begin to give them a fair shake. Since you say "trying out," I assume you are auditioning these. If from a dealer, see i... | |
| How LONG have you been an AUDIOGONER'? 10-18-99 - lots of good folks here, old and new. | |
| Good Copper IC's for 2.5M RCA pre to amp? Thanks again Blindjim - you have given me several to look at.Bill, I agree with you and have noticed no sonic difference between my 1M ic's from preamp to amp, and the 2.5 to 3M ic's I am currently using.BTW, I meant to say above,"virtually none o... | |
| Good Copper IC's for 2.5M RCA pre to amp? Thanks guys so far.Tweak1: Not sure how much signal loss is associated with a 3M run, but Vladamir at Lamm did not think that would be any problem with the LL2, and it certainly was not a problem with the CAT Ult MkII or my Lector Zoe. I am runnin... | |
| Your last speaker? About 25 years ago I purchased my first "expensive" speakers, the ADS L810's that I enjoyed for almost 20 years. After then going through a few B&W's and some Alon's, I decided to try another Mike Kelly design and I have been very happy with m... |