mulveling
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| I replaced the volume pot on my tube preamplifier. I was going by the label on top that shows 50KA X 2 @mashif That’s a specification - 50,000 ohm input impedance, x2 for stereo (2 gang) - not a model number. If you were looking at an RK50 model you’d think "wow!" - it’s massive, shiny, beauti... | |
| I replaced the volume pot on my tube preamplifier. After reading this post, i checked the motorized volume pot on my LTA MZ2 and it appears to be the RK50A. And it's well under $10k. The only MZ2 pics I see online clearly show an RK27 - some motorized, some not. An RK50 wouldn't even fit in th... | |
| I replaced the volume pot on my tube preamplifier. @mulveling It’s certainly an eye-opener for sure. Most manufacturers are component lazy, compromising their product sonically and economically. Agree! I’m normally a fan of "affordable, but reliable and sounds good" parts (like resistors, cap... | |
| I replaced the volume pot on my tube preamplifier. The Alps "Blue Velvet" RK27 is almost ubiquitous in analog preamps and headphone amps below $10K - especially tube units which are less likely to use a digital volume chip. Which is a shame, because EVERY TIME I’ve compared this pot to a better al... | |
| SonarQuest Silver Plugs have Nickel Layer? I’m surprised they volunteered that, but then these are pretty affordable as far as premium connectors go, these days. They’ll probably say the layer is so thin (e.g. a few atoms thick) that it doesn’t affect sound nor electrical resistance, and h... | |
| Splitting line level out from preamp, versus using 2nd set of outputs That should be fine. It’s hard to imagine the extra connection point and IC would penalize this enough to notice, unless psychological. So you’re using 3 sets of ICs to ensure symmetry between the 2 paths. That’s perfectly fine, but if it were m... | |
| Why most $3000 and lower DAC’s sound almost identical The ringing you refer to above is in the time domain. It happens at the cut off frequency. It only occurs on signals that exceed the Nyquist frequency. Properly produced music should not have transients above 21 KHz. It’s actually a non issue and... | |
| ??? How Do You Determine How Far You Can Take An Amp When Choosing Speakers ??? "Weakest link" and "source first" philosophies (etc) belie the nuanced complexities of human perception and system building. Though when you’re starting out, it can help to establish a sense of order amongst the chaos. You can have great successe... | |
| Why most $3000 and lower DAC’s sound almost identical Isn’t eliminating the “pre echo” exactly what Meridian’s apodising filters (circa 2008) were designed to eliminate? Not mitigate, eliminate - at the expense of higher artifacts on the post side. I also thought that has been largely replicated now ... | |
| Tin Pan Alley and Thanks to You- which speakers play the tap on the snares the best? My Tannoy Canterbury’s with a pair REL 12” subs, goose bumps experience whenever I cue up MFSL UltraDisc One-Step 45rpm Vinyl :-) @lalitk I’ve been tangentially interested in subs for my Tannoys for a while, but still haven’t done it yet. Ho... | |
| Grade Master3 cartridge--Moving Iron Design Peter Ledermann has admitted he only makes low output MI cartridges so that buyers can use their expensive MC phono stages with them. That’s a really interesting point, in favor of high-output MI (and MM). Since there’s NO moving mass penalty w... | |
| Would a stereo Sim Audio Moon 861 amp be as powerful as 2 McIntosh 611 monoblock amps? I was asking in this thread because I own a Yamaha AS 3200. I played at 70% volume to get about 70 DB. After 70% it starts losing its sound quality really bad and sounds thin. I want to make sure my next smp has plenty of headroom That really ... | |
| Do most people prefer tight bass or non tight bass? I like lots of slam and impact with just the slightest bit of "bloom" and "rounding" to sound sweet and natural. High-power tubes amps (expensive) tend to pull this off really nicely. But if on a budget, you can’t beat solid state for bass - tubes... | |
| Would a stereo Sim Audio Moon 861 amp be as powerful as 2 McIntosh 611 monoblock amps? For your 85 dB target level it won’t matter; either amp will be way way more than ample. It won’t matter till you’re pushing at least mid-90’s or above, continuous. Maybe not even then. 300W is a LOT of power. Most speakers are not rated to sustai... | |
| Audioquest Water interconnects They’re good sounding cables. As other commented, I hate the stiffness, and the nylon fibers in the sheath look pretty, but especially the XLR connectors have a tendency to lose grip on the tube over time (if you swap cables like I do) and they wi... |