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| Anyone prefer horizontal bi-amping their monos? So it really helps to know the configuration of your amps. Are they: True monoblocks: no switch to stereo mode, and cannot be used for vertical or horizontal bi-amp until you have 4 of them. Stereo amps with a switch to PARALLEL the L/R sides ... | |
| Tube amps and a Stradivarius @donavabdear You’re right, self noise cannot be completely ignored. Some even advocate high-end isolation stands like HRS or Critical Mass for headphone amps. However, in my experience while isolation has made a big difference for my turntable &... | |
| Okay to use RCA adapter on a fully balanced amp? @blkwrxwgn Jensen makes a box that’s incredibly handy to have for these scenarios. It takes SE / RCA inputs and converts to balanced / XLR outputs via transformers (you will also need an extra IC). I have this and can confirm its transformers ar... | |
| Phono Cartridge Purchase from Asia? It’s unlikely that user damage / misuse would be covered under any warranty. @big_greg That’s exactly what I’m saying too. Nor would I WANT it covered by warranty; it would necessarily raise the prices even more, and I guess I have a more stea... | |
| Phono Cartridge Purchase from Asia? I’ve personally purchased a few cartridges from Kron, and yes he’s excellent; the Benzes are legit and have always been perfect. I have yet to require warranty service on any cartridge (most cartridges will either die by accident/abuse or by worn... | |
| Tube amps and a Stradivarius That would be a fantastic theory, except that tubes are just as popular with headphone aficionados as with traditional 2ch audiophiles. I definitely agree tubes are doing “something” to the sound (and I like it), but microphony is probably not its... | |
| Hesitant to upgrade my phono cartridge I’ve used a Cadenza Bronze on an Ovation and with a VTPH-2A (though not at the same time) and it’s a great match in both cases. The Clearaudio decks & arms definitely benefit from a cartridge with some natural warmth, or they can come off as s... | |
| Balance control? @bimmerman2 Awesome Keith did that! That's a great mod. I wish more preamps with analog volume controls would provide a few high quality (high quality resistors) discrete steps of ~ 1/3rd dB in each direction L/R. That should provide enough flex... | |
| Amp pairing with Tannoy Turnberry? If I were OP I’d be tempted to try the Manley Snappers for sale at TMR (probably listed here too). 100 Watts of sweet EL34, and Ms Manley herself is a lifelong Tannoy aficionado. For what it’s worth I agree Tannoys can thrive with either tubes or... | |
| Amp pairing with Tannoy Turnberry? For warmer sounding amps (something that would complement the Turnberry), I would look for amps run will 6L6 or KT66 tubes. I would tend to avoid KT88 amps because the tendency to have a "hard" or "brittle" sound might exaggerate the slight tende... | |
| Review of Quadratic MC-1 SUT With Comparisons to Other SUTs @kdogsy Interesting - I didn't realize Cardas had such a wide variance in capacitance by model, though it makes sense. Clear is definitely the one you'd want for this application (very good numbers), though a bit pricey. Cardas used to publish c... | |
| SUT - electrical theory and practical experience Btw, @intactaudio : you capacitance parameter of 80pf coukld be not real to make SUT measurements as the 300k load. Normally what sees the MM stage + SUT is a load of 47k and capacitance around 200pf. Then measures arwe different that with your... | |
| SUT - electrical theory and practical experience @mulveling The SUT I used include Cinemag 1254 transformers wired at 1:10 for my Lyra Delos. It sounded louder because of the extra resulting gain and really good but ultimately not as refined overall as my Sutherland fully active. Thank... | |
| Bob Carver tube amps I’m not sure how you can find what you found online and still consider Carver. He’s been a gimmick salesman for decades. If nothing else, look at the claimed power output to weight ratio of his recent tube amp lines, and compare to other brands. T... | |
| Review of Quadratic MC-1 SUT With Comparisons to Other SUTs @kdogsy Hi Kim, Awesome! Both the MC-4 and Quadratic MC-1 are wonderful SUTs. They're still my favorite 2; I still own and enjoy both a lot. I think (and hope) you'll be blown away by the difference over your Classic's built-in SUT. Your Koetsu... |