newbee
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| "budget" phono ic's Check out Blue Jeans IC's. Cheap and quite good. About $30 for a 1meter pair. Very low impedence so they don't get in the way electrically speaking and are very cost effective for longer runs. | |
| Question on DACs........... Re the TAS review, in a subsequent edition he responded to reader criticism in the letters section. Harley reminded the readers that 'of course' he could only compare the Cambridge to players he had heard and he hadn't heard all of the players in ... | |
| How do you judge your system's neutrality? Dgarretson - Well stated, summed up, and I agree totally. I think. :-) | |
| How do you judge your system's neutrality? Al, I'm glad to see that I'm not the only one who has difficulty with Bryon's 'operationalization of neutrality' used as a description of how to judge the sound of a system. Perhaps I'm just exposing my ignorance, but I might be less resistive if ... | |
| Primaluna and Rogue FWIW I think the PL3 AND the PL amps have synergy that neither have with other amps or pre-amps. I have both and have found no satisfaction operating them separately but combined they are really very good. A tad warm but still very clean and reaso... | |
| What is more important source or preamp? You asked for real story. OK, here is mine. I had a quality SS system based on vinyl in the early 80's. Excellent turntables (2). I thought this was pretty good. Source to speakers. Unfortunately vinyl was becoming a real PITA. Record quality was ... | |
| How do you judge your system's neutrality? Al, I doubt you are dying to hear from me again, but what the hell. It might be helpful if Bryon didn't include the word 'music' as being "more unique". He is actually talking about sound and the quality thereof, not music. Consider that some audi... | |
| Amp for Thiel CS6 See if you can identify the amp that Thiel used to voice these speakers in the design process. I had some older Thiels and was never satisfied until I found that he used Threshold amps and bought some. Problem is in finding out. Most manufacturers... | |
| Tweeters got me baffled. When you try switching the speakers side to side to see which you prefer (if either at all) listen for 2 things. 1) Clarity from reducing side wall reflections a tad (when tweeter is on the outside) and, 2)Soundstaging which should be slightly wid... | |
| RB300 anti-skating problem never quite ? I'm not sure I understand what you are saying, but assume that your observations are made based on the settings and the movement of the arm without the stylus being set in the groove. Is that correct?If so, consider that anti-skating works in conj... | |
| tape out = preout ??? What Plato said. But a little more specifically, the tape out is going to pass the signal from the source without amplification or attenuation. When you hit a loud section from the source when connected thru the tape out you could damage your spea... | |
| How do you judge your system's neutrality? Al, I for one, have no reason why I couldn't agree with your proposal as suggested in the 1st sentence of your last paragraph. Loosly interperted I see that proposal as agreeing that one can improve the quality of his audio system by the addition ... | |
| Accuphase e202 hissing sound on right chanel. That is a fairly old unit. I wouldn't be surprised if you have some caps that need to be replaced. Time to find a techie who can check it out for you. | |
| 9", 10" or 12" tonearms Bottom line, the longer the arm the less distortion than that which would be created by a shorter arms geometry. The 12" arm would track in a shallower arc allowing the cartridge to trace more accurately from the beginning to the end of the record... | |
| Top Luxman integrated - 509u or 590Aii? IF you can drive your speakers adequately in the Class A amp's power envelope and your listening skills are developed sufficiently to hear the subtleties brought by Class A amps, and you are actually paying attention to those subtleties, then a Cl... |