newbee
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| Lamm LL2.1 Replacement with balance control? Well you could always get a passive Placette and put it between your pre-amp and amp as a volume control with little loss. Be a hell of a lot cheaper that's for sure. | |
| Does the Audio press ever excite you anymore? Nope. I still read music mag's though. | |
| Can anyone explain what a power tube does inside an amplifier, eg kt88. "I guess current flows in...." Works for me. :-) If you want a tutorial or an actual answer I think there are better places to ask this kind of question. | |
| RCA versus XLR interconnects ghdprentice, Pedantic, perhaps, but some manufacturers put xlr inputs and outputs on components which are not truly balanced. Merely attaching xlr cables to them does not make a balanced circuit. For edification you might google Balanced (XLR) and... | |
| When did you put the most effort in setting up your audio system? I spent over a year setting up Quad 63's. A great speaker if you get it set up right in a good room. | |
| RCA versus XLR interconnects XLR cables are not balanced. Your components are balanced (or not) and the XLR cables are used to connect them. At three feet lengths I doubt most folks could tell the difference IF the wire used in them was the same. Personally I like XLR cables ... | |
| Radical toe in once more Six feet is good! Do I assume correctly that they are also six feet forward of the wall behind them (front wall)? If so you're really good. FWIW this distance allows separation of the reflected and the direct signal which give you a clearer sound... | |
| High Frequency Hearing Loss FWIW I have also lost a little of the high end. I bit the bullet and just accept the fact that it ain't what it used to be. I tried equalizers (in a tape loop) and while I felt they were helpful in changing the overall tone of the system they didn... | |
| What was your first record? Probably something by 101 Strings on a 'portable stereo'. Now that was some really great music, my first classical music. Oh my! :-) | |
| Radical toe in once more FWIW, I think you would be wise(r) to follow Duke’s recommendations. He knows his speakers and their proper set up. He takes it seriously. I’ve been doing crossed axis’ for some years and I was tickled when I saw him using/recommending this set up... | |
| Maximum Upgrade Potential FWIW, I think that for most 'ears' it is more about 'different' than it is about 'improvement'. Given a certain level of quality to begin with (high) IMHO most of what the manufacturers are doing with new products is tweaking a product and, perhap... | |
| Need help from you acoustical experts OP, FWIW I understand what Albert intended design wise for these speakers. And he may have achieved universal success. He clearly wanted a speaker that would satisfy folks who didn't want to move them off the wall, often for esthetic reasons, but ... | |
| Need help from you acoustical experts My first reaction when I look at your pictures is your speakers are far to close to the wall behind them. The first thing I would do if I came into your room would be moving the speakers forward from that wall about 4ft. My next thing I would do i... | |
| Midrange Increasingly Harsh FWIW, I've noticed some distortion in my PL amp. I changed out the power tubes - different tone but distortion still there. Short version, I finally just put in new drivers because I had back up ones of the same type/brand, etc, because I like th... | |
| Audio Research reference amplifiers used with RCA IC`s and unbalanced preamplifiers nsp, re impedance issues you referred to. The 300K input impedance should make it a good match, impedance wise, to any SS or tubed preamp, or source directly connected. But, FWIW, I think the other impedances you attribute to ’amplifiers’ refer to... |