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| Why so negative about McIntosh speakers? Foster 9, One of the problems with posting here is that we are told to seperate paragraphs into shorter groups of sentences or single sentences so that folks can more easily understand. You must consider that the first two paragraphs in my post mu... | |
| Tape in + tape monitor = passive preamp? I think not. The hall mark of a passive pre-amp is the obvious. It can attenuate a line level signal but it cannot amplify it. In your set up you still have a pre-amp amplification circuit between your source input and the amp. An anp section of a... | |
| Why so negative about McIntosh speakers? LOL. There are a lot of fine speakers that get tons on criticism in these pages. But since you don't own them and probably haven't heard them, you just assume that it is all warranted. I've read folks talking negatively about speakers they have 1)... | |
| Improving on the Sonata IIIs, which speakers? Blindjim, I was told that the price was going up when I bought mine - but not THAT much, but as to value, I'm not so sure. If I had that kind of money to spend I really don't know what I'd spend it on other than the Boleros. I'm sure they are out ... | |
| Improving on the Sonata IIIs, which speakers? Bolero's! They only look alike. :-) | |
| McIntosh C33 image question Weak tubes on the right side of the pre-amp. Try sitching those tubes with tubes on the left side and see if anything happens, or if you've got'em, plug in some spares on the right side and see if anything changes. If you haven't changed your set ... | |
| unused inputs/outputs - safe to short? I don't think shorting plugs (or caps) will have any effect on the effects of cross talk in your pre-amp. Now if your tuner, for example, is off and you are hearing music from a radio station, you might get some help from shorting plugs. Might. I ... | |
| Looking for Wagner recommendations Levine and the MET, recommended by Learsfool, would be my recommendation, but if you are looking for the really extroverted chunks in big 'audiophile approved' sound there are probably better ones. But Levine is fundamentally an opera conductor wh... | |
| High Current SS amps with input impedance = 200K Hi Bob, Please consider my posts in this context - I was not trying to do anything more than provide a 'simple' answer to the OP's question without getting technical nor doing his research for him. That is a methodology I have used professionally ... | |
| Tube amp suggestions under $3k used Why don't you take a few moments to tell us how your set up with the Cayin sounds now and what improvements you would like to see by introducing a different amp. Perhaps all you really need is not so much a different amp but different tubes to acc... | |
| Cartridge Loading This may not be perfectly on point, but FWIW, I have a Glider medium output and had the ability to adjust impedence on the fly. I went thru values from 47K, way too bright, to 25ohms, way to dark, slow and muddy.So if you like your system on the l... | |
| KT 88s - Gold Lion re-issue vs others I've used the SED's off and on for a few years. They are not a linear tube in my experience. The upper bass is a bit prominent (maybe not a bad thing in some systems) and mids/upper mids can be a bit uneven (in some systems this might be seen as h... | |
| High Current SS amps with input impedance = 200K Almarg sez "Amen from me too, of course"To the profusion of Amens I would add that Almarg should get a few hozzanah's and more than one Amen for fleshing out the actual detail and providing a concise answer to the OP's concerns regarding the use o... | |
| Best way to A/B speakers...... Thomas, Re your question about set up - If you are talking about setting up the Maggies you would want to set them up so the back wave would hit a wall behind it, something you could control the acoustic nature of, and you would want them, ideally... | |
| Best way to A/B speakers...... Thomas, What ever you do don't underestimate the impact of properly setting up speakers in your room. A long and often tedious task. You mention Dali's and Maggies. I can't imagine two speaker types with more obvious differences in set up and ampl... |