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| Remote volume control for preamp? Yes. There are remote control attenuators available at various price levels. HOWEVER, if you decide to go that route, consider that you will now have two attenuators in line and that is not going to necessarily result in better sound, to the contr... | |
| Preamplifier: Yes or NO ? FWIW. Bought a Wadia 302 and connected it to my preamps(s) as per the conventional wisdom and the reviews recommendations as well. Yawn!Connected direct to 4 different amps, 3 tubed, one SS = 1 ok, 2 duds, and one with outstanding results and I no... | |
| How to best isolate TT from vibration? Wall mount recommendations are right on.FWIW foot fall induced vibrations are vertical and NO isolation system is going to eliminate them completely, not spring systems, nor isolation devices of any type. Believe it or not unsuspended tables acual... | |
| An ignorant question about impedance Arthurs answer is correct, but FWIW although there are suggested guide lines for calculating the appropriate ratios (10 to 1, for example, i.e. a tube pre-amp with a 600 ohm output should be matched with a power amp with an output higher than 6000... | |
| Mid sized room -Full range vs Monitor FWIW rooms which are dimensionally challenged are not always more of a problem for full range speakers than monitors. It depends on where the nulls and nodes appear in your room and where you end up placing the speakers. Some rooms can have substa... | |
| effect of tubes in cd players Mr T, How do you define small? Perhaps in another persons experience and with their expectations they would feel that the same sound difference should be described as large. Can you give us a point of reference so we can understand your subjective... | |
| question on pwr cords Got a question for the 'power cord' experts. Is perhaps the reason that I have not been able to hear a meaningful difference in different heavy guage PC's due to the adequacy of the power supplies in my amps, pre amps, etc or is that not an issue? | |
| musicianiship--when is it bad or good ? Mr T, A challenge for you, time to put your money where your mouth is.Pretend that you have just attended a performance of Mahler's 9th symphony. You also have a score. You have heard this symphony many times by many conductors. You are a very kno... | |
| musicianiship--when is it bad or good ? If this 'pianist' empties the hall its bad. If he fill the hall its good, if your gauge for good, better or best is attendance.Personally I set my own standards for good, better and best, so for you to gain value from my comments about what is 'be... | |
| newbie question on TUBE gears. Yes it is OK to mix SS pre-amp and tubed amp. Not usual but certainly OK and as far a matching it can be much easier. You replace tubes based on usage. Normally power tubes last from anywhere between 1500 and 3000 hours (depending on amp design) a... | |
| Warm and Detailed S.S. Amp? Marco, Thanks for the description. Its as if you read my mind when you mentioned the B edition (I knew where one was available) and the 6922 tube - don't need more 6922 based audio products (although I was scrounging around my stash for a new cpd ... | |
| I want to re-introduce this subject. Jeeze, Your got a remote volume control and you've got a problem with finding the 'correct' playback level? What kind of an audiophile are you! :-)FWIW, IMHO, finding the correct level is totally dependent on the level of distortion on the recordi... | |
| Warm and Detailed S.S. Amp? Marco, Can you tell me more about the Cary SLP. I recently acquired the 'matching' SLM50BmkII's and was wondering if the '50' would be additive warmth wise (not a good thing for me), more neutral, or just plain synergetic. Have you used it with an... | |
| question on pwr cords Tvad, Thanks for the advise. I do just that but I think that the changes might be subtle enuf to be obscured by the 2d order harmonics of all those tubes in my systems. Besides its more fun to change tubes than PC's. :-) | |
| question on pwr cords Tplavas, I wasn't being sarcastic, but I will comment on your last sentence. It is not, or at least IMHO should not be, a matter of whether or not one 'believes' that PC's make a difference. A person should simply be able to clearly hear a differe... |