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| audio research sp-10 The by pass switch is used in conjunction with the phono section - it allows for the phono section to bypass all of the controls on the preamp (except volume) and take the signal straight to the line amp section. By the way, I have not heard of a ... | |
| audio research sp-10 Bluefin, FWIW, contrary to your common misconception, the high/low setting switch on the SP10 does NOT attenuate the gain from the line stage as seen by the amp, it reduces the gain from the source(s) as seen by the line stage amp by 12db. In the ... | |
| audio research sp-10 Where to start :-). 1st, relax about what jafox said - he was addressing the comment to someone with very high level expectations in an advanced system/setup. That SP10 is a far better pre-amp than many new ones sold today and the phono stage is s... | |
| My Belles 150 is buzzing when I turn it on.. Sounds like you make have some transformer hum, a very common problem without a single/simple solution, and which poses no real problem for you if you can't hear it from the listening position. Could be the transformer has become loose, could be c... | |
| audio research sp-10 Jafox, FWIW I got so frustrated trying to use RAM sourced tubes in my SP10 I dammed near sold it - noisy, short lived, and not all that transparent. Then they tore down the Berlin wall and we were able to get eastern European tubes at last. I don'... | |
| Time alignment, important? long My take on it is simple - if the speaker is time aligned and phase coherrent AND it sounds great I'm all for it. If its time aligned and phase coherrent and sounds bad, it sucks. Just tilting speakers, or the baffle, to effect time alignment doesn... | |
| audio research sp-10 What are you using for tubes in the line stage of the SP10? FWIW high gain is "normal" and reducing the gain by 12db with the switch on front only reduces the input (source) by 12db, not the output from the line stage. This pre amp should not soun... | |
| Happiness is A Warm Set of EL34's I found the Tesla, predecessor to the JJ, E34L a bit crisp in my amp and used the Svetlana EL34's which I found warm to neutral in comparison - That was in a Sonics Frontier Amp. FWIW. | |
| What do you look like? Just like my system - fat and old! (But not too much so.) | |
| Golden age of vinyl recordings? Mid/Late 50's thru late 60's. All downhill after that, especially in the major domestic labels, and much of the imports, especially in quality control. | |
| Room treatments Tweed, A couple of additional hints. Pay close attention to the 1st reflection points from your side walls and the radiation pattern of your speakers. There is a conflicting issue involved. If you have a speaker with a broad radiation pattern, sid... | |
| Room treatments Bookcases w/books, plants, hangings, rugs.....all depends on what problems you are trying to solve. | |
| Oracle turn table Jeff's right on target. If you have a limited budget, and the patience to set up a spring suspended table an Alexandria with a Sumiko MMT arm is a good buy. But a Delphi IV is a hell of a lot better one. I say this even as I'm fantasizing about a ... | |
| Questions about retubing BAT VK-75SE What is it about cracks in the base that you feel make it necessary to replace the tubes? I assume the tubes still have intact pins and hold vacumn. If that is so is there another reason? | |
| Is high frequency extension important to openness IMHO, ultra high frequency extension, in itself, is important only to dogs! Its about clarity of tone (call it resolution if you like) and this depends on the quality of the cross over, the driver, the enclosure and the synergy between them. Excep... |