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| 12' x 14' room; $10k budget for speakers; help I just deleted a very long post. Be thankful! :-)FWIW Your goal was my goal, non-fatiguing but very articulate speakers. I found them about 5 years ago. Silverline Boleros. They sound NOTHING like the other full range Silverline speakers which IMH... | |
| What frequency do I crossover subs Most all of the above, but if you are running sub woofers to augument the bass of 2 way speakers, not to relieve the mid-range drivers of some of the load created by doing the bass, try running the main speakers full range and rolling off the subs... | |
| If Preamp Gain is Set to High-What Consequences? Almarg, Question that occurs to me arrising out of the use of tubed pre-amps and your measurements of the gain of pre-amp in your post which suggests that the gain of a pre-amp is contingent on the rotation of the VC.My pre-amp has noise as seen b... | |
| If Preamp Gain is Set to High-What Consequences? Foster 9, Oh, the value of a re-read of your original post. :-)To answer your specific question, I would not change the pre-amp gain from 15db unless Joule feels the changes it would make in the optimal position of your volume control (as suggeste... | |
| If Preamp Gain is Set to High-What Consequences? Foster 9 and Almarg, Obviously I had a brain fart - posted before coffee! :-)But, changing the measured fixed gain of the pre-amp from voltage to db I think is the extent of my error ( :-)) unless I do not understand how most pre-amps work. In pre... | |
| Has CD playback evolved in the last 5 years? The capabilities of CDP's are constantly changing (improving ?) and players now are vastly better than they were for the first 10 to 15 years. But in the last 10 to 15 years the changes are not so clear and often are offerred at fairly high prices... | |
| If Preamp Gain is Set to High-What Consequences? You are confusing the 'gain' of your pre-amp and the strength of the signal from the source. The gain of your pre-amp line stage as seen by your amp is constant 15v (?). Your volume control does not change this. The strength of the signal from you... | |
| Can a heavy tonearm be agile ? Pani, Sorry if I didn't make myself clear. It is anything but simple! Set up can be a bitch depending on your expectations and the equipment you choose. Some might call set up an art! | |
| Budget of $30K. Help me build a system Are you familar with setting up a system in a 14x8 room? That is a serious challenge! Especially to justify the bucks you are about to spend. You have to set up your system in a nearfield set up and many speakers are not heard to their advantage p... | |
| Audio Research SP-8 with CD I said that anticipating some folks posting about how placing the attenuators between the amp and preamp would cause a (serious?)degradation in the signal. While possible I suppose depending of the other stuff in the chain it was not my experience... | |
| Vincent 236Kkii Reliability vs. Yamaha and Luxman I'd take the Luxman or a comparable Accuphase which seem to last forever. You may not always get what you pay for but you'll never get what you don't pay for! :-) | |
| New level of ridiculousness Or they can buy a gun. Personally I prefer they sell 'ridiculously priced' power strips, just pointing them at someone else. Economic times are getting tough for audio manufacturers. :-) | |
| Can a heavy tonearm be agile ? Either types of arms can work just fine. The trick is in matching the cartridge's compliance with the tone arm's mass. Either type of arm can be very satisfactory if properly matched to the cartridge and vis a versa. BTW, this is scientific, i.e. ... | |
| Audio Research SP-8 with CD A cop out solution. Put some fixed 10db attenuators in either of two places; 1)between the CD output and an AUX imput, or on a set of cables in the tape loop. The latter can be inserted anytime with any source by flipping the tape switch, and prob... | |
| No love. Why? Probably because they have heard them in a different set up than yours with a different source, different amp, different room, and most importantly different expectations. Wait 'til you have a chance to hear their POS. :-)Just relax, ignore the co... |