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| Passive Pre-amp: Improves overall sound quality?? Here's my recipe for building a system around a TVC: Start with a source capable of 4V output (XLR) with output impedance below 100 ohms. Amps (Plinius) have 38dB gain in balanced mode. Genesis 350 speakers are anything but shy for bass and slam. ... | |
| Summer Project - Replication of MBL loudspeaker 10 Did you happen to notice that the project you're trying to duplicate took 3 years? Is this your first speaker project?Did I miss the "planned" crossover details? | |
| PreAmp Gain and Impact on Amp If you have the volume max'd, you don't have enough gain. If the volume control sits near the bottom, you have too much gain. The idea is to have just enough gain for adequate listening levels and a bit extra for that party and your son to blow th... | |
| The truth on low efficiency speakers like B&W? Got an idea what Elizabeth calls small but "normal" is up for grabs, so to speak. | |
| Isolation Transformer and Subpanel recommendations For 240V, as an example...http://www.ebay.ca/itm/FPE-5-KVA-1-Phase-240X480V-120-240-Volt-3R-SE2N5FS-Transformer-NEW-/310425276037?pt=BI_Circuit_Breakers_Transformers&hash=item4846c9ce85Sola/ Hevi-Duty and Acme are usually the best bets for she... | |
| Isolation Transformer and Subpanel recommendations Noise is unpredictable for either type, aggrevated by external conditions. Potential advantage of tighter windings of toroidal is offset by greater sensitivity to same conditions. Some people mount the transformer near the electrical panel (baseme... | |
| Isolation Transformer and Subpanel recommendations Quick search on Ebay turned up empty for this size and 120V. Generally prefer iron core instead of wide-band toroidal for this purpose. If it's going to be close to the rest of the system, toroidal has the benefits of less stray EM and more conven... | |
| Solid State Monoblocks-Tube Preamp or Solid State? 3rd for balanced. Absent from the list is passive volume controls, which, if the source has a high enough output (2V) and a low enough output impedance (< 100 ohms), can be viable. Some TVC's or Bent Audio modular or Goldpoint have balanced out... | |
| break-in--bane or boon ?? Recently read this as it applies to speaker drivers. http://www.gr-research.com/myths.htmSeems to make sense for moving parts. Certainly heard dramatic effects after just transporting speakers and letting them settle for just an hour.Can't confirm... | |
| The Top Speaker for less than $500 Look at the NHT series. Sold direct. | |
| Audiophile 'Attitude' Nothing but good experiences with salespeople in the old "brick and mortars". If they had the time and the gear was set up, they were eager to show quarter million dollar systems to a young working Joe just browsing. Been a long time since I've be... | |
| Tell Me What I Need... See if you can find a NHT X2 or Paradigm X30. For quite a few more bucks, there's the Bryston 10B Sub. Rane has the 22S with summed output but that only has XLR. | |
| DIY speakers project sofware http://www.audiogrid.com/audio/index.html | |
| Need help from smart people - biamping I was going to say something but not sure if I qualify. | |
| DIY high end speakers? Building a pair of speakers now. Not a kit. Don't think you would like the construction because there's hardly any wood. Sealed, vertical 10" PVC pipe and epoxy urethane "saddles" (for lack of a better term) to mount the drivers. Closest compariso... |