nsgarch
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| Transparent Interconnect Question.... Herman,If there were not a separate buffer circuit in the preamp to keep the SE output electrically separate from the balanced output, you could not use both outputs at the same time. With Krell, Levinson, ARC, and most other premium preamps, you ... | |
| Transparent Interconnect Question.... Actually, I was generalizing about "twice the signal". It does happen, but not always is it a factor of 2. And I already mentioned that noise cancellation is not the issue for 1.5m. What is really important is that (according to Eldartford) both t... | |
| Transparent Interconnect Question.... I can't think of a single reason (in your situation, given your equipment) that you shouldn't choose balanced over single-ended; and not just for noise rejection (which shouldn't be that big a deal for just 1.5m anyway) but because you get so much... | |
| Need to re-discover analog - please help Spring -- Well, I don't know about vinyl being the Holy Grail, I guess I just enjoy the chewing and tasting (the Ritual) of vinyl, rather than the "Wolfing It Down" of digital. And I do enjoy the sound -- which has a kind of delicacy or refinement... | |
| Need to re-discover analog - please help Spring -- You needn't worry about becoming anal retentive/compulsive or having to struggle getting something ready to play. Allow me to adjust your attitude slightly:When holding a record, it's a lot different internal feeling than holding a CD.Wi... | |
| Has anyone cryo'd a tonearm,or phono cartridge? I think the cryo treatment undoubtedly ruined the rubber suspension part(s). At such low temps, even silicone rubber permanently loses its elasticity and becomes brittle and hard, which is why the cartridge wouldn't "break in." I'm sure the tensio... | |
| Need to re-discover analog - please help Spring -- I'm sure your EMM sounds pretty great (for a digital device!) however I wouldn't expect much in the way of good analog sonics until the cartridge has broken in for at least 150 hours; great sonics will take 200-250 hours. If anyone (incl... | |
| Sonics of Soundlabs Chris,You might want to take a look at diamonds system, and possibly contact him:http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?vopin&1107813475&read&3&4&5He thinks his new Summits are awsome. | |
| Audiophile book of "Common Sense" I agree with Newbee's premise that 1.) most listening spaces could not accomodate live performers, and 2.) that at best, even a direct to disk recording is still an electronic step or two away from the original.The conclusion he draws (Tune your r... | |
| Purist Cables - Ferox VS. Fluid- ???? Get in touch with (member name) latraviata He can answer all your questions, and has some good buys. | |
| Amp suggestions for Kinergetics SW200? You could get a used Bryston 3B in your budget range (or maybe even a 4B.) Yes, they're full range amps, but they come with a transferrable 20 yr warranty, are great performers in your application, and are extremely reliable. | |
| Sonics of Soundlabs Chris, the longest diagonal of your room is 28 feet (thanks to the 11 foot ceiling height!) and so flat response down to 20 cycles is possible. I think some of the other posts (regarding the phenomenon of "room gain" in smaller rooms) failed to ta... | |
| Sonics of Soundlabs Mcreyn -- standing waves are only produced when a room dimension is a whole multiple (not a fraction) of the half wavelength of the frequency in question. The room will gain in dB (more SPL than the speaker is putting out) by resonating at the fre... | |
| Sonics of Soundlabs Mcreyn -- you are incorrect. When a half wavelength (~ 28 ft for a 20 cycle/sec tone) is longer than the longest dimension of the room, it cannot fully form in space before hitting a wall and reflecting. causing it to double back on itself, produc... | |
| Sonics of Soundlabs Atmasphere -- I believe I did mention that in my post :~)These principles apply to all loudspeakers, not just Soundlabs. However most loudspeakers can't match both the output and frequency range of products like Soundlabs, Wilsons, etc. etc. |